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I’m in Aspen! As is everyone else, my Baader-Meinhof bias tells me. I came here as a fishing WAG and aspiring hiker / hot springer, but don’t think that means I won’t report on what—despite the ability of its current population to put together an outfit would have you believe—is a pretty noteworthy shopping town.
Two stores, right across from each other, tell the story best:
The historical Gorsuch, est. 1962, has the exceptional curation of niche Bavarian brands at posh prices—the leathers from Meindl (est. 1683) were heavy and sexy, like the Arny’s of Deutschland; Von Dornberg Munich iterated traditional German tailoring in funky silks (Destree-esque) and made a great barn jacket that shows they’re with it; Alpine Couture offers a goat suede jacket with folky trachten embroidery, a Déhanche-y ponyhair belt, and a charming cardigan with hand-embroidered florals peaking out from a back pleat. Also represented: the requisite Brunello, Iris Von Arnim, and Herno of any self-respecting luxury ski town, likewise the Ginori and William Yeoward Crystal for the interiors whistle, and a dash of Etro and 100% Capri that capture their clients’ global vacation tastes.
Across Gondola Plaza, Performance Ski is a heavyweight in hip and not-too-serious labels that speak to the new generation of creative custodians of Aspen’s arty origins. The bright, stoner cashmere of Elder Statesman are a given, plus a nice chunk of Calle Del Mar knits and mix-and-matchers, Napapuri kantha coats, a fantastic locally designed Nick Fouquet leather satchel, Akki Chan upcycled silk “aloha shirts”…PS also has an in-house label that includes a canvas cowboy hat produced in the same factory as Miu Miu’s structurally identical ones that I found irresistible and bought after a one-glass-of-wine lunch (the altitude makes everything more intense here).
BOTH stores featured heavily on a brand I’ve written about previously, Frauenschuh. It’s a friend’s family’s label that I rediscovered in St. Moritz, a multi-generational Austrian operation that began as a leather factory, and which my friend Lauren—the once-knitwear designer at Dion Lee—joined a couple of years back to modernize.
Based on what I saw at Gorsuch and Performance Ski, Frauenschuh has a bit of Tory Burch-syndrome going on, its classic (basic) styles appearing in more conservative spaces and its trendier, more experimental direction showing up where the cosmopolitan under-40 set shops. Some of those latter pieces really floored me; a shaved shearling coat with a laser-etched floral motif and fur collar, a swingy cropped funnel-neck jacket in supple leather and shearling. A less-trodden alternative to those considering Nour Hammour or Yves Salomon.
With News Editor Maya Kotomori
What’s new
Kallmeyer FW26 is here, and on e-comm, the collection reads just as rich as the runway. There’s 50 shades of wool suitable for whatever weather autumn may throw at us, like the flannel Joel pleated trouser and Kenna mini skirt, featherweight Cairo pant, and silk-wool Leona cardigan. Favorites include the virgin wool Marlie shawl jacket and (leather) Park gloves—we’re partial to the Bordeaux.
The mid-price luxury brands are hopping in their respective bags: Sézane enters into the world of leather goods with a full collection ranging from suede totes to hobos to leather shoulder carries (the Maxi Solal is already sold out), all under the $600 mark. Loulou de Saison introduces the Falco travel bag, a large leather fold-over situation fit for any weekend trip. This morning, Aureum launched 4 new versions of the Cassandra clutch in sleek lizard-embossed leather.
Cristaseya Edition #27 is live at Vestige, featuring menthe-colored rollneck sweaters, double-pleated crepe trousers, and a lot of hand-made shirting (as usual). The brand just gets it in the sense that the white cotton pants are made to look like a fashion version of stripmall Judo uniforms (they are also called the Judo pant) and the Shetland knits, whether gilet or cardigan, have just the right brushed yarn texture.
COS PF26 is all that and a bag of chips, and a stand-collar jacket, and perhaps an ascot. There’s a lot of play between checks in the outerwear and stripes in the shirting, as well as a clear insistence that the more masculine straight-leg denim and boxy v-neck sweater underlayer isn’t going anywhere this fall.
