Frenckenberger champions the beauty of simplicity and comfort in its utilitarian interpretation of luxury. They offer the highest quality cashmere in straightforward designs with clean cuts. Luxe basic pieces, from cozy wraps and cardigans to classic tees and v-neck sweaters, are decadently soft. In Frenckenberger’s designs, cashmere is constructed to maximize the versatility of the exquisite feel of the fiber, from beautifully draping feather light tops to plush subtly felted pieces.
When looking at the lines of Yasuko Azuma’s jewelry, it comes as no surprise that she was once a dancer in New York. The grace present in her work is undeniable–a sensibility that only comes from years of seeking balance and poise.
Read more about Yasuko Azuma in our recent editorial.
For fall, Album di Famiglia delivers an interplay of texture and shape. Papery cotton button downs and cloud-soft cardigans meet lush velvet coats that exaggerate and complement the natural lines of the body.
Album di Famiglia stays true to their philosophy of simplicity. Even when they touch on elements of experimentation, designer Monica Rusconi and her siblings focus on translating and refining the avant-garde into easy essentials.
The first delivery of Péro is now available online and in-store at Santa Fe Dry Goods!
Aneeth Aurora has aligned her brand Pero around love. Whether you follow “i love pero” on instagram or you own a top with a heart – sewn from fabric remnants in the tag – this theme is in every stitch. Aneeth attended design school with a singular determination to revive the traditions of Indian techniques that have dazzled the world since the beginning of time. Today, her craftspeople continue to honor these traditions – painstakingly sewing a myriad of different motifs onto clothing that is intended to exude joy and love.
New pieces from Catarina Riccabono are available online and in-store at Wild Life!
Catarina Riccabona weaves every throw by hand. Setting up her loom takes several days. After that, it can take anywhere from 1-3 days to weave an entire throw measuring approximately 40″x70″. Her practice is based on environmental values, which means she uses unbleached and undyed linen in the warp. The weft, however, is typically made up of natural yarns like linen, hemp, undyed or plant-dyed wools and alpaca.
Read more about Catarina Riccabono in our recent editorial.
New jewelry from Anaconda is now available online and in-store at Santa Fe Dry Goods!
A love for soft tones and precious gems has informed founder Monica Rossi’s design philosophy throughout her career. Established in 1987, Anaconda has evolved from an elegant accessories and clothing boutique into a world-class jewelry line specializing in delicate gold tracery. Each hand-crafted piece speaks of an intricacy inspired by Victorian and Rococo masterpieces. The delicacy in Rossi’s pieces are balanced by a subtle harmony in their geometric elements.
New arrivals from N.D.C shoes are now available online and in-store at Workshop!
Founded in 2001 by a duo passionate about shoes, N.D.C. Made by Hand aims to create footwear for those who are enthusiastic in their pursuit of “understated individualism”. There are four key elements within every piece produced by the hands of European artisans working for this brand: simplicity, quality, originality and immense knowledge of the construction process. Each shoe is made with carefully selected hides from Italy’s expert tanneries.
Jean Prounis works with 22k gold and ethically sourced gemstones. She describes the aesthetic of her eponymous line as “meso-greco-aleppo.” These hand-wrought pieces are defined by a custom shade of buttery gold. Prounis utilizes a special alloy created with three metals: fine silver, copper and 22k gold – the same blend that defines many Greek artifacts.
The grace present in Yasuko Azuma’s work came to fruition through her time as a dancer in New York. Years spent seeking balance and poise have taught her how to create fluid lines that enhance the natural beauty of each stone.
Yasuko spent her childhood in Sapporo, Japan. At six years old she recalls conceptualizing designs with her mother, a fashion and handbag designer. Yasuko would often describe or illustrate dresses that she would like to wear, which her mother would bring to life.
Passion coupled with fond memories led Yasuko to study fashion design in college and eventually work for a large apparel company. Although her position taught her much about the industry, the constraints of a corporate company’s vision with no outlet to explore her own creative expression wore on her.
