Since her teenage years in the UK, Lan has always been captivated by the elegance and energy of tartan, the pattern more commonly referred to as plaid in North America.
The world's oldest pharmacy, Santa Maria Novella, in Florence, is not only a cultural treasure, celebrating its 800th anniversary three days ago, but an innovative creator of natural, handmade products that become essential luxuries.
Within every piece of clothing that we love are two intertwined elements. There is the designer's aesthetic and vision that defines the brand — that which draws us in, which intrigues us. The second essential element is the production, the physical creation.
Above all other fabrics, cashmere has been the defining material for my collections. I just began working with a double-faced weaving technique that has two "right" sides, two faces. This allows both sides of the fabric, rather than just one, to be equally soft and plush. I found the idea of taking luxury into the realm of ultra-luxe very seductive.
Stylist Caroline Rooney has built a stylist career by choosing the fashion road less—if ever—traveled. She indulges us on her storied career and how she approaches aesthetics with such depth.
There is a specific kind of woman whose biography is interlaced with what she wears. (The same can be said for a certain kind of man.) This woman invests meaning into the objects she carefully chooses. Her wardrobe pieces are talismans.
As the summer heat bakes into each hour, we have been thinking about all that is cool and airy. It is magical how the season’s invitations can be impossible to ignore.
With this summer of reemergence and reawakening comes our newest collection. A meeting place for the soul, Series No.19 is the result of deep intentionality.
