Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen are widely credited with popularizing the oversized silhouettes that have become a hallmark of the laid-back luxury trend. Now that the style has gone mainstream, how can your label The Row stay ahead of the curve?
For fall, they turned up the volume with sleek suit jackets and skinny pants with a minimalist '90s vibe. A six-button equestrian-style version fell high on the hips, while a longer three-button version curved subtly at the waist.
The three-button jacket was also among the new styles for men, which also stuck to a palette of black and some neutrals.
Flats were swapped for heels, from strappy sandals worn with an elegantly draped black evening dress, whose graphic lines conveyed a 1930s elegance, to red stilettos with pointed buckles that added an unexpected pop of color. to the simplest of black cocktail dresses.
The brand's signature coats have been removed and stripped down to a thin turtleneck sweater worn under button-down shirts.
Fans of the boxy style need not despair: There were plenty of coats and jackets with dropped shoulders and loose outerwear, including a distressed shearling bomber jacket and a belted beige utility jacket that was a marvel of lightweight construction.
But with mid-century style about to take over the airwaves, courtesy of TV shows about Cristobal Balenciaga, Christian Dior and the society swans of the 1950s, its polished, streamlined look is likely to be the Let everyone hurry to copy below.
