401: Obrigado!
Plus early-access JW Anderson, J.Crew's big sale, and Delia Cai solves wedding season for Magasin.
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Let’s get Lisbon out of the way—I’m fresh from a 4-day trip there for the first time since I was a baby. I bought blue leather gloves from one of the last remaining artisan storefronts in the city center (the entire downtown has been taken over by tourist-geared chain stores), from a place called Luvaria Ulisses, invariably on any chic/discerning/in-the-know city guide.
And, from a remarkable home goods emporium called Paris Em Lisboa, I purchased two store-brand white quilts, one with pinstripe stitching and the other with a classic floral design that reminds me of my mom’s bathrobe when I was a child. They each cost €80. Unthinkable prices for so ! much ! fabric ! At places like Williams-Sonoma and Green Room, similar coverlets are in the $300 range, and Ralph Lauren’s is $700. But actually, then again, Kohl’s has this made-in-Portugal one on sale for $65.
Every homewares brand is producing in Portugal—even and especially Zara Home, which has historically produced bedding in the same factories as Brooklinen, Parachute and Pottery Barn. L’Objet and Fable Home and Porta and Jenni Kayne and a bunch of others also make some or many of their merch in Portugal, and the closer you get to the source, the cheaper and better-quality things are going to be. A visit to Lisbon means good chances of walking into a whatever store and leaving with ceramics, linens, glassware, etc. of pretty high caliber.
Delia speaks!
For the better part of a year now (!) has been manning much of Magasin’s backend operations as our managing editor. Aside from a very flattering introduction note that I did not hold a gun to her head to compose, she’s never truly written for the newsletter. Criminal! As any subscriber to her very funny and very influential would agree. Today, she emerges from her post behind the curtain to SOLVE WEDDING SEASON.
With every year spent further into my thirties, the matter of wedding-attending has morphed into a rolling perma-season of RSVPs, welcome dinners, and much quizzical decoding of highly specific dress codes. As much as I love to lean on a few special occasion staples—salute to the Reformation wrap dress that has dutifully served a decade in the semi-formal trenches with me—I’ve lately been feeling pretty overwhelmed by the implicit edict, courtesy of our Instagram age, to wear something special (AKA new) to properly celebrate every loved one’s special day.
Last year, I trawled Depop somewhat successfully for fun, splashy vintage dresses that fit the bill (usually for around $70). But as anyone who’s shopped on deadline for a big event knows, the logistics around sizing and postal service speed are never more complex than when your need is the most obvious. And so, shortly ahead of the grand finale of wedding season this year, as I was whining to a friend about how I had absolutely nothing to wear to the last two sets of nuptials, she recommended that I check out the rental service Hauteline.
I’d immediately made a face. I’d tried Rent the Runway several times in my twenties—had vivid memories of scrutinizing user-submitted photos of countless sheath dresses and jumpsuits—and found it to be an all-consuming affair that left me feeling horribly unfashionable. But no, this friend insisted. Hauteline had cool clothes. Even better: though they shipped nationwide, they also had a tidy showroom on Orchard Street, where you could go try stuff on without doing battle with dozens of other customers. Online, I saw that Hauteline offered pieces from dozens of indie designers—Shushu/Tong, Paloma Wool, Sandy Liang, Collina Strada. Better yet, the selection felt fantastically tightly curated; I wouldn’t have to lose myself to hours of Ssense-brained scrolling. Plus, much of the formalwear could be rented for under $100 for a four-day period.
I immediately got in touch with one of the founders, Kristie Chow, who offered to pull any pieces I thought were interesting before I stopped by the store on a rainy Thursday. It took all of 30 minutes to decide on a minty Tyler McGillivary slip (for the Jeans-luncheon-and-Nightmoves “semiformal” wedding that weekend) and an extremely fun Natalie Rolt halterneck gown (for the movie theater “red carpet”-themed wedding the weekend after), with a candy-red Marge Sherwood shoulder bag to boot. (Hauteline also rents shoes, though it’s a much tighter size-based selection.) The entire experience felt like raiding a fashion friend’s closet—convivial and convenient. I walked out with my garment bag—everything hand-steamed shortly before I left—practically swooning with relief.
