486: Regrouping on "summer style"
Plus Tory's semi-annual, new Leset, and Jamie Haller pulls a Charvet.
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Inevitably, I want to talk about summer dressing. It gelled for me watching the Knicks win from the back of a pickup truck parked in Dimes Square where a box truck was projecting the game from both sides. No one looked any different than they usually did—jerseys and mini skirts with heeled sandals, basketball shorts and cotton poplin shirts; I wore my H-O-R-S-E Short Shorts and The Row Patti top with Martiniano After-Party heels—because sports gear / low-brow grails / the clothes we wear to clean the house, and yet / in-group signaling is baked into the city’s style DNA. That’s point one.
Point two, relatedly, is the vintage story. I opened an email this morning from Maj Kiosk, the Rome-based vintage dealer New York’s esoteric fashion girls are well-accustomed with. Its summer collection (early access, password protected: SS99) is inspired by the Yohji Yamamoto collection of the same year, with “loads of Italian linens, Japanese designer bits and perfect airy dresses.” It’s amazing and I want everything. MK and its contemporaries (Lara Koleji, O. La Roche, Anna Santangelo in her styling work) carved out an alternative history with archives of Ter et Bantine, Dirk Bikkembergs, Marithé + François Girbaud, etc. that predated the everyone’s-an-expert-ism that pollutes Substack notes and Instagram Discover today. James Veloria and Liana Satenstein pull a lot of weight on the outrageous ’90s affect that runs in parallel.
The third point segues from here: local talent. Something kind of sterile wearing thousands of dollars worth of Miu Miu when you could be buying from Cafe Forgot. (New) Gucci feels like wearing a plastic raincoat made out of shopping bags in front of someone in an EDL t-shirt and Eckhaus jeans and Presley Oldham necklace. It’s important to have something a little bit off and even “designer” brands that know it somehow end up with offness that feels manufactured.
Anyway, these aren’t rules. (I wear Miu Miu, I wear Gucci.) They are tenets that make fashion make sense to me again when I get bored or tired or uninspired. And catalyzed this week by the Knicks if you can believe that!! What can’t they do!
With News Editor Maya Kotomori.
What’s new
Meet Leset’s June arrivals, some bold yet easy-to-style bits and bobs for an ideal summer wardrobe. I’m partial to the marigold jacquard, a textile that will work as a complementary floral backdrop for the season’s brightest yellows, and softest pastel peaches, et al. The Pam jacket and wrap skirt (available for pre-order) are seasonal building blocks, as are the lace-trimmed Barb crop pant, yet another point for team Easy Summer Pants.
Tres Charvet, non? Jamie Haller introduces the new logo-embroidered weekend shirt, featuring a classically French-feeling logo stitched on the underside of the right collar point. All the more reason to pop your collar and show love to miss JH.
The second collaboration between Alex Mill and Margaux just dropped, and it’s primed to become this summer’s status sandal. The Selene is a flat slide that comes in three vastly different colorways—a poppy red satin, an espresso crinkle patent leather, and a creamy butter napa—to suit every one of your different seasonal personalities. Each pair is priced at $345, they’ll move fast.
Neous High Summer 26 is here, containing a cornucopia of shoes and corresponding bags that are trendy enough to show you don’t live under a rock, but not so dramatic that it looks like the algorithm directly picked your outfit. Such styles are: the red-toe-orb Mondor sandal, the woven Atik slip on flat, and the Tercus thonged wedge (the cream colorway feels especially fitting for summer-tanned feet, and the Pardalis 2.0 bag).
There’s also: the arrival of Metier’s Private Eye bag in luxe soft grain leather; Nili Lotan’s very boyfriend-silhouetted PF26 collection hitting stores; Simone Perele’s Plume collection, an all-over sheer stretch lace range merging shapewear and classic lingerie elegance; and Converse x Collina Strada, a blingy four-shoe interpretation of the Chuck 70 low and XXHi.
Men’s releases
Vive le France! Jacquemus teamed up with Nike and the French Football Federation on this stylized kit in honor of the World Cup. Of course, it’s fashion-y too: Blue jerseys with white-and-red vertical stripes, coordinating soccer shorts, even a shoe (the transparent gel sole is a brilliant detail).
Home releases
In the wake of coquette death, Tekla would like to introduce Colette: a romantic new bedding line in luxe 200 thread count white cotton. Colette is defined by sweet-feeling fabric techniques across the duvet and two pillowcase sizes (one for standard size, one for decorative); the delicate needle lace and stitching of broderie anglaise, mixed with an elegant framing border and scalloped edges.
What’s on sale
The Tory Burch semi-annual sale is here, and it’s the summer’s most exciting event this side of the 4th of July. Take an extra 25% off already discounted warm weather workhorse pieces, like the Ella printed tote which can serve as a beach bag with city sensibility, the turnlock sport slides that are Tory’s twist on a classic Birkenstock style, and the strappy Kira sport sandals for anyone whose aesthetic falls somewhere in the middle of the prep and gorp spectrum.
It’s an Aflalo sale with range: multiple seasons, textures, and a pretty big variety of silhouettes. Most discounts are around 30%, like the shimmery Leander short, down to $570 from $790. For some perspective, there’s also full-length cashmere coats, like the Obelisk, priced at $1,290 from $1,800; silk pants like the Zanitha are discounted around 40%, taking the original $700 down to a gentler $430.
Repetto has three private sale sections up right now—one for shoes, one for activewear, one for dance (you know, in case you’re in need of a long tutu 50% off). As for the shoes, there is a baby pink pair of the Garance ballet flats, and six colors of the Cendrillon (including aqua green) 50% off. The activewear selection includes pieces like the silk crop top and studio leotard, both 40% off.
Kiko Kostadinov is hosting a SS26 sale online, select shoes included—everyone knows KK as patron saint of the Asics collab, but the brand’s in-house footwear is not to be slept on. The best deals can be found in both Kiko basics like the fine gauge cotton Simone knit top priced to £255 from £425, and more off-season pieces, like the tweed Chasseur jacket, half off at £400.
The only thing better than a Net-A-Porter sale is an extra 15% a Net-A-Porter sale. With FLASH15 at checkout, pieces like the Acne Studios Dassy one-shoulder dress go from $780 (already 40% off) to $663, and these Attico pants go from $575 already discounted 50% off to $488 at checkout. The spread is vast, but definitely worth a considered dig.
We’re at the beginning of Vestiare Collective’s vintage days sale, which is just like if the 12 days of Christmas were 6 days and stuck smack dab in June. Vintage pieces like the Atlas silver ring by Tiffany & Co. are sub-$400, with only more to come. Discounts are only going to intensify as time passes, so be sure to check your favorited items to see if anything you’ve been eyeing hits the sale.
There’s also: A private sale edit at Rus that takes 40% off pieces like the Foso skirt and Velo sweater when you use RUSTHANKYOU at checkout; and 40% off an array of knits, bits, and bobs at Elder Statesman (we recommend focusing on the jackets).
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