Underneath the sumptuous cashmere sweaters, crisp blazers, and cotton poplin shirts, Interior has a bit of an edgelord streak. Lily Miesmer and Jack Miner described their resort 2024 collection as “subversive Americana,” or “red, white, and blue, but blue as in sad.” They’re launching denim, so leaning into American tropes for a lookbook shot in the Rockaways (ominously on one of the days when the smoke from Canadian wildfires covered New York) felt apt.
Still, pieces like a cotton poplin button-down in a shade the duo calls “McDonalds red,” straight leg blue jeans with a hint of a tapered hem, and a white mini shirt dress with convertible sleeves are attractive and even classic. A long-sleeve slinky metallic knit dress looked sleek and alluring, without trying too hard. Column dresses with flouncy hems have become a signature style, and the red halter iteration is perfect for summer.
“There’s no tension in shooting these in their intended context. It’s fun to mix it with a little bit of grime,” Miesmer said, adding that they could have staged the photoshoot with smiling models frolicking near a fountain, but where’s the fun in that?
It’s interesting to note where the design duo leans into dinginess, and where they totally avoid it. For instance, a white tee is distressed, but not the more expected blue jeans or the jean jacket. The grime seeps in via the faint outline of a first generation iPhone on one of the jeans’ pockets, a distressed white t-shirt, and an almost deconstructed camel suit with completely frayed seams. But there’s just a hint of it; this is for a luxury customer after all.