Over the back-to-back weekends, I practically drowned in compliments. The Natalie Rolt dress was a particularly winning conversation piece and totem of delight. I had never worn, much less owned, anything like it before, which lent the evening a sense of true personal occasion as I cheered on a college friend’s marital bliss. The next morning, hungover and happy, I carried the garment bag back to Orchard Street, the garments inside as lovingly worn as the average item in my own closet, now to be released back into the sartorial wild. And I didn’t even have to handle the dry cleaning.
With contributions from Maya Kotomori.
What’s new
Fashion’s most booked-and-busy JW Anderson (18 collections per year—woof) pre-launched his SS26 collection on Net-A-Porter. The designer’s eponymous brand extends its distinct detail-orientation (remember the iconic Pierce bag?) into spring with just the right amount of wearable kook, like the oversized whipstitch accents on these suede “loafer” mules and the building motif Intarsia-knit on this wool polo sweater. Net-A-Porter also got first dibs on JWA’s latest, launching one month before any other retailer or e-tailer, for that matter.
New Phoebe Philo! The designer just released the new arrivals for Collection C, her self-titled brand’s latest collection rolling out in multiple deliveries from July through December of this year. As a line focused on outerwear and leather accessories, Collection C renders heritage silhouettes like the Robe Coat and Gig Bag in warm-neutral hides, like tobacco shearling and toffee suede. Philo will always be the hallowed supplier of some of the finest (and most pricey) textiles you can buy ready-to-wear as well as the low-key progenitor of most luxury-minimal trends of the past 15 years, put respect on it.
Zara turned 50 years old, if you can believe it. To celebrate, the Spanish high-street retailer tapped 50 influential creatives to each design an original product—Annie Liebovitz has a t-shirt with an exclusive photo print, Ludovic de Saint Sernin has a funky Bauhaus chair. English fashion stylist Harry Lambert, whose clients include Alexander Skarsgård and Emma Corrin, has a pink bucket hat covered with pins, collector style; he’s also doubled down with his creative direction of a special Zara x Disney collab. In Lambert’s capsule collection “Aw Gee Wow,” there are options for a variety of occasions, like the Faux Fur Effect Combined Mini Dress for cocktails, and a hoodie whose drawstrings look like Goofy’s ears for lounging. There’s also a 100% cashmere co-ord set that retails for under $250 ($129 for the top, $99 for the shorts). It sounds unlikely until you see it, but as a whole, the collection really reads more fitting for his celebrity clients than it does “fast-fashion Disney adult.”
The Tory Burch FW25 runway collection is here, and those oversized wool coats from the show this past February look just as good in the e-comm photos as they did on the MoMA catwalk. Tory added utility to the It-Girl factor she’s cultivated since 2004, with the Denim Handbag Jacket designed with all the functionality of a purse in a piece of outerwear. Oh, and there’s a coordinating tote, too.
Mugler’s power-shouldered ’80s history lives on in its re/edit collection, a limited-edition capsule that reinterprets the late designer’s ready-to-wear and couture archive. The re/edit is now shoppable on MyTheresa, with a crêpe twill peplum blouse re-issued from ready-to-wear 1986, full-length mesh gloves worthy of holding a cheeky cigarette and martini.
Clare Waight Keller’s second drop for Uniqlo: C Fall/Winter 2025 uses textile technology for good. Nested under the sub-label ‘Modernity in Motion,’ Uniqlo Heattech cashmere and Pufftech materials are reimagined for streamlined warmth with an added designer’s touch (the wine and dark brown colorways of the Pufftech Half Coat wield the discerning eye of someone as classy as CWK).
