Showing posts with label The Row. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Row. Show all posts

AUTUMNAL MOOD

 

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Layers of rusty-amber shades, deep-yellows, almost gold-like and rich browns, emulating the foliage surrounding us at this time of year. A proper tribute to the autumn. An escape, at least a bit, from all the blacks and greys seen everywhere and on everyone. If you need extra warmth, just use an extra knit as a scarf over the shoulders, embracing the neck.


THE ROW IN PARIS

 

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After London in 2019, Paris has become the second city in Europe to host a flagship store for The Row. This store occupies approximately 200 square meters (2,153 square feet) on the ground floor of a residential building constructed in 1835, previously home to an Asian restaurant. As with all of their stores, it has been meticulously designed by the Olsen sisters and the brand's in-house design team, with careful attention paid to every corner and detail.


SILK SUMMER

 

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Are you seeking the ideal addition to your summer wardrobe? Picture an item that is not only lightweight and breathable but also effortlessly stylish and exceptionally comfortable. This piece is designed to keep you cool and dry, offering a luxurious feel without any stickiness. It resists wrinkles more effectively than linen or cotton, making it perfect for travel, and is equally suitable for a vacation or lounging at home. When you wear this item, you'll experience a sense of tranquillity and sophistication, as if you're perpetually at a luxurious resort.


GRECIAN SLIPPER

 



The ancient Greeks were known for their laid-back elegance, and their influence shines through in this effortlessly stylish slipper which bears their name. With a low heel and elegant sole, this slipper is an ideal choice for luxurious and not only indoor comfort.


THE CAPE

 

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What is the history behind this seemingly simple piece of clothing draped over the shoulders to offer protection without the complexity of sleeves? How long has this garment been around, and what was its original purpose? Pinpointing its origins is challenging due to the paucity of documentation.


In the early days of the Renaissance, capes were attached to women's collars and later evolved into dignified attire. For instance, Queen Elizabeth I was noted for wearing long, ornate capes to shield her shoes from getting wet. During the Victorian era, capes became more in vogue among women than men, often appearing in scarlet red and the iconic hooded cardinal cape worn by esteemed women. They became so widespread that they were incorporated into bridal ensembles and became an integral part of the well-known story of Little Red Riding Hood.


GLOOMY DAYS

 

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One day is almost like being on a summer holiday, while the next day is the opposite, giving us a feeling that autumn is knocking on the door. Nothing unusual, I guess, but the drastic differences are not so habitual. What should we wear as a final layer when we are not so or not at all spoiled by the sun? 

CINCHED

 

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One way to add a bit of fun and variation to your outfit is by playing with volume and texture. You can achieve this by incorporating a belt or a scarf, especially a chunky one, as the scarf in my example or even a sporty jacket as in the photo below. They will not only help to enhance the look but also bring a playful touch to your outfit.


FICKLE WEATHER

 

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The weather can be really unpredictable. One day is summer, and on the next, we end up fastened in the rain hug and lower temperatures. Dressing up can be the same. You might think you've got everything clear, but suddenly, you ask yourself what to wear. Such moments can be stressful, but they also make it fun because you turn out with new ways, options, and combinations. Or, why not, you wear one of your favourite garments and everything turns bright and better, like my jacket by Lemaire.

QUITE A STRICT MINIMALISM



The Row sister duo presented their S/S 2017 collection at the brand´s East 71st Street townhouse with models going up and down the marble staircases. Olsen played quite a strict-minimalism throughout the whole show translated in soft tailoring and some volume, mostly seen in shirtdresses. Even the colour palette was "just" black and/or white and a touch of sand. Actually the total sand-look with an A-line duster is the one composed by the open in back silk apron dress and paired with ankle-length pants, my favourite look.

MEDICINE



the row leather pouch bag in tan or in khaki with jade closure
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NOVELTIES #58



LEONARD COHEN has died yesterday
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Another icon and (not only) musical visionary passed away this year. I am asking myself: "What´s happening in his 2016?" Leonard Cohen was 82. A post on his official Facebook page said, "It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief."

The music legend released his latest, 14th album "You Want It Darker" just few weeks ago.


