Each x Other, the Paris-based collective, cross-pollinated ideas from its existing repertoire for Resort, adding dollops of Studio 54 and California biker-chick circa 1975 to amp things up. “It’s retro-future because it sits well with contemporary fashion, but at the same time it has a little bit of vintage,” offered the brand’s artistic director and cofounder, Jenny Mannerheim. To drive home the point, Fueling the future streaks across the back of a white shirt.
Tailoring and dresses were the headliners here, starting with a redux of the popular two-tone suit, now in blush with russet inserts. A black suit reprised, in orange, the fringe theme seen in the most recent runway show. Elsewhere, there were plenty of high-waisted flares and velvet jumpsuits. A silk scarf printed with accoutrements like jumper cables and gas nozzles showed up as a minidress and a skirt. The brand has been developing its own fabrics, Mannerheim noted, in order to have something a little wild to work with (that’s in addition to the neons and the turquoise leopard print seen here).
As a collective, Each x Other always has a sideline happening. This season, it’s a collaboration with London’s Woodfall Archives for T-shirts printed with stills and quotes from several groundbreaking ’60s films. One shows a young Richard Burton, another has Albert Finney. Keeping the currency of those names for a new generation is as laudable a fashion statement as any.