The Gap x Sandy Liang capsule collection dropped to an anticipating audience last Friday at 9am ET—think Tsumori Chisato but with the LES-native designer’s unique Chinatown heritage infused. There’s some quirky outerwear, a deer-print faux fur jacket and a trench coat with a giant Sailor Moon-y bow on the back, and a low-rise iteration of Gap’s ’90s Loose Carpenter Jeans with, yes, more bow embroidery. Meanwhile, GAPStudio Collection 03 (launched with a campaign fronted by Gwyneth Paltrow and Apple Martin), hit online on 10/2, a elegant edit of slick minimalism rendered in vegan patent leather like this Mary Quant-ish mini dress and matching cropped jacket.
There’s also: Dorsey Classics now in white, green, and deep blue lab-grown Moissanite stones; Camille Surault introduces The Mini Pippa Necklace, a petite permutation of the 925 silver charmed chord necklace-choker-belt; animal prints in for fall with Le Monde Béryl Apres Ski Slipper in cow print, rust, and beige, as well as MyTheresa adding the zebra-cheetah print heavy Jimmy Choo x Conner Ives collection; Jamie Haller’s newest Penny Loafer colorway, greige; an A.P.C. x Marc Jacobs collaboration inspired by the long-time friendship between Marc and A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou; and Alex Mill x Margaux, a special three-shoe capsule collaboration designed for seamless day-to-night transitions.
Men’s releases
Colbo x Sperry reunite for a second collaboration with the Captain’s Oxford, the boat shoe brand’s very first casual shoe originally released 1935. Though a 90-year-old silhouette, the Captain’s Oxford sits somewhere between a Wallabee and a desert boot, with that distinctly worn-in-already feeling built into every pair.
KATKIM’s first men’s collection is a delicate carryover of a lot of the jewelry brand’s founding principles (interesting use of negative space and industrial edge cast in gold) with a distinctly masculine edge, like the chunky Grande Mono Chain Bracelet.
There’s also: A Carter Young x Paracia collaboration shoe inspired by construction footwear; Stanley Tucci’s 13-piece luxury cashmere capsule for AW25 with N.Peal (there’s a colorway for the Travel Sock called Tucci Orange); and Evan Kinori’s Autumn-Winter 2025 Edition previewing later this week.
Home releases
The Flynn McGarry/Gem Home lifestyle transformation I’ve been foretelling is concretely here, in the form of a home textile collaboration with Autumn Sonata. There’s an apron, tablecloth, napkin set, and placemats with a yellow and brown Edo stripe pattern, from $80-220. Gem Home also teased a “club” today, inviting inner circle to follow the announcement by signing up for an alert for the upcoming announcement of “a way to share the ingredients, seasonal produce, and pantry staples that we use every day in the café.” I’m thinking like a CSA box? Mysterious!
What’s on sale
The J.Crew mid-season sale is on, netting shoppers up to 70% off for a limited time with BIGSALE (we can only assume, while supplies last, or something of the like). There’s a solid sale edit for the impending season, with this Agnès B.-style cardigan, or this highly layerable merino wool sweater dress.
COS’ major mid-season sale rages on. The deals are tightly packed and selling quickly—leather bags, double-knit outerwear, cultish denim all among the seasonally ripe SKUs on discount.
The idiom of comfort could best be described as a pre-fall Lauren Manoogian sale, with up to 60% off softwash knits, tees, and textured trousers for transitional layering in this off laytime between cool and cold.
A one-day, 40% off sale at Tigra Tigra with SECRETSALE, already 12 hours in, happening now. On the low end, that brings this mirror-embroidered headscarf down to under $50, and on the high end, a raw silk dress with onyx stones for hundreds off. I ordered this beaded fringe shift dress that, if it arrives in time, I’ll wear to a big event next week.
There’s also: 30% off for Heaven Mayhem’s private sale starting now; 30% off at Little Liffner (now just Liffner…all grown up); and Madewell lobs an extra 50% off already-on-sale styles with LONGWEEKEND.
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