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CLASSICAL TAILORING AND LINGERIE


We’ve been told that this The Row collection is way-bigger than only thirteen photos that we´ve got, but enough obvious and clear to get the core of the collection; the contrast between two, at first sight, different words like the tailoring and the lingerie dressing that in a second hint "merge" into a perfect matrimony. Models sans make-up, among them you can recognize Frederique van der Wal, wear in most of photos pieces of almost traditional classic tailoring, like trench-coat, tailored cropped pants paired with super-soft oversize cashmere knit and coats, while on the rest of them is about subtle lingerie inspired by slip dresses with a delicate lace trim or with super-romantic micro flowers. Another example of a non-forced and non-compulsory luxury, but elegant, strong and understated, as always should be.

REAL LUX


I wrote many times that the point of luxurious for me is a synonym of best-quality, in terms of material and execution. A real lux is not of showing it with exaggeration and blink-blink “special effects”, but it’s submerged with the person as serene-confidence, sophistication and regal-attitude. Shortly said a real lux is investing in long-lasting things, the best of the best, where the quality is not hand-in-hand with quantity and yes, the “less is more” always wins, at least for me. The Olsen twins work that way too and their brand is showing that season by season. The material is the core of every collection, the starting-point that defines the following. This time the duo was concentrated on finishes that are hard to make on delicate fabrics, like the python lacquered black, embroidered cashmere, but the result is a pure magic. The F/W 2016/2017 looks probably more essential than previous collections, made of charming minimalist pieces like slip dresses, leather coats, tight at the waist with the belt and roomy coats, as also half others more linear and precise ones, made by menswear factories in Italy, that made us to think if the twins are ruminating on a possible menswear line? That would be more than nice.

RENAISSANCE


As planed Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen released the pre-fall 2016 look-book less than two weeks before the collection arrives in shops (estimated on May 1). The strategy to hold all images until the delivery time of the collection that was already shown to buyers and editors in the middle of January this year, was to prevent so called customer fatigue or the real thing was to avoid low-cost copies? Regardless everything the delivered look-book features model Katrin Thormann looking ethereal as in one of those Renaissance paintings, probably because of the collection´s colour palette or some silhouettes and textures, especially accentuated on top-wear. This is a lovely continuation from the summer collection, less rigid, monastic, more romantic, poetic, focused on utility, cuts and materials, as all premium lines should do, well, of course only if they are selling the timeless flair.

ROMANCE IN THE GARDEN


So far we all become aware of Olsen twins’ aesthetic translated into the brand The Row; voluminous, wide, oversize silhouettes in clean, neutral almost conservative lines and colours, I would say ethereal and romantic at the same time. No drastic changes happened for their S/S 2016 collection, presented at the 17th-century Château de Courances (outside Paris), which is absolutely good, it´s (as said) the brand´s dna. The romance, volumes are still here, as is it is very earthy colour palette. The new add came with the more uncovering part of clothes, showing some skin and being less monastic, but still very chic like semi-transparent slip dresses, jackets worn off the shoulder, exposed bras and quite deep V-necks.  A big novelty were the shoes, first time done in the fashion house, not to mention two new bag styles and the introduction of a sunglasses collaboration with Oliver Peoples. 

NOVELTIES #42



THE ROW launches their first shoes collection
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The ten years old label is expanding in a major way; the first big move is their first footwear line, revealed today at The Row´s pre-fall 2016 presentation in New York. The collection, all made-in-Italy features seven sophisticated styles in various fabrications and colours for pre-fall . They will be priced from $850 to $1,350, excluding exotics, and will be sold at The Row’s existing retailers and at the brand’s retail stores from May this year.

The sisters’ duo has a plane to open a New York flagship in a townhouse at 17 East 71st Street, after the brand opened last year its first store, on Melrose Place in Los Angeles.


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NOVELTIES #41



THE ROW holds their pre-fall imagery
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What Céline has done for years and still doing it, some American brands are following the French luxury house steps. What I am talking about? About releasing high-resolution images of pre-collections right on a day when these collections are hitting stores. As it did Proenza Schouler two weeks ago, now it´s time for The Row to hold the brand´s pre-fall imagery until April.  Everybody who was invited – fashion business insiders – to take a look at the brand´s latest collection, was also informed that there will be not distributive images of the collection until the mid-April, when it starts hitting sales floors.

So there will probably be a bit of “hard-time” for Zara and other fashion-street-like retailers that intensively all these years “used” some ideas straight from big-brands and turned them into their fast-selling collections; but I guess that Inditext (Zara´s mother-house) will not be stopped by the first obstacle on its way, when made only in first 9 months this year 2 billion of profits. Don´t you think?


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