Lee Launches Global Marilyn Monroe Capsule Collection for Her 100th Birthday

Lee has released a global, limited-edition collection built around Marilyn Monroe’s archival looks, timed to “what would have been her 100th birthday.” The Lee x Marilyn Monroe collection takes its starting point from a specific set of photographs: Eve Arnold’s images of Monroe wearing Lee’s Storm Rider jacket on the set of “The Misfits,” her final completed film.

Vivian Rivetti, Lee’s vice president of global design, said those photos have shaped the brand’s thinking for decades, and that the goal was to capture Monroe’s aesthetic “through a modern Lee lens” rather than copy the original pieces directly.

The hero item is an updated Storm Rider jacket, rebuilt with a blanket lining in an exclusive Marilyn Monroe color palette, a custom label and hidden red-lip embroidery stitched inside. The rest of it follows the same idea of referencing specific Monroe moments rather than her image in general.

There’s a high-rise, straight-leg “Marilyn Jean” with back darts and red-lip embroidery at the inside waistband, a boyfriend button-down shirt with tonal lip stitching, a cardigan-style “Coatigan” inspired by sweaters from her last photoshoot, a halter dress referencing one of her film…