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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Lakmé Fashion Week: ब्लैक शॉर्ट ड्रेस में सनी लियोनी की रैंप पर मस्ती February 12, 2020 at 08:59PM
If The Shoes At Eckhaus Latta Looked Familiar, Here’s Why
No matter how zany, disruptive, and out-of-left-field fashion shows get, one thing has always been consistent: Fashion shows present new clothing from a single designer. But during Eckhaus Latta’s latest fall ‘20 show, the Los Angeles-based brand decided to share the spotlight. Known for how it pushes against fashion’s strict conventions, Eckhaus Latta teamed up with luxury resale site The RealReal to use other designer’s old shoes to complete their own looks. It’s a concept that’s shocking in its simplicity — after all, it’s pretty much how normal people already approach getting dressed — and a credit to their confidence in their own designs that they hat-tipped others.
“As designers, we pretty much exclusively wear secondhand clothes or our own [designs]. Vintage shopping has always been part of our education, and how we learn about clothes,” said Mike Eckhaus. Rather than partner with a company to make footwear samples, the duo wanted to use the opportunity to promote a more sustainable and approachable way of rounding out their shows.
Shredded denim corsets, patterned midi dresses, oversized knits, and shrunken sweater vests were paired with iconic derby oxfords from Prada and signature Chanel slingbacks. All the footwear is still available for purchase on The RealReal. “We hope seeing resale on the runway will inspire designers and shoppers to find their own creative ways to embrace circular fashion,” says Sasha Skoda, head of women’s at The RealReal.
Sustainability has always been a guiding principle for Eckhaus Latta. “We like to think about sustainability in a comprehensive way, beyond just using deadstock materials,” Zoe Latta explained. For the duo, that means working with local denim factories in Los Angeles and partnering with factories that provide fair labor and safe working conditions for employees. Just switching up the shoes it uses makes a difference, and is evidence of a holistic approach to fashion that Eckhaus Latta has become known for.
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Rodarte’s Fall 2020 Show Was So Pretty, It Hurt
Last night in the flickering candlelit nave of St. Bartholomew’s church in Midtown, Manhattan (what a venue!) Rodarte marked a memorable return to New York Fashion Week after a brief hiatus that had the designers showing first in Paris in 2017, then in LA, and then not at all, opting instead for artful, celebrity-filled lookbooks. A show in New York symbolizes a new chapter for the brand. Sending models out in gowns shimmering with bejeweled spiderwebs, long beaded fringe that looked like lit cigarettes, and billowing floral capes, sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy made sure this collection struck an emotional chord.
The goth-adjacent collection, which took its notes from mythical female monsters like vampires and witches, was — in true Rodarte form — intensely pretty, though, this time, it was so pretty it hurt, by design. And while the looks heavily relied on the themes Rodarte does best — tiers, statement sleeves, storybook tulle — there was a new sense of darkness, as models in sheer gowns were draped in huge, deep purple orchid leis and had spiderwebs like cages marking their torsos. Beauty, yes, but mystical and a bit sinister, too.
Gothic gowns for fall are about as groundbreaking as florals for spring, but even so, the collection stood out in the midst of a week that has been pretty much safe. The Mulleavys cited the 1992 Coppola film Dracula as their inspiration, and while the show was a masterclass in fashion as storytelling, it was also brimming with wearable pieces. You don’t have to practice dark magic to wear the bishop-sleeved, floor-length white-and-silver gown (this writer’s favorite moment); nor do you need a taste for blood to want a dramatic hood atop your shiny black dress.
Criticisms leveled against the Mulleavy sisters in the past have had a distinctly sexist undertone; that their designs are too whimsical and imaginative, that they have no business sense — one particularly scathing headline from 2016 questioned whether or not the brand existed at all, while another critic famously called the sisters “cloyingly naive.” And so, by using their New York return to honor fantastical, powerful, dark female tropes, the sisters seem to be saying, call us what you will, but we’re so much more.
The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.
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Exclusive: H&M’s Spring ’20 Studio Collection Is Inspired By “Swedish Hawaii”
Contrary to popular belief, the most anticipated collections debuting during Fashion Month don’t all come from luxury designers sporting quadruple-digit price tags. H&M not only puts on some of the most memorable events of the month, but also makes it easy for everyone to buy what they’ve just seen.
