Isaac Sellam named this piece ARPENTEUR - the French word for surveyor, the one who maps terrain before anything is built. It is a fitting title for a garment that bridges two territories: the soft, garment-dyed jersey of a zip hoodie and the contrasting leather taping that marks every seam as belonging to a Parisian leather atelier. The horizontal leather strips run across the chest and around the lower hem like structural beams, anchoring the soft jersey body to something harder, more deliberate.
The grey tone is achieved through cold-dye treatment that penetrates the cotton unevenly, leaving subtle tonal shifts between ash and slate across the surface. The ribbed cuffs and waistband carry the same washed patina. The full-length zipper runs with a leather pull tab, and the hood falls generous and unstructured - closer to a monk's cowl than a sportswear hood. At the base of the front zip, the signature metal agraffe staple sits flush against the hem. It is the mark Sellam leaves on every piece that exits his 10th arrondissement workshop, leather or not.
This is not a hoodie that borrows from luxury. It is a leather artisan's interpretation of what a hooded jacket should be when the leather is stripped away and only the construction philosophy remains.