483: A new shopper-to-know
Welcome Alyssa Vingan! Plus Eckhaus Latta x Mango, Chanel's acorn, and a Déhanche private sale.
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Introducing: Alyssa Vingan! For the last nearly two months, Alyssa has been editing, organizing, and otherwise participating in the Magasin braintrust as our new managing editor. She helped take us to two news sends a week, launch High Touch, and set us up for a future of this newsletter you couldn’t even guess at yet.
She’s a media legend and a shopper-to-know. I’ll let her tell you about it in her own words, below. WELCOME, ALYSSA.
Give us the elevator intro, your background, your current projects: Long time Magasin reader, first time caller! I am very stoked to come on board and help Laura build the smartest fashion and lifestyle publication in the game right now. I’ve worked in fashion media for over 15 years (!) and have been editor-in-chief twice: first at Fashionista and most recently at NYLON. I’ve been freelance for the past 2.5 years, which has been a great change of pace — mostly writing, editing, and assorted editorial strategy projects. You may have seen my byline in The New York Times, The Cut, GQ, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, and various other fashion-leaning titles. I also host a podcast and publish a weekly fashion-meets-culture newsletter on my own Substack, The New Garde, if you’d like to get to know me and the contents of my brain better!
What’s your shopping archetype: I am a creature of habit when it comes to shopping and I stick to what works for my body type — large-busted, short-torsoed, petite girls, unite! I am also an overthinker; I will wait a couple of weeks or months before buying a luxury item to make sure the desire is still there. If it sells out, it wasn’t meant to be! Most often you can find me in a menswear-inspired button down, or a vintage T-shirt (I love a band, baseball, or surf tee) and Levi’s; whenever I’m in a new city I carve out time to vintage shop, so my collection of both is pretty solid. I invest in accessories and outerwear; this fall I’d really like to buy a new leather jacket (the last one I bought was vintage men’s) and a new handbag. I, too, have been eyeing the Phoebe Philo Gig bag and have wanted a Balenciaga Rodeo bag for a couple of years — it might be time to pull the trigger.
Favorite online store and in-person shopping experience: As mentioned above, I tend towards vintage shopping both online and IRL. I love the Mothfood online store, but haven’t visited the NYC showroom yet. I live in Alphabet City, so sometimes I’ll do a little LES vintage crawl to get my steps in and window shop: Lara Koleji, Procell, Rogue, Ending Soon, 194, Desert Vintage, the usual suspects. I love popping into Chad Senzel’s shop on Eldridge Street and Sorbara’s in Williamsburg to browse and hang with the owners, their curation is top tier. I am not just saying this because she’s my friend, but Emily Dawn Long’s showroom is the most fun place to shop in NYC. I love popping in to kiki and play dress up — sometimes I bring my laptop and co-work there. I almost never leave empty-handed.
Best discovery you ever made through Magasin: Laura has a Comme Si classic button-down in every color, so now I want a Comme Si classic button-down in every color.
Last few things you bought: I’m not sure if it’s the ambient energy of the impending World Cup, the French Open, or the Knicks in the finals, but most of my recent acquisitions have veered athletic. I scored a pair of Relax Lacrosse Brand 4” shorts in an all-American royal blue and red combo, some green Umbros, and The Big Short from HORSE that comes in a crisp white. I regret not grabbing a Bend tank from the Gumi x Rummage Stretch collaboration while I had the chance, but such is life. Otherwise, I’ve been stocking up on staples for summer in the city: Alex Mill Prince Street ballet flats in cherry red (I might pick up the new orange colorway next), a Cou Cou Intimates pointelle midi dress, a truly fantastic white T-shirt from Plain Jane New York, a triangle top bikini from YouSwim (highly recommended for my fellow D+ cup ladies), and some sleek oval sunglasses from Jimmy Fairly that remind me of the pair Lily-Rose Depp’s character wore in “The Idol” (IYKYK).
With News Editor Maya Kotomori.
What’s new
Eckhaus Latta and Mango have released an exclusive capsule collection, and the New York label’s purposefully skewed proportions and tactile finishes don’t just survive the translation, they’re thriving. Standouts include a neat, boxy suit jacket, tie-overlay trousers that scream downtown hot girl chef, and even...a wedge? It’s an Eckhaus greatest hits album: funky knits, bead details, a straight-leg jean with a metallic acid treatment. Then there’s the woven leather handbag, all loops and texture, sitting at the upper end of the collection (it’s $499) without feeling out of place.
Kallmeyer PF26 is here, serving as another reminder that fashion’s ongoing flirtation with modesty need not veer into Mennonite territory, what with all the ankle and wrist-skimming hems. Our faves: the Crosby superfine merino cardigan with a fitted button-front akin to the best parts of Agnes B., the impeccably tailored Roxana short in viscose twill, and the starched poplin Isolde full skirt whose body-concealing weight only exudes assurance — a very Kallmeyer thing.
Chanel’s New York-themed Métiers d’Art 2026 collection has landed in select boutiques. Now that the prices are public, we see that Matthieu Blazy’s brand vision keeps the luxury very much intact. The collection, which debuted last December inside a New York City subway, is the product of sticking the Blazy mythos inside the artisanal machinery that is Chanel. What is spit out: price-upon-request collector-bait evening bags (the acorn and constellation globe minaudières are Magasin favorites) in true Lagerfeld tradition, a cashmere knit riffing on the Superman logo ($3,950), and an instant classic cotton skirt in the style of Coco Chanel herself ($8,150) intended for fearless pattern mixing. It’s luxurious, funny, and considered, confirming what a lot of us already knew: Blazy has created a Chanel that can be freaky and sell.