Today, the Scandinavian fast-fashion retailer known for its designer collaborations and sustainability initiatives announced the official launch date for the long-awaited spring ‘20 Studio Collection. On sale February 20th, the 45-piece collection is more fashion-forward than H&M’s mainline, and made with more attention to quality. “We have a dedicated design team that works on H&M Studio,” says the brand’s creative director Ann-Sofie Johansson.
During a research trip to the Swedish island of Gotland — affectionately known as Swedish “Hawaii” — the Studio team thought about surf culture and the women who do it (yes, you can surf in Sweden!). “We were intrigued by the idea of a free-spirited woman who is ready for anything: curious, courageous, looking to challenge herself and to explore the world,” says Johansson. “We took some photographs and were discussing how the island looked like a lunar surface,” adds H&M Studio Concept Designer Linda Wikell. H&M Studio’s print designer Moa Bartling added psychedelic washes to those photos to create the foundational prints for the collection.
The result? A kaleidoscope-hued collection that feels both raw and refined, featuring easy shapes and natural colors, with a shock of unexpected details. Deconstructed linen suits contrast with vibrant and voluminous sundresses, and chunky knit cardigans in handmade patterns are paired with chic flip flops.
Like many of the collections unveiled this week, the Studio collection is moving toward a more sustainable future, based on the work H&M has already accomplished when it comes to developing and using sustainable materials. According to Wikell, the Studio collection uses organic cotton and recycled polyester, fabrics that were first introduced in its Conscious Exclusive collections. “By the end of the year, 100% of our cotton will be organic, recycled, or obtained via the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI),” she explained, mentioning how the company is on target to hit one of its ambitious sustainability goals.
For the launch, H&M will be holding a pop-up featuring the collection at the Santa Monica Proper Hotel in Los Angeles, as well as hosting a star-studded event and surprise concert in Beverly Hills tonight. The collection will debut online and in select stores on February 20th.
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The One Thing You Shouldn’t Do Yourself When Starting A Company
Gumption and a good eye aren’t all it takes to start your own fashion brand. In partnership with The CW series Katy Keene, in which Lucy Hale plays an aspiring designer trying to make it in the big city, one day at a time, we’re digging into the specifics of striking out on your own.
No one says “Bring in the lawyers” unless something has gone terribly wrong. But according to Ivy Ocampo and Jeanette Sawyer, cofounders of emerging accessories brand MAAARI, legal counsel is their top advice for anyone who wants a new business venture to go terribly right.
Ocampo and Sawyer learned this the hard way after taking a DIY approach to setting up their LLC, but they’ve still managed to come out on the other side (with properly filed paperwork): Their line of jewelry and home goods inspired by Filipino tradition turns four in April. We caught up with both women at a liminal moment, as they prepare for a second round of funding that could make their dreams — including an expanded product offering (including ready-to-wear!) and a brick-and-mortar retail space — come true. Ahead, they get real about the unforeseen costs and “it was all worth it” gains you might expect to encounter when you’re starting your own business.
Starting your own brand is a major financial undertaking. Can you walk us through the process of making that decision?
Ivy Ocampo: “We were thinking of our product assortment and how to produce these items, and we were like, ‘We have no money.’ We knew we needed to get a loan. We did all the small things first, like setting up the LLC; even that takes a little bit of funding to do. But to get all the production and materials together, if you don’t have any backing, you need to look for a loan. So we started looking for organizations that had small-business loans, and there was one called Working Solutions out of San Francisco.”
Jeanette Sawyer: “It had a really low interest rate. They work on financing women-owned and women-of-color-owned businesses. We spent a good amount of time forming a business plan. Neither of us has a business background, but it was something we learned how to do by asking a lot of questions. My boyfriend’s dad gave us a lot of advice on how to go about things, and really, we were able to do what we did because we had so much support.”
Speaking of support, what was some of that advice that you would pass on to others wanting to go down the same road?
