Joining the brand’s latest lookbook as marketing material for its looming seasonal collection, Palace Skateboards has divulged a comprehensive overview of the individual pieces it has lined up for Winter 25.

Palace continues living up to its reputation of “streetwear’s unserious uncle”, bearing gifts of trippy, cartoonish collabs and eccentric artwork, blended in with a smorgasbord of skate staples that put durability and bold branding at the fore.

Outerwear

Like most brands, especially those situated in grim old Angleterre, Palace seems to flourish when winter rolls around, and no category better benefits from a shift in seasons than the brand’s range of ultra heavy rigs.

You’d be forgiven for mistaking Palace’s interpretation of the iconic M51 Parka (aptly renamed to the P51) for a teaser for a potential third collaboration with Engineered Garments. The jacket is dripping in reproductive aura, showcasing a build that is directly inspired by military-issued examples from the 1950s, although modernised by the inclusion of Gore-Tex Windstopper fabric and tasteful Palace patches.

The brand also undertakes faithful reinventions of contemporary military gear, again placing functional design and performance above brash advertisements, resulting in black, pink and “desert” camo P-Tech parkas.

Puffer jackets make up a meaningful portion of Palace’s Winter 25 jackets lineup, appearing in two versions utilising technical Pertex fabric and one in-house, ripstop example that shows reflective piping around the mid-sections, available in black, grey, “lime”, and a “smashed” all-over print.

Exhibiting a clear focus on racing culture, Palace draws on past collabs with Mercedes AMG and the Kappa x Alpine F1 team to amass a fresh input of motorsport-informed styles, going all-out with references to American muscle car manufacturers, Japanese rally icons, and fairweather sponsors of the NASCAR scene, spread over the respective “Horses”, “More Than A”, and “Need for P’s” racing jackets.

Classic instances of witty Palace wordplay take place on the seasonal array of track jackets, whereas the brand’s affinity for Japanese imagery is well represented on the Susanoo denim and leather jackets, which feature intricate depictions of the Japanese God of the sea and storms.

Hoodies & Sweatshirts

Perfect companions for layering enthusiasts seeking all the Palace they can get, the brand’s Winter-ready offering of sweats displays an “if it ain’t broke” approach to graphic and detail-heavy designs.

Starting with the preppiest of the bunch, Palace caters to privileged skaters who say “rah where’s my baccy” via the two-tone funnel neck top finished with a regal front crest and gothic rear branding. Bearing a similar build, Palace deploys its “Fast” logo on a “P” zip-charmed pullover, which joins the Reverse, Skyline and Triple-Stitch Veritas hoodies as the core, front-and-centre branded options for Winter 2025.

Palace weaves key themes and graphics throughout its latest collection, again proclaiming its love for football-inspired fare on the Phantasy Warm-Up sweats, while reinserting the aforementioned Susanoo imagery on zip-up hoods, and doubling down on its seasonal slogan of “more than a feeling” on boxy crewnecks.

The category is anchored down by refreshed colours of the omnipresent Tri-Ferg pullover hoods, alongside a counterweight of primary-hued Shop Location crewnecks that respectively shout out all eight of Palace’s global locations, from its London home base, two in Seoul, and individual outposts in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Los Angeles, and New York City.

Tops, Shirts & Knits

Jumping at the opportunity to insert uncommon motifs onto common menswear staples, Palace leans into its mature sensibilities across a concentrated collection of shirts and knits, before going balls to the wall with wild graphics and brash branding on its seasonal update to the jersey section.

Whether it’s a pearl-snap denim western shirt with contrast stitching that extends to Tri-Ferg adorned pockets, or the Lumber Yak overshirts that demonstrate a chaotic approach to plaid, Palace’s penchant for tasteful reworking is on full display. The same can be said for the Rear View shirts and knits, which act as physical embodiments of the firm’s adoration for the over-the-top art style associated with Japanese cartoons.

Palace’s collegiate Veritas branding iteration is applied to piped v-neck jerseys, which act as the yin to the yang of Palace’s eccentric No Bitin’ and Phantasy styles. Always a hit with the fans, Palace has also concocted a new knitted jersey for the upcoming season, fusing considered panelling and its now perennial Argentine-inspired badge with a frontal logo that indirectly nods to a certain well-known manufacturer of tinned fruits and juices.

The brand honours two countries that, culturally, could not be further apart on respective Scrum rugby shirts displaying Scotland’s St. Andrew’s cross and Italy’s Tricolore.

Tees

Taking a backseat as chilly weather resigns Southbank skaters to spending more time at their parents’ five bedroom homes in Hampstead, Palace delivers just a handful of graphic tees for Winter 25, alongside a welcome array of longsleeve styles.

The Tri-Ferg and P3 logo variants return, hijacked by nostalgic polygonal imagery, Cherubs, Bones, and “Tri-Peek” all-seeing eyes. Although not technically part of the seasonal logo updates, Palace works in its favourite shape on the Scheme tee, before sharing insight into its moral compass on the Zen Diagram tee, and indulging in more nostalgic vibes on the Top Up design.

Euphemistic graphic work proceeds on the Pease and Love, Surprisingly Long and Shut Up tees — the latter of which pays tribute to global logistics company FedEx.

Remaining highlights in the longsleeve department see Palace lean into its technical side on the Lenticular and Trail Runner tees.

Headgear

For some unknown reason, Palace gets real weird with it when it comes to late-season headgear. Nobody quite knows who actually wears the brand’s weird-eared designs but that doesn’t stop Palace from stocking the skate armoury with downright “out there” imaginings that go beyond traditional knitted beanies and baseball caps whenever Winter rolls around.

From Faux Mohair, to Furry Ears Balaclavas, two styles of earflap caps and a bobble Puffa Beanie, Palace stands defiant in its love for eclectic cranium covers.

That’s not to say there isn’t still a low-key input of caps and beanies, as the brand does its bit in a push for DEI on the flag-shagging Union 6-panels, also working in some of the previously highlighted graphics, with standouts coming via the More Than A Feeling and Susanoo Denim P 5-panel caps.

Bodē Collaboration

Taking over feature collaborator responsibilities from last season’s Doraemon collection, Palace has teamed up with the estate of underground cartoonist Vaughn Bodē to honour his radical, psychedelic art style, honing in on his flagship series Cheech Wizard, which ran from 1967 to 1975.

Under the direction of Bodē’s son Mark, who followed in his father’s footsteps by keeping his trippy, fantastical art style alive, Palace honours the artist with a wildly graphical collection that depicts imagery relating to the mushroom-shaped character Cheech Wizard, further cementing the artist as one of the more seminal cartoonists of the American countercultural scene.

The capsule includes ashtrays, skate decks, Tri-Ferg hoodies, mohair knits, graphic tees, trucker caps and a showstopping Varsity Jacket.

Accessories

Palace hones in on a curated selection of jewellery, gloves, and utilities for its Winter accessories lineup, again hosting one of London’s premier silversmiths for a Bear pendant and chain, alongside a Palace take on the MVP Ring, displaying its bulldog mascot next to anniversary branding and the locations of its physical stores.

The Savoir-Fair capsule gives an insight into an alternative reality where Palace made beer merch, not skate gear, showing playful branding on coasters, a bottle-shaped pin, and an umbrella.

A new season also means new skate decks paying homage to Palace team riders, this time straying from the outlandish graphics from past seasons to proudly name the real-life skaters that fly the “Pally” flag wherever they go.

The inaugural release from Palace’s Winter 25 collection goes live this Friday, October 3, available via Dover Street Market, Palace stores and the brand’s official website from 11:00 am local time.

A release in Asia follows on Saturday, October 4.