Gabriela Hearst's Debut for Chloé
When the news broke about Gabriela Hearst (the Uruguayan designer known for her eponymous label for luxury sustainable collections) succeeding Natacha Ramsay-Levi at Chloé, everyone more or less agreed it was a sound choice. After all, Hearst's bohemian aesthetic filled with earthy, diaphanous silhouettes and shaggy ponchos worked well with Chloé's heritage.
While not the first to bring a sustainability angle to the brand (her predecessor Stella McCartney claims that honour), Hearst largely repurposed overstock from the brand's past collections (hence a very familiar scalloped patchwork leather coat) and worked with Sheltersuit, a nonprofit organisation providing aid to the homeless on the backpacks, decreasing this collection’s environmental footprint by 400% compared to last. Fans on the accessories never fear—Hearst reimagines the Edith bag with her modern-hippie touch of loose fringe and completely transforms the Darryl in knitted knots.
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