I have this crazy idea that I can somehow exercise restraint this Black Friday. Which is basically on right now. Upcoming renovation costs are significant! I don’t really want to deny myself excellent things (I shop shamelessly ICYSMI), but there are purchases to make beyond fashion. Because I tell myself the half-truth that it’s my job to shop and that you gotta spend money to make money baby, I’m going to allow myself a few hall passes, should they surface.
Phoebe to the top. This leather jacket could persuade me to hand over a couple k depending on my mood. Conner Ives also up there. The trouble is I didn’t act fast enough to claim any of the demi-couture silks, but this Moda-exclusive skirt just arrived and I’m stupidly praying it’ll come down in price this week. The Jude Gaia Bag in Tan Python Leather, that’s an immediate yes from me with some kind of discount. I suspect Tigra Tigra will go on sale, and if it does, the ikat Dracula celosia flower pieces are mine. I have an alert on this High Sport zip hoodie, so I know it’s already sold out once, but if it happens to get marked down, I’ll have to go for it. The pants, too. Do watches ever really go on sale? I want a Piaget Sixtie… And yes, I want The Row! It’s the stuff for me. Last year there was a (hideous) Margaux on TRR for under $1,000, but maybe this year it’ll be a Dalia in black or the Priske coat I tried on at Bergdorf’s two winters ago and didn’t buy that haunts me.
Not that it would be more responsible, but it would at least be more on theme for me to buy home stuff. A pair of Joon Loloi Rivera chairs for the living room. If not the even-better Phantom Hands version. Or Ecart’s Pierre Chareau re-edition stool that I KNOW will never go on sale but what if it did?? This eleganza Thonet stool-chair is already 25% off…it has my attention. Anyone know a contractor running a Black Friday sale? Or a wood flooring company? Hit my line.
The Mel Usine presentation at NYFW is a must-see here at Magasin. Operative word being see, since the brand operates a VIC-based business model, i.e. it’s usually only the Louisa Jacobsens of the world getting to wear frayed-and-splayed skirt sets. But Absolutely Fabrics is now carrying the brand—we love having Mel’s leather-and-chiffon maxi and brocade jackets picked up somewhere accessible. Props to the Toronto seller for supporting emerging designers (Colleen Allen’s new collection just landed there, too).
A few holiday footwear launches are trickling in. I really hope Tod’s new customizable charm loafers make a jingle-bell sound while you walk. Ahead of its holiday takeover of the Plaza, Repetto launched chocolate-colored Silk Tennis sneakers, plus other seasonal colorways. And Margaux’s edit is studded with satin-and-suede slingbacks and jewel-toned mules that radiate Regency aura. I’m sure both are a pleasure to party hop in.
Filson, the Seattle heritage brand that dates back to the Gold Rush (!), slips back into my consciousness every fall when I’m reviewing the latest crop of fashion iterations of outdoorsy jackets. Why not just go to the source? They look better 99% of the time. Filson’s freshly landed FW27 collection does aspirationally, almost fantastically, classic through its cropped waxed canvas jacket (that corduroy collar!), its antique khaki barn coat, its insulated denim work jacket, its shearling-collar trench. Very chop wood-carry water, and looking the part while you’re at it. Also: this BLANKET.
In its own words, Liffner’s Holiday Capsule is the Scandi ode to the London ‘90s party girl. The two tropes may seem polar—could Matilda Djerf and Kate Moss hang?—but putting maximalist metallics and animal prints on forearm-length clutches and tidy pushlock pochettes might just be the unifying solution.
There’s also: Jamie Haller’s not holding back with its new, avant-garde (read: CDG-ish) “backwards” shirt; French lingerie brand Simone Perele launches RTW with first-rate bodysuits and embroidered loungewear; two more Contrapposto fragrances, one honeyed, the other a chocolatey gourmand; and Turn Paris drops new cobalt capris and old Chanel tweed for November.
Men’s releases
A privately circulated MyTheresa early access link reveals that A.Presse is now being stocked by the retailer The 5-year-old Japanese brand makes cargos and stand-stand-collar leather bombers that make true menswear-heads foam at the mouth. Also on pre-shopping: the standard Margiela sneakers and Tom Ford suiting items alongside some heroes of our time, like the Balenciaga Rodeo murse.
Another young-ish menswear brand, though still on the cusp of cultish collectibility: Ages is rolling out its FW26 on Instagram, with some pieces available on site. One coat has a French workwear vibe, if the worker in question DIY’d the tablet-sized pockets himself. And this is the sort of leather jacket that you know will break in beautifully. Also into this long-sleeve with bows on the neckline—okay princess!
Home releases
The dust is just settling on its Luca Guadagnino collab, and Zara Home has launched its annual holiday offering of heirloom-y ornaments, restrained candles…even paper Xmas trees? It’s like Scully & Scully got run through an Instagram filter Though a few things, like the tablewares and bed linens, could definitely be kept out year round.
There’s also: Reformation’s first-ever rug collection exists, for some reason—it recalls Japanese painted scrolls; the crown jewel of Flamingo Estate Holiday is this Gaetano Pesce vinegar decanter; and with its new Ritual collection, the previously ceramic-forward Sin expands into stainless steel (and debuts a really smart trash can design).
We published news of Net-A-Porter’s Private Sale last send, but I need to surface it again to make clear that this is it. Private Sale is the best promo Net’s going to run all Black Friday: 50% out the gate, a ton of current-season Jil Sander, some excellent Ssstein and mfpen priced well, Herbert Levine party shoes, Nour Hammour coats. The sale is login-gated (you need to be signed in / create an account) so that they can offer discounts on brands they’d otherwise be contractually barred from—Alaïa is one of them (these already-30%-off shoes are an extra 40% off at checkout), Chloé is another.
Wait, Staud’s sale is super sexy. Note the patterns—stripes, watercolor, Millefiori (!)—and plunging necklines, like this deeeep U-neck cashmere sweater, which is marked down nearly $150. In fact, many things here are at least $100 off.
The Proenza Schouler private sale is on—here’s early access to 40% off at the checkout (with FIRSTACCESS). Among other things, there’re a lot of mid-length, Jil Sander-esque dresses that speak subversive C-suite. With the discount, this structured frock is nearly $700 off.
Madewell is offering up an extra 40% off online right now. The sale spans 1,472 items, and 445 of those are jeans: These low-rise baggy style ones are 30% off, these straight-legs are 26% off, and these wide-legs are just under $100.
New York brand Aurate is emptying its treasure chest early—BF30 will get you 30% off pearl drops and tennis bracelets (ruby and sapphire plus diamond). The sustainable jeweler also shows you how its prices (sans sale) compares to traditional retail, so tacking on an extra discount is superrr satisfying.
We need another word for elevated basics. Maybe we can just say James Perse? The brand is offering up to 70% off on COS-adjacent-but-better trenches, Japanese wool loungewear, and what some have called the perfect white tee (fighting words…). Also note the brushed cashmere crewneck for over half off.
There’s also: An extra 30% off is automatically applied to Tangerine sale items, like this Gimaguas tee; J.Hannah is offering 20% off keepsake rings and things with MEMENTOS at checkout; Faithfull just doubled down on clearing out by opening its up-to-60% off Black Friday Sale early; so did Organic Basics, with 60% now off its SKIMS-like basics and poplin PJ sets; up to 40% off all the High Touch-y tech at HigherDOSE; and similarly, Ruggable is offering 40% off all its easy-to-clean carpets (good Tigre!).
With News Editor Maya Ibbitson
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