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To mark the one year anniversary of the Patta Milan store we're launching ‘Ladri di Patta’, a six minute short film inspired by the neo-realist classic ‘ Ladri di Biciclette ’ (better known as Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio de Sica, 1948). The short film is made by Dutch director Victor D. Ponten and pro

Patta has worked with iconic Italian sportswear brand NR Ennerre on a throwback football jersey. The NR x Patta No. 10 Football Jersey is inspired by the kit Italian football club Naples wore during their 88-89 season, the year they won the UEFA Cup, guided by the legendary Diego Armando Maradona. F

For Chapter 29 of Frank 151, released in 2007, Editor-in-Chief Frank Green cliqued up with Los Angeles native sons Mister Cartoon & Estevan Oriol of Soul Assassins Studios, giving readers an unparalleled view of the City of Lost Angels. The Benelux distributor of the Frank books, Amsterdam collectiv

Dutch superstars in the making.

This Saturday June 6th, Patta will be streaming live from café De Duivel, with DJs Empress Messenjah, Ike Melchizedek, SP, Bao G, Margie, Waxfiend, Edson, Lil' Vic, Sandor Dayala and DJ Turne. Needless to say, de Duivel has had a few rough months. This small bar in the centre of Amsterdam was the fi

Opened in 1992, café De Duivel is a small bar in the center of Amsterdam that was the first to embrace Hip Hop culture, and one of those unique places that shaped our city’s character. In a time when Hip Hop was a tiny subculture and wearing sneakers or say being North-African would still get you ba

Hey Lyle, please introduce yourself to our readers. I’m Lyle Lindgren, London based filmmaker and gold teeth encyclopaedia. How did you start making films? I started out as a runner on music videos for artists like Wiley making bad coffee and worked my way up. The first music video I directed was fo

In 2015, Zo Moeilijk MC Rosco and Zwart Licht producer Hayzee released a collaborative EP, supported by Patta with art direction and a long sleeve shirt. This collaboration was first teased in 2009, on the Patta co-A&R-ed mixtape So So Lobi , but busy schedules and the distance between Amsterdam and

It was only 11 months ago that Het HEM, an ambitious home for contemporary culture, housed within an almost 10,000m2 former ammunitions factory, opened its doors with Chapter 1ne, an exhibition curated by Patta founders Guillaume Schmidt and Edson Sabajo. The pandemic and the related economic downtu

The Patta Cotton Twill Bucket Hat, with a 100% cotton body, embroidered air vents and woven band with the Patta script logo printed on the side will be available from 1300 CEST, Friday May 29th, at Patta Milano, Amsterdam and online in three colour ways: Bayberry, Biscotti and Black.

Following the February release of his album Among My Souvenirs, SIROJ now shares the full length video by the same name. A fragmented short story, divided over 12 scenes, each visualizing and interpreting one song of the album — all taking place in the same universe. All scenes were directed by Daan

For the last two years, Patta co-founder Edson Sabajo has been mentoring students in the minor Entrepreneurship programme at Amsterdam's University of Applied Sciences, Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Under this programme, Patta and the minor students sat down to discuss possibilities to elevate HvA’s mer

As an extension of our long standing Get Familiar blog series we’ve been speaking with some of our UK based family to see what they’ve been up to and what they’ve got planned. We caught up with London based Grime artist Big Zuu to talk about influences, future plans and all things music. Find out wh

"For me, the portrait is a theatrical play with eyes, nose, mouth, and the light as principal actors. Comedy or drama, equally interesting. I feel that in essence, every portrait is a self-portrait too, I don't want to please nor do I aim at merely creating a realistic representation. I like to capt