In 1994, Yasuko moved to New York to study jewelry fabrication at FIT. During her studies, her mother asked her to create a new setting for a family heirloom. This fire opal ring with a broken shank inadvertently helped establish her signature style, as Yasuko formed precise, tiny metal flowers and leaves at the bezel.
“I’m very nostalgic about my childhood, growing up in Japan and playing in my grandmother’s garden…I can recreate it in my mind, the botanicals, the rocks, the hanging lanterns and the way in which the branches seemed to billow and flow.”
A love of vintage kimono patterns, an affinity for the charm of Japanese fans and ranma (pierced work on sliding doors on old homes in Japan), greatly influenced her work. Fluid lines, dainty cutouts and floral motifs speak volumes about her upbringing. Years spent in her grandmother’s garden, reveling in earthly delights and witnessing the changing of the seasons shine through the “diamond dust” texture pressed into every piece. A light hammering on the gold creates glimmers across a matte finish, inspired by the sparkling air on an icy winter morning.
Yasuko Azuma’s first full-scale collection launched in 2003. Since then, her elegant and intricate 18k jewelry has been marveled at by consumers and critics alike. Through her work, she is able to produce a subtle narrative the complements the wearer’s natural beauty. Balancing the minute and the cosmic, her jewelry is the result of a lifetime lived gracefully.
The World of Interiors Issue 9 is now available in-store at Wild Life.
This issue features “The Godfathers of Fashion at Home: Karl Lagerfeld outside Paris and Sir Paul Smith in west London” as well as articles about floral and rose patterns and where they fit within your interior.
Every piece Lauren Manoogian creates is part of a larger textural narrative. Resilience, patina, and layered gestures are just a few words to describe her most recent release, as she continues to experiment with the ideas that revolve around knitwear and the way each material manifests itself.
Attention and care are at the heart of The Row’s philosophy. This is most obvious in their selection of exceptional fabrics, impeccable details and dedication to a timeless aesthetic. In their latest delivery for fall, cashmere knits in dark colors play against classic shirting endeavors for an expression of tailored coziness. A measured thoughtfulness is omnipresent throughout the plush texturality of The Row’s sweaters.
The Row is ultimately designed to be a subtle perspective on how and why we dress day to day. By exploring the strengths of simplistic shapes, designers Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen redefine what it means for a piece to be classic.
Carsten and Lenka Rundholz return to basics in their first delivery of Rundholz Black Label for fall. Classic point collar and tunic silhouettes meet buckling and stitched accents for a collection simultaneously daring and simple. Cowl necks and hoods are central to this delivery. Their unique shapes add a casual but elegant dynamism to the overall style. Soft cotton texturized with subtle details make for pieces both relaxed and visually interesting.
New pieces from Pamela Adger have arrived and are available online and in-store at Workshop!
Pamela Adger has been designing jewelry for 44 years. She sources unique materials from nature and cultures around the world, both modern and ancient, to create her sculptural pieces. Pamela’s elemental and raw work is about hunting and gathering, touching and listening and remembering the interconnectedness of all that is created.
The newest delivery of Casey Casey is now available online and in-store at Workshop!
Casey Casey garments reconnect the modern wearer with the well-established and venerable skills of the traditional Parisian ateliers. Every piece displays meticulous, hands-on workmanship. The collection is centered around creating comfortable, relaxed, and functional clothing. Crisp clean tailoring meets a unique take on pinstripe patterns in our FW21 delivery. Chunky knit cardigans and fine knit sweaters are also a highlight.
Catarina Riccabona is an award winning textile designer and weaver at the forefront of the UK craft scene. After winning the Cockpit Arts/Clothworkers’ Foundation Award in 2012, she established a weaving practice collaborating with interior designers and a few retail outlets. Her work is found at leading craft galleries, including FLOW and The New Craftsmen, and is regularly covered in publications like Selvedge, Milk and Hole & Corner.
After winning the Cockpit Arts Clothmaker’s Foundation Award in 2012, Catarina began to work in their community studio as the result of a grant they award to encourage handmade craft. This workspace houses a unique community of roughly 70 makers in South London.
