With quiet luxury still trending, Jane Lewis is going even quieter, and more spare this season with a collection that has, wait for it, just one placement print. “It’s a very particular, one, too. It’s a poppy, pure and serene, designed by hand, and tumbling down the front of a white dress,” said the designer.
Lewis has been stripping this collection back for some time, in response to her own tastes and her customers’ preferences, too.
She said they’re still buying, but doing so more thoughtfully, and with the future in mind. “People want clothes that matter,” said Lewis, adding that she thinks of them as versatile “heritage” pieces that will last for years.
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The spring collection featured her signature late 1960s and 1970s silhouettes, done mainly in neutrals, and what she calls “non-color colors” which are meant to go with everything.
There were a few shots of metal in the form of a sparkly silver jersey A-line dress, and a burnished gold two-piece trouser suit with a belted tunic top.
She updated her A-line, tunic and pencil dresses with fresh details and fabrics, adding a keyholes and geometric seaming at the front of some, and puff shoulders, trumpet sleeves, ties and ceramic buttons on others.
Tweed added texture to the collection in the shape of two-piece suits with tunic tops, and sharp coats. There was a dash of fluidity, too, in a Halston-style shirt dress, and a jumpsuit with a concealed zip at the front.
This wardrobe may have been quiet, but it was also hardworking and will get the job done.