July’s Shopping Favorites
OUR JULY’S SHOPPING FAVORITES ARE HERE! WE HAVE INCLUDED A LINGERIE SET BY LES DESSOUS DE BLUE MADE FROM A VINTAGE SILK SCARF, AN OVERSIZED COLLAR SHIRT WITH FLORAL EMBROIDERIES WE FOUND AT THE VINTAGE STORE MICHAEL’S IN NEW YORK CITY, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST A BACKLESS TOP FROM THE CURRENT SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION OF THE SUSTAINABLE PARISIAN FASHION LABEL ALFIE.
words and creative direction by SARAH MARIE FRANKEN
photographs by ANDREW DAY
01 // ENSEMBLE BLUETTE BY LES DESSOUS DE BLUE
Brand: Les Dessous de Blue
Founded by Blue Duraffourd
Based in Paris & Normandy, France
Founded in 2019
Long story short: Blue makes lingerie pieces out of vintage silk scarfs! Each set only exists once and is handmade with love in Paris.
Mission: Showing that lingerie can be sustainable and sexy at the same time.
“I am going to take silk scarfs from another era and turn them into modern lingerie pieces.” - Blue
Read our founder interview with Blue here
Shop the silk scarf collection here
02 // OVERSIZED COACH BLOUSE FROM MICHAEL’S CONSIGNMENT STORE
Brand: Michael’s Consignment Store
Founded by Simon Kosofsky
Based in New York City, USA
Founded in 1954
Long story short: Michael's started as a ‘Cast Off Clothing and Furs’ store in the Lower East Side, and grew into a beautiful vintage boutique on Madison Avenue run by the third generation of a family business.
Mission: To democratise luxury fashion.
Shop their pieces online here
03 // LE BACKLESS TOP BY ALFIE PARIS
Brand: Alfie Paris
Founded by Alice Fresnel
Based in Paris, France
Founded in 2020
Long story short: The brand’s slogan is ‘Borrowed from the Boys’ - Alice takes staples from the men’s wardrobe (think boxer shorts, collar shirts or cargo pants) and redesigns them for women. Her pieces are elegant, perfectly tailored and exclusively made from leftover Haute Couture fabrics. The tag of each garment tells you where the fabric was originally used and how many pieces of this design exist.
Mission: Creating beautiful designs for women that are just as comfortable as men’s garments. Alice wants to find the perfect balance between masculinity and femininity in her designs.
“During my studies at Parsons it was just seen as normal that if you want to have a fashion brand in the 21st century, it has to be sustainable.” - Alice
Read our founder interview with Alice here
Shop the top here
Further Reading
Georgia Gibbs styles six summer evening outfits in New York City within our Sustainable Style Challenge series. All pieces are slow fashion and from her own wardrobe.