Since then, a minimal impact philosophy has become the foundation of her process. Despite developing a set of rules for her creative practice, she does not feel limited. Catarina channels an abundance of creativity and flexibility when she begins to weave. Much of her work is unplanned — the stripes, patterns and feel of each throw progresses naturally.
“Each piece is highly individual. The distinct identity is created by an intuitive and observing way of working, allowing the design to form spontaneously.”
— Catarina Riccabona
She uses unbleached and undyed linen in the warp of each textile. Setting up a traditional loom takes several days and once adjusting each piece is complete, weaving a single throw can take anywhere from one to three days to complete, depending on the length and complexity of the design.
The weft of each throw is composed using a mix of natural and up-cycled yarn. Linen, hemp, undyed or plant-dyed wool and alpaca yarn is sourced from the UK. Second-hand yarn utilized in her work often takes the form of leftover “waste warp” from fellow weavers. Typically, there is a meter of warp that remains unused. Through her process, hundreds of individual lengths are made new when they are knotted together and used later as weft. When woven, the knots appear across the textile and become a tactile feature.
“I think it’s quite powerful. There’s always evidence of the human hand, the fact that it’s not one to one reproducible. It makes a testimony of the moment.”
— Catarina Riccabona
Catarina is inspired by the earthy aesthetics of tribal textiles, linen towels and vintage cloth sacks. Slight eccentricities throughout the textile become the hallmark of the maker’s hand. Unexpected changes in texture and tone create a playground for the eye, where new details are waiting to be discovered. This, in combination with continual experimentation, has given each of her pieces a soul of their own.
Alonpi Cashmere has worked for generations to create technology that enables them to apply rich, saturated color to both sides of their scarfs and shawls, at the same time, in different motifs. As the only people in the world with this capability to print on both sides of the cashmere, Piero and Alfredo have found themselves in a league of their own.
Alonpi Cashmere has worked for generations to create technology that enables them to apply rich, saturated color to both sides of their scarfs and shawls, at the same time, in different motifs. As the only people in the world with this capability to print on both sides of the cashmere, Piero and Alfredo have found themselves in a league of their own.
New footwear from Marséll is now available online and in-store at Workshop!
Founded in 2001, Marsèll creates footwear using a wealth of knowledge and the best raw materials. Their expression through contrasting shades, raw cuts and texture have established their excellence worldwide. The forms and finishes of each piece are defined by the techniques implemented at the hand of expert craftsmen at the Marsèll workshop in the Riviera del Brenta Area, near Venice, Italy.
French imagination, Italian craftsmanship, and German tradition emerge as one to create the ultimate Closed jeans. With an expert included in every step of the process, jeans are hand-dyed, hand-washed, and hand distressed.
With determination and a vision, Shi Cashmere was the first to change the shape of Scottish knitwear and is singular in its relaxed femininity and understated modernity. Shi Cashmere is adaptable and innovative, leading to a deviation from the norm that irrevocably altered the way that one of the most luxurious fabrics, cashmere, is viewed and treated around the world.
New baroque pearls from Monies are available online and in-store at Santa Fe Dry Goods!
Bold in form, innovative in materials, and sensational in scale, Monies creates jewelry with an emphasis on their globally sourced materials. Featuring organic shapes, each of their pieces feel almost artifactual, as though they carry a history within them. Their modern aesthetic creates a dramatic balance between art and nature, as well as ideas of new and ancient.
Jean Prounis works with 22k gold and ethically sourced gemstones. She describes the aesthetic of her eponymous line as “meso-greco-aleppo.” These hand-wrought pieces are defined by a custom shade of buttery gold. Prounis utilizes a special alloy created with three metals: fine silver, copper and 22k gold – the same blend that defines many Greek artifacts.
Marcella Echavarria, the driving force behind Noir, collaborates with designers and artisans around the world to develop links that connect local knowledge with global trends. Her superpower is branding luxury and sustainability in a way that preserves cultures and traditions. Marcella has 25 years of hands-on experience in starting businesses as well as establishing bridges between cultures and people. She founded SURevolution in 2005 in collaboration with Donna Karan, one of the first global brands to link the world of luxury with that of the handmade.
