This week’s Fashion Friday is all about closing chapters and new beginnings.

First, the goodbyes.

Need Supply & Totokaelo

Two retailers I adore and have shopped for years, Need Supply and Totokaelo, are closing their doors.

What makes these stories different is their unique beginnings.  Need Supply started out with 300 pairs of vintage Levi’s.  And nothing more.  Originally called Blues, it went on to expand it’s brand line-up and became the indie go-to for affordable and luxury designers alike.

And it’s sister, Totokaelo?  The brainchild of the eternally chic Jill Wenger, it was one of the first to carry Margiela, The Row and all the top Japanese designers under one roof.  (Wenger has gone on to create her own label Roucha, which has a super interesting design philosophy.)  Seattleites and New Yorkers helped to spread the word of its sartorial prowess and put it on the global map.

May they both live on in sartorial memory forever.

Prada x Raf Simons

From final chapters we move to new beginnings.

September 24, 2020 is a fateful day, my friends.  Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada will unveil their first collection as co-creative directors for Prada.

I am pretty much jumping out of my skin about this debut.  I don’t want to hype it too much.  It could end up being very mediocre.  But if it does what I think it’s going to do, I might have to invest my life savings in Prada.

With this debut AND Prada’s newest collaboration with Adidas, the brand is poised to take over the world.  In my mind, it already has.

ALL EYES ON MILAN.