There was a lot to take in at Rosie Assoulin’s fall presentation. Her show space was strewn with vintage chaises, sofas and fainting couches, many of them covered in plastic like the furniture at your grandmother’s house. There were Persian rugs and coffee tables set with tiered trays of Syrian pastries and tea. It was fun and warm — and hospitable, which was one of the many words Assoulin used to describe the mood she wanted to approximate. The clothes, too, were bright and welcoming, many of them beautiful — they way you would want your home to be.
Talking to Assoulin about the collection, it seemed like there were so many ideas flooding her brain that she struggled to process them all linearly. The lineup, too, had a free-association quality. It’s better to have an abundance of ideas than too few, but a clear direction does wonders for a business.
There were vegan shoes with ottoman and claw-foot heels that she made on her own for the first time. Real and silk flowers, inspired by artist Jim Hodges, were stitched into some of the clothes. The artist who created her urn-shaped earrings on a mini pottery wheel was on site, at
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