Fashion

Toughened Up. Supriya Lele AW24

| Design & Culture by Ed

Supriya Lele, the London-based designer, is known for her skimpy silhouettes and flesh-revealing cuts. For autumn-winter 2024, her decidedly female viewpoint takes a toughened up direction. “I started thinking about what I was actually wearing,” Lele said. “Every day, I’ve been wearing this baseball coat and slim jeans. And so we started by working into this idea with a really nice kind of leather piece.” It turned out as an over-the-head leather hoodie. The slim jeans part became fine-gauge leggings. “Then obviously, we started exploring the draping that I love to do so much, which I think has now become sort of more of a signature of mine. I wanted to create fabrics that looked wet, almost iridescent.” That effect is definitely conveyed by one of the dresses in white paisley lace, hand-foiled with pearlized paint, subtly underlining the designer’s Indian heritage. What worked in favor of the collection was the way it got captured: at an an ex-pharmacy, with a busy street glimpsed outside and a corner pub over the road (fun fact: Lele’s studio is located on an upper floor in the same building). The spontaneous, uncontrived poses – or rather walks – of the models and the raw surroundings make these hot clothes feel grounded in reality.

Here’s a summer-ready Supriya Lele piece you can scoop right now!

ED’s SELECTION:


Backless Cutout Ruched Mesh Halterneck Bodysuit

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The More You Mess Around, The More You Know. Phoebe Philo Edit 2, Delivery 2!

| Design & Culture by Ed

Phoebe Philo fans, rejoice! The second delivery of the second edit is here. The idea of “continuity” is key in the designer’s eponymous venture: Philo keeps on building THE wardrobe, making her primary ideas as valid as the new ones. The fresh set of pictures – by Talia Chetrit – stun with their simplicity yet commanding allure. Looking at them, you just really desire all these dropped-waist leathers and outerwear pieces, no matter what the price for them is (disclaimer: h i g h, but after reading Philo’s silence-breaker piece by Vanessa Friedman for The New York Times, I really get it, and if I had a money tree, I would indulge and indulge in the brand’s offering without any doubt in the quality and uniqueness of these pieces). There are gorgeous trench coat iterations with attachable scarves; wrap-skirts in butter-smooth leather; very, very handsome cargo coats with huge pockets; a leg -wrapping ribbed skirt. Basically speaking, garments you buy once and wear forever. The latest delivery also offers basket cabas bags à la Old Céline and the brand’s going-gently-viral “Bean” bag covered in rough-cut, XL leather fringes; hot, retro-tinged sunglasses in cool narrow shape; and lethally chic open-toed pumps in oxblood. According to the aforementioned piece, Phoebe likes to tell her kids: “the more you mess around, the more you find out“. She actually uses the more colloquial, raw version of this saying. It seems to perfectly captures the spirit of her quite revolutionary, assertive endeavor.

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