Parisian brand Turn just dropped its City capsule to the delight of hoodie-and-weird-skirt enthusiasts such as myself (Maya). What they mean: the crepe skirt in bronze styled with microshorts underneath, white Havaianas, and the pistachio-green Pistachio hoodie. There’s also a beaded lobster brooch, which proposes some Miu Miu nostalgia.
There’s also: the Jeffrey Campbell shoeless A-pieds, a confounding knockoff in the manner of the Chanel shoeless trend; the new Attersee FW26 collection, one predicated on the cobalt-blue-wine-red color palette; the very vintage (and technicolor) Graphite Tennis Fashion Archive Collection 01—vintage tennis wares and paraphernalia—now live, in time for the US Open; travel-y brand Les Vacances D’Irinia now on Net-a-Porter (hey, sailor!); the first swim capsule from Charlie Beads, a full-coverage top and bottom edit with a tank-and-mini-shorts perspective on modern bathing costumes; and some brilliantly oversized cashmere from Nour Hammour, including some sweaters that could also be minidresses with the right styling.
Men’s releases
Roman Pell brings the heat for FW26, in the form of a cool-toned, fully imagined wardrobe. Designed unisex-y (there are pieces in both men’s and women’s size ranges), the most powerful styling opportunities surround the masculine: a pistachio grey-green twill mac coat, charcoal grey melange wool zip blouson, and wool pleated trouser don’t just work together as an outfit, but also propose independent nodes within one’s existing wardrobe.
Studio Nicholson presents two new unisex leather jackets, the Bowe and Landau. As usual, the SN standard of fluid, clean lines with excellent (if not a bit funky) materials prevails. The Bowe is a zany mustard suede number with a silhouette resembling a slightly updated version of the classic Dash jacket, whereas the Landau has a patina-ed vintage leather and a slimmer frame.
Home releases
Jil Sander x Thonet continue their furniture collaboration with a series of cantilever chairs fit for any design freak with a Knoll fetish. This particular seating takes a Cesca-style cantilever to a new level, in colors like this navy blue lacquered wood version, or a white oak version with the original caned webbing.
What’s on sale
Chan Luu’s end of summer sale has jewelry and clothing up to 65% off, containing baubles and soft cottons fit for any freelance mermaid who summers, like Ariel, on land. On our list: the Lea leather three wrap bracelet, 35% off at $243, the oversized Moule chain necklace, 65% off at $126, and the pink stripe balloon pant, 60% off at $78.
The Simuero archive sale makes it easy to switch up your ring stack for the season. Their most recognizable rings are 30% off, from gem-set pieces like the Polo with natural yellow quartz to the impressionistic Rodeo (complete with partial fingerprints, if you look closely). We’d keep an eye out for the earrings, which seem to be disappearing quickly (our fav the Lume 18k plated are still in stock).
The Eres Days sale starts now, a discount section for the brand’s unofficial end-of-season styles. All of the white-trimmed lilac percale swimwear is 40% off, including the Karen triangle top and Pat low-cut bikini bottom, as well as one-piece suits like the very ’60s Gia bustier swimsuit. Also among the fare are clothing pieces like the Genereux playsuit and Select trousers in kumquat, each also 40% off.
There’s also: up to 70% off Celine at Italist (with a heavy eyewear focus); the Kamperett sample sale now online, with select pieces like the short slip 75% off; chapter II of the Mirror Palais archive sale, now featuring sweet seersucker pieces like the yellow Tea for Two dress 40-ish% off; a last-chance extra 15% off the Rus summer sale section with RUSEXTRA15, pantaloons included; and an extra 20% off the Nu Swim sale, with some bikini bottoms already 70% off before the extra discount.
Home sales
The Louis Poulsen September sale is starting early; for now (if our memory serves us correctly, there should be much more in store by Labor Day), enjoy 15% off. Because these discounts are sitewide, the world’s your oyster. However, some of our favorites: the PH 1/1 portable lamp (now sub-$1k) and the PH Snowball chandelier, now sub-$4k.
It’s the late summer sale from Phaidon—a great opportunity for those of us who love a seasonal refresh of their coffee table books. Everything is 20–30% off, so we recommend looking at a couple titles from each category: home/interiors (“Italian Interiors: Rooms with a View” by Laura May Todd), fashion (“Thom Browne.” by Thom Browne with an introduction by Andrew Bolton), and art-music-everything else (“Rihanna” by…Rihanna).
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