Each x Other’s Pre-Fall vibe starts with the stones. Malachite, tiger’s eye, jasper, snowflake obsidian, and other semiprecious gems selected by cofounder Ilan Delouis, in concert with the fledgling gemologist Cassandre Domeneghetti, set the tone for the season. In transposing them into buttons on selected pieces, Each x Other co-opted their vibrations—for love, openness, spiritual abundance, et cetera—and recast staples like a black-and-white checked jacket or a vegetal leather bomber as unique pieces.
That “same but different” aesthetic suits a brand that’s moving into its second decade with a makeover. Its new baseline, “re-sculpted classics,” is informed by a love of “sensual architecture” and late-20th-century design, from John Lautner’s mid-century Sheats-Goldstein residence in Los Angeles to the ’90s-defining style of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
“The Each x Other woman is strong, warm, and sensual, but she’s also creative and intellectual,” Delouis noted during a showroom tour. Translated into clothes, that adds up to a number of potential workhorses for professional women who want to push the envelope without the fringe, transparency, or ravenous flames that have defined the brand’s rock-chick stance up to this point.
Instead, the brand’s been busy extrapolating from the menswear lexicon. Some of the more daring were deconstructed, hybridized pieces like jackets spliced together in different-size checks or contrasting textures, split-level waistbands, and peek-a-boo details on shoulders and backs. For the most part, those tilted very West Coast—entirely apropos considering the brand’s plans to open a first freestanding store in L.A. this year.
For those who can’t stray that far from the conventional officewear script, other options focused mainly on smartly tailored suits with cropped flared trousers, in black, white, peacock blue, and neutral shades from white latte to dark roasted. Each x Other has turned over a new leaf in the leather department as well, in favor of a pineapple-derived vegan alternative that looks and feels like the real thing; the fur is made from viscose.
In keeping with the tenet that clothes are an artist’s medium, this season’s capsule collaboration with the art director and model Amanda Wall reprises a selection of her artwork, with 50 percent of the profits earmarked to benefit Free Arts, the L.A.-based children’s charity.
