272: NYFW Day 2 / Opera vs disco

Plus space boots, antique deals, and what I wore.

Introducing Magasin’s pop-up Fashion Week newsletter-within-a-newsletter, where we’ll be covering shoppable observations from scenes of interest daily: New York Fashion Week, Day 2.

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Weather report

67ºF / 19º C

Itinerary

10a Alfie Paris breakfast

11:30a Bevza preview — set up resee-style rather than her usual show format, but a chance to see a great new two-way folding bag/wristlet up close

1p LII Studio preview — second season for this young brand (designer Zane Li had only just graduated from FIT when he released the first earlier this year)

2p Tibi show

3p Alaia resee

6p Sake Bar Asoko opening — rescheduled my pop-in to Monday…a girl is tired!

* em seely-katz agenda

The Look

Filson Dry Tin Barn Coat, $295 / Tibi Gary Embossed Dress, $1,095 / Fane Bra Bag, $610 / A.Emery The Kinto Sandal, $160 / Casa Shop vintage ring / Erede Hinged Hoop, $1,800

Shoppable observations

• LII Studio—the young brand whose opera coat I fell in love with at the showroom this past February—was just picked up by SSENSE today. It’s currently the brand’s exclusive wholesale partner and a solid 16 pieces, including the opera coat, are finally available to the world.

• It didn’t occur to me until today that Tibi is slowly reinventing Courreges’ 1960s space boot with its various gogo-ish styles (the clear vinyl boot, the Borg sock boot). There’s been an ongoing conversation this week about “what’s the new Studio 54” (there isn’t one) and “where are we supposed to go dancing in New York?” (Bushwick.) Alaia invited editors to visit an exhibition at The Brant Foundation featuring photos of Azzedine Alaia with Andy Warhol, Diana Ross, a smattering of charismatic bon vivants. It feels to me like the culture is craving some of the glamor and loosened inhibition of that time.

• Oset Babur posted about an Uptown antique store going out of business. Looks like a lot of nice glassware and ceramics and even nicer prices. 73rd and Lexington.

Inspiring stranger of the day — her

The haircut! The glasses! The long-sleeve-and-trouser synergy! Those soft, ballet-like loafers! All I want to wear now.

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