Tory On: Spring/Summer 2021
Beauty rests in utility. A Shaker maxim that reflects the mindset my team and I were in while designing this collection. We worked through the challenges of uncertainty, isolation, and distance, using our imaginations to travel in our minds and to find new ways to connect. We emerged with a renewed interest in restraint, simplicity and creativity, translated through timeless, uncomplicated clothing that defines classic sportswear — it feels right and what women are looking for in a world compressed by seismic cultural changes.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous A Commission Story About New Heritage A wool suit in two parts. The skirt: flaring out at each leg. The jacket: boxy but tailored. Office lighting, overhead and fluorescent. There’s more. A peach-pink mohair sweater fades against the yellowed walls of a smoke-filled bar. Low white kitten heels clattering on the tiles of an empty apartment, backlit by a large window. The clothes are remarkable for their specificity. They belong to Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang’s 1985 —a film that captures a city and stirs my soul.