JS: “Ivy and I can design with our eyes closed, but the struggle for us and this business is making sure we’re getting out of the red into the green. There were a lot of things we learned and a lot of things we had to adapt to: figuring out production timelines, asking other businesses how they go about increasing their numbers, choosing what we should be investing our time in because we’re wearing so many hats. There was a learning curve to figuring out what we should prioritize. As much as Ivy and I would love to walk into a studio in the same city [editor’s note: Ocampo is based in New York, while Sawyer lives in L.A.] and have a $100,000 to support us designing all day long, the reality is Ivy and I spend a lot of the time on admin stuff.”
IO: “For example, our pricing was all wrong in the beginning. What Jeanette said about asking questions and looking to people who have done this is really important, because experience goes so much further than looking it up on the internet or what you learn in school. The textbook formulas are one thing, but the real-life ones are another.”
What was a surprise cost of starting your own brand?
IO: “Lawyer fees. You’re like, ‘Okay, I can file my paperwork.’ But then everyone advises you that you need to get a lawyer to make sure your stuff is right. They’re right because you don’t want to end up with your paperwork filed wrong —”
JS: “Which is what happened. Originally, when we started this brand, we were called the Tagalog word for ‘child.’ We were so gung ho, then all of a sudden, we found another brand with the same name but spelled differently. But really, we couldn’t [use it], because we wouldn’t be able to sell our goods. So we had to refile all our paperwork. When we did that, we did it with lawyers because we didn’t know how to change everything we had done using [legal software]. They went in and they said, ‘Actually, you didn’t file any of this correctly.'”
JS: “Especially if you’re a small business and bigger brands copy your designs, you have no way to fight those companies. You can post all you want on Instagram and people will be like, ‘That’s nuts,’ but [nothing happens].”
How do you make sure you’re doing good socially while turning a profit?
IO: “Our makers are a mix of U.S.-based designers and Philippines communities. In the Philippines, many of the communities we were connected with were through Anthill, a social enterprise where they have ethical standards for living wages. What was happening a lot in the Philippines, as with many underdeveloped countries, is artisans not getting paid fair wages for their craft — and them not even knowing that they were being exploited. We pay almost double the market price.”
JS: “A lot of these communities are scared they’re not going to get business because they’re in these remote areas, so whenever tourists or travelers come, they’re just eager to sell. So Anthill goes in and does strategy with them, and we’ve been there for a few of those sessions. When we make trips to the Philippines, we make a point of visiting our communities because it’s very important for them to know we’re real people, that we’re Filipinos, that we’re excited to learn about this aspect of our culture, and that we respect what they do.”
When most people think of fashion, they think highly produced shows and events. As an emerging brand, how do you work within and outside of that model?
IO: “Being super honest, we don’t have the capacity a lot of other brands do. We’re not at the point yet to even do things like that on our own. We held back so much from putting ourselves into the world because we were afraid we couldn’t meet the demand with production.”
JS: “Our first pop-up, we used cinder blocks and birchwood for our shelves. A friend from high school reached out and asked if we needed any custom builds. He made us these wooden pedestals that we only paid the cost of materials for, basically. If you’re super passionate about something, and you’re working on it every day and totally honest about the struggle, people want to help. MAAARI is where we are because of our community.”
IO: “It is what it is working with influencers and micro-influencers. We don’t even have the budget for some of them, but it’s capitalizing on those connections and seeing if people are interested in helping out a brand that has good intentions and a specific mission they might believe in. Just working with what you have and being —”
JS: “Creative.”
IO: “Literally snipping off flowers from the neighbor’s bushes. For our second big photo shoot, there were these beautiful grasses next door, so at night, I went over with shears and just snipped a bunch. It’s penny-pinching where you can — you have to do a lot of things yourself versus bigger brands who would pay an assistant or company to do florals. No, you’re going to the flower market at 6 a.m. lugging huge bundles of flowers yourself.”
Despite the roadblocks (and lawyer fees), what keeps you going?
JS: “When we started this brand, we really wanted to connect with our Filipino culture. I don’t look Filipino, even though I grew up with my whole Filipino side, but there’s always the [pressure] of being a doctor or lawyer to impress your parents. For both of us, it’s been a way for us to really connect with our moms and our families in a way I never thought would happen. Growing up as a Filipino-American, you go through all these cultural identity crises that you’re not brown enough, you’re not white enough —”
IO: “Or even aware that you’re having a cultural identity crisis.”