Métier’s Summer 2026 arrivals are here, bringing a fresh crop of bags and accessories designed for the season’s migration between city, coast, and airport lounge. A new menthe-colored suede appears on both the stowaway and edge clutch, lending each silhouette a refreshing note. The real sleeper hit may be the grey-ecru Chameleon 41. The striped canvas body feels perfectly suited to summer, while the small diamond insignias stamped into the leather handle attachments are a smart way to use logos without going overboard. An excellent beach bag that would look equally convincing carried straight back into the city.
Aflalo’s Summer 2026 collection comes ashore with a wash of luminous silks and bias cuts. It’s glossy, glamorous, and uninterested in subtlety — but not too loud, either. The Alere top, for example: a gleaming, white silk top trimmed with fringe and cut like an elevated bandana. Equally strong are the Freja silk trousers, finished with an apron-style tie, and the Lolana pant, whose rounded silhouette is like a fashion genie pant. For those craving color, look no further than the Nourin dress, something Michelle Pfeiffer would look awesome in.
There’s also: Jaden Smith’s dandy-luxe debut as Men’s Creative Director at Christian Louboutin; Dear Frances’ Balla mesh flat and Sade mesh mule rendered in Sherbet, a limited-edition shade that’s as sweet as its name suggests; Sabah’s first-ever ballet flat, the Babet, arriving in a veritable feast of colors (we’re partial to the cobalt suede); Norma Kamali’s Invisible Swim collection, bikinis engineered with barely-there attachments that deliver a delightfully convincing optical illusion; Bottega Veneta’s new Alta fragrance collection, ten scents threading together distinctly Italian ingredients while turning the Intrecciato into both metaphor and bottle motif; and Byredo’s first body mist collection, five bestselling fragrances reimagined as a lighter veil for skin, clothes, and repeat application.
Home releases
Thuma has teamed up with beloved British interiors firm Buchanan Studio on a capsule collection that merges the bed brand’s sturdy construction with Buchanan’s cheery eye for color. The result feels familiar enough for existing Thuma devotees, while introducing some bold personality into the mix. The centerpiece is Buchanan Studio’s signature upholstered bed, offered in olive velvet, blush pink velvet, and a brown-and-white stripe that manages to feel vintage without being dated. Matching throw pillows extend the concept further, allowing for a bit of pattern play without requiring a full room overhaul.
Marisa Berenson has joined forces with Zara and Zara Home on a collection that channels the rattan-and-bamboo motifs of Hollywood Regency in clothing (there is a sequined turban involved) and, perhaps more importantly, for your tabletop. The homewares lineup is steeped in astrology and a sense of old-world opulence: zodiac wide goblets and corresponding embroidered linen napkins, a fringed zig-zag tablecloth. Oh, there’s also a gilded table decoration that…essentially is the Apple of Discord?
There’s also: CB2 and Todd Snyder’s Townhouse Collection, a handsome exercise in Art Deco glamour filtered through midcentury apartment stylings; and Volker Haug Studio’s Pilz lighting collection at The Future Perfect, hand-blown using a 4,000-year-old Murano glassmaking technique in each mushroom-like light fixture.
What’s on sale
Dehanché’s seasonal sale is for anyone who lives by the philosophy: you can never have enough accessories. Many styles are hovering around 30% off, with select pieces marked down considerably further. Particular attention should be paid to basics like the Richa belt in black leather with mixed hardware, now reduced from $590 to $400. For those with a flair for the dramatic, the jaguar calf-hair bodice belt with gold hardware falls from $950 to $390. For a brand whose appeal is largely built on substantial metalwork and impeccable leather, these are the kinds of discounts that don’t last long.
Net-a-Porter is offering an additional 10% off of sale merchandise with FLASH10 at checkout, and the stacked discounts go from good to compelling real quick. A Tom Ford silk-georgette polka-dot pussybow blouse becomes even more tempting, while Staud’s cotton Nia dress drops from an original $495 to roughly $267 after the additional reduction. The strongest value proposition may be Loewe’s pleated cotton-and-silk shorts: already reduced from $1,100 to $550, the extra discount pushes them below the $500 mark.
Welcome to the Cordera archive sale, where the markdowns are substantial enough to warrant immediate attention. Better still, many of the strongest reductions apply to the tailoring (the brand’s bread and butter). The black boatneck waistcoat is now $99 from $200, while the tailoring Bermuda shorts have fallen to $99 from $329. The embellished tailoring skirt has been reduced by roughly half, and the utility jacket now sits around $400. For shoppers who have admired the brand’s tailoring from afar, this is likely the most affordable point of entry Cordera will offer all year.
DeMellier’s summer sale is underway, featuring a broader assortment than the brand typically places on promotion. Whenever a label known for tightly controlled inventory suddenly opens the discount floodgates, newness may well be around the corner…watch this space. There’s a good discount on the Hudson in small-grain leather in select colors like tan. As always, availability varies by color and finish, so the best bargains require a little digging.
There’s also: Negative Underwear’s Last Chance sale, a final call for discontinued favorites and limited-edition colors, including the coral sieve cutout bra at 60% off; and Supergoop’s 10% off Play subscription program for automatic sunscreen replenishment during summer.
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Gen X-er here - I had no idea that Umbros were back, baby! I wore these every day of high school in Florida and then to my first day of college classes at a snobby school in Washington, DC. Then I never wore them again. I feel vindicated and will be buying a pair. Thanks for the inspo!
THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!!