Mannequinfree Tag

Gabriela Hearst has landed on the West Coast together with her first Los Angeles store, now open in Beverly Hills. Hearst collaborated with Foster & Partners and “designer-makers” Benji Gavron and Antoine Dumas on the two,500-square-foot space, one other step within the eight-year-old brand’s forward momentum this 12 months, because the designer stepped away from her role as creative director at Chloé to focus solely on her own business. Her vision for sustainable luxury fashion resulted in Chloé becoming B-Corp certified, and has led to demand from wholesale partners for exclusive collections, including one which launched last week with Net-a-porter. That capsule has resonated with its “ultra-elevated winter wardrobing offer, which incorporates not only special evening pieces but additionally hero categories comparable...