JS: “Exactly. For Ivy and me, aside from all the hard business stuff we’ve been figuring out, what’s so rewarding is having this community who are validating what we’re doing. We get messages all the time like, ‘I had no idea this weave was native to the Philippines.’ Our mission and goal is to show that our culture is super rich and diverse, and we can play ball with all the other artisans of the world. People think of weaving and they think of India and Mexico and no one ever thinks of the Philippines — for anything, except for nurses. What we’re invested in is putting Philippine design on the map, creating a platform for it, and carving out a space for that style of design.
“We want to empower women from these indigenous communities and developing nations and build and lift all together. That’s our end goal: to say we built this from the ground up, two women in support of all these other amazing women, and hopefully one day, it can sustain us all. We don’t have to work for asshole men.”
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Get Ready, Because Jane Fonda’s Latest Act Is Already Her Biggest Yet
Jane Fonda, the two-time Oscar winner, fitness empire entrepreneur, multi-bestselling author, and producer has been upending convention for the past six decades. And while her life onscreen has established her as a bonafide Hollywood heavyweight, it’s her work offscreen as an activist and organizer of major movements that’s made her the super star we need most, especially now.
With the launch of her much followed #firedrillfridays, Fonda has connected her lifelong devotion to environmental issues with a whole new generation of visionaries and changemakers. Back in the early 1970s, she first made headlines protesting the Vietnam war (and years later the war in Iraq), as well as speaking out publicly in support of Civil Rights and the Women’s movement. But her latest commitment to climate change moved Fonda to spend three months in Washington D.C., asking people from all over the country to join her to speak out alongside her. “I called Annie Leonard, who is the director of Greenpeace USA. And I said, ‘Annie, I want to move to DC for a year and camp out in front of the White House and protest.’ And she said, ‘Well, that’s really great Jane, except that it’s illegal. You can’t do that,'” she tells Refinery29 global editor-in-chief Christene Barberich on this week’s episode of UnStyled.
Younger fans may know Fonda most for her work on Grace & Frankie, the hit Netflix series she stars in opposite Lily Tomlin, a close friend she’s known for 40 years, dating back to when they co-starred in the legendary feminist workplace comedy 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton. “It’s long hours but we all love each other so much,” Fonda says of their occasional 17-hour filming days. “But then, when I’m doing activist work in Michigan, [Lily] comes with me and we do stuff together, and we’ve done stuff together all over the country that has nothing to do with [the show].”
It’s that unmistakable spirit of showing up and speaking out that has long been at the heart of pretty much everything Jane Fonda does. In many ways, Fire Drill Fridays, which are now continuing once a month in California in partnership with Greenpeace, ties together much of the intersectional work she’s been engaged in for decades, “Hanging over every single aspect of our lives is the climate crisis. It impacts the question of war. It impacts the question of women’s empowerment. It impacts everything,” she says. “People can rise up,” she says. “History shows that when enough people decide this is unacceptable and they rise up, they can change history. And that’s what I’m trying to do, along with all of the millions of people out here longer than I’ve been, trying to build La Resistance, because we’re going to need it if we’re going to have a future.”
In her own everyday life, Fonda drives an electric car, is in the process of ridding her home of all single-use plastic, and has chosen to refrain from buying any new clothing. And admits the ability to do those things is a privilege. But what’s most impressive about Fonda is that somehow—even through all that she’s experienced and fought for, even in the midst of our climate crisis and the Trump administration and so many other seemingly insurmountable problems—is that she maintains an incredible, completely contagious optimism. But that kind of persistent hope has been hard won.
“I was so old at 20. I’m 82 now. I am so young, and that’s the truth,” she says. “One of my mantras is it’s more important to be interested than to be interesting,” she adds. “Stop worrying about being interesting. Stay curious. People say, I’m young for my age. It’s because I’m curious. I learn things all the time and that, and that informs my life.”
Hear the rest of Fonda and Barberich’s conversation by listening to UnStyled and subscribing via Apple Podcasts today. And, of course, thanks for listening.
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