Mother has partnered with the independent Berkeley-founded record store Amoeba Music on a new capsule collection as part of its holiday 2026 collection.
Building on past music partnerships including Alison Mosshart from The Kills in London and Orville Peck in Brooklyn, the apparel collaboration is tapping into the growing nostalgia for analog culture, era-defining moments in music, and celebrates musical discovery and individuality within record-store culture.
“Music has always been a big part of the Mother world — and music and fashion are forever intertwined,” Tim Kaeding, cofounder and creative director of Mother, told WWD. “We’ve worked with musicians, hosted performances and built collections around different moments in music because there’s such a natural connection between music and personal style.”
The capsule collection features six unisex styles and accessories such as a white denim jacket with pins, white carpenter pants, assorted brightly colored Ts and sweatshirts featuring a reimagined Amoeba logo in rainbow hues, a record tote and more.
Mother noted that the collaboration with Amoeba Music was natural, given the store is a California “cultural landmark” with a “fiercely independent spirit” and aligned with the brand’s own point of view. Kaeding also said the inspiration for the latest collection came from finding pieces in vintage stores and digging through bins.
“Amoeba felt especially personal because of our California roots,” said Lela Becker, president and cofounder of Mother. “It’s a place where you can lose an afternoon digging through records and come out with something you didn’t know you were looking for. That sense of discovery, individuality and finding your own taste is very Mother.”
Becker, who grew up around San Francisco, said the store represented more than just music. She said there is magic to the idea of spending hours in a record store and stumbling upon something unexpected, with discovery and slower living at the core of the brand’s storytelling.
And beyond its denim offering, Mother has continued to expand its presence within the apparel space alongside new capsule collections.
“We started with denim, but Mother has always been about more than the product. Storytelling is central to who we are, and as we’ve grown, it has organically led us to expand into different categories, campaigns and experiences to fully tell our stories. Collaborations let us step into different worlds and play with new ideas that we may not typically do. We love working with our partners to bring their world together with ours,” concluded Kaeding.
The Mother x Amoeba capsule collaboration ranges from $125 to $385 and is now available worldwide at motherdenim.com and at select retail locations.