COLLECTION 03
2 x Self
Collection 03, 2 x Self, continues the vocabulary established in Collection 02, carrying forward familiar proportions and silhouettes while shifting them toward the brightness and ease of summer. The title comes from the language of clothing manufacturing: “self” denotes a garment’s primary fabric, while “2 x self” instructs the maker to cut a pattern piece twice from that material. Here, it also reflects the collaborative process behind the collection, with two designers working through different methods to arrive at a shared result. Developed through an ongoing exchange between draping and sketching, the collection took shape almost like an exquisite corpse: silk and cotton chiffons, seersucker, and layered fabrics cut on opposing biases allow generous volumes to remain light and unfussy on the body. Godets expand already-full silhouettes, bustle ties catch up swaths of fabric, and carefully applied bias strips create the appearance of seams turned inside-out. The domestic life of clothing also finds its way in. The designers’ studio is another room in their shared apartment, where drapes on dress forms exist alongside laundry, dry cleaning, and clothes discarded at the end of the day. Rather than serving as a direct reference, these familiar gestures became part of the collection intuitively, informing clothes intended to be lived in as much as looked at.
LOOK ONE, THE DARLING
JADE WEARS THE TWIST-BACK HALTER DRESS IN BLUE JAPANESE GINGHAM SEERSUCKER. AN ANKLE-LENGTH, SLEEVELESS HALTER DRESS FITTED THROUGH THE BUST WITH A PLUNGING NECKLINE AND A FULL SKIRT VOLUMIZED BY GODET INSERTS. THE OPEN TWIST-BACK DETAIL EXPOSES AN INTERIOR LINING OF ULTRAMARINE SILK CHIFFON. TIED AROUND HER NECK IS THE NECKERCHIEF, HAND-FINISHED AND CUT IN TANGERINE & NAVY SATIN-STRIPE ITALIAN SILK GAUZE.
LOOK TWO, THE SCHOLAR
JADE WEARS THE FLARED MINI SHIRT-DRESS IN ANTIQUE IVORY-STRIPE INDIAN JACQUARD COTTON VOILE. A DOLMAN-SLEEVE MINI DRESS WITH A FITTED WAIST AND FULL SKIRT VOLUMIZED BY GODET INSERTS OF VARYING PROPORTIONS. LINED AND FACED WITH BLACK-STRIPE COTTON POPLIN, THE PLACKET AND CUFFS ARE FINISHED WITH AKOYA SHELL BUTTONS.
LOOK THREE, THE DAYDREAMER
JADE WEARS THE BUSTLED PATCHWORK SKIRT IN BLACK, RED, BLUE & YELLOW-STRIPE COTTON POPLIN AND TANGERINE & NAVY SATIN-STRIPE SILK GAUZE. ITS WAIST IS SQUARE-CUT AND LOW-RISE, WITH GODET INSERTS OF VARYING PROPORTIONS. LOOPED TIES AND AKOYA SHELL BUTTONS ALONG THE WAISTBAND ALLOW THE SILHOUETTE TO BE BUSTLED AND TRANSFORMED. SHE WEARS IT WITH THE HALTER TANK IN PYRITE ITALIAN CHAINMAIL VISCOSE JERSEY. CUT WITH A SLIM FIT AND AN OPEN BACK WITH EDGES BOUND IN BRONZE HERRINGBONE TAPE.
LOOK FOUR, THE DANDY
JADE WEARS THE BUSTLED EVENING COAT IN BLACK SILK TAFFETA. THE FULL-LENGTH SILHOUETTE IS CONSTRUCTED WITH GODET INSERTS THAT BUSTLE AND TRANSFORM INTO A TAILCOAT WITH LOOPED TIES AND PASSEMENTERIE BUTTONS. TRIMMED IN RAW-EDGED BLACK SILK CHIFFON WITH INTERIOR SEAMS BOUND IN BLACK-STRIPE COTTON POPLIN, THIS SCULPTURAL CLOAK IS TIED AT THE NECK OF ITS STANDING COLLAR WITH A GROSGRAIN RIBBON. UNDERNEATH IS THE SPLIT-BACK TOP IN RED-STRIPE COTTON POPLIN WITH AN OVERLAY OF BRONZE & NAVY SATIN-STRIPE SILK GAUZE. CUT ON THE BIAS AND SIMPLY TIED AT THE NECK, THIS EASY SHAPE CAN BE WORN BACK-TO-FRONT. SHE WEARS THIS WITH THE TAILORED BERMUDA SHORT IN VANILLA SATIN-FACE COTTON. KNEE-LENGTH AND SCULPTED, THIS PLEAT-FRONT SHORT FEATURES WORKWEAR-INSPIRED DETAILING, A LOW RISE AND A LOOSE, BOYISH FIT.
LOOK FIVE, THE MUSE
JADE WEARS THE COCOON SHIRT IN LAVENDER JAPANESE COTTON CHIFFON. A CLASSIC SHIRT CUT IN A GENEROUS, DOLMAN-SLEEVE SILHOUETTE, THE PLACKET AND CUFFS ARE FINISHED WITH AKOYA SHELL BUTTONS. SHE WEARS THIS WITH THE LAYERED PENCIL SKIRT IN RED-STRIPE COTTON WITH AN OVERLAY OF BRONZE & NAVY SATIN-STRIPE SILK GAUZE. CUT ON THE BIAS FOR A SLIM FIT, THIS LOW-RISE MIDI SKIRT IS FINISHED WITH A GROSGRAIN RIBBON AT THE WAIST. THE CLASSIC TIE AROUND HER NECK IS CUT IN A BLUE-DOTTED IVORY ENGLISH SILK BROCADE, LINED IN SILK HABOTAI AND FINISHED BY HAND.
LOOK SIX, THE CHARMER
JADE WEARS THE INSIDE-OUT DRESS IN ULTRAMARINE SILK CHIFFON. A FITTED, FULL-LENGTH DRESS WITH A PLUNGING NECKLINE THAT CAN BE TIED AT THE BUST. THIS DRESS IS LINED IN LAVENDER JAPANESE COTTON CHIFFON, EXPOSED THROUGH THE TWIST-BACK, SEAMS AND EDGE FINISHES. THESE “BUSTED SEAMS” ARE USED TO MIMIC A DRESS BEING WORN INSIDE-OUT.
creative direction
photography
assisted by
make-up artist
talent
noah pica & paul negron
tanner abel
betsey bamford
sebastian castro
jade brooks