What do you wear when you’d rather wear nothing at all? That’s the question Interior’s Lily Miesmer and Jack Miner set out to answer with a pre-fall collection consisting of cotton poplin dresses, lace skirts, board shorts, and matching separates in lightweight fabrics. “Pre-fall is about creating clothes that you actually want to put on your body in the most hostile of temperatures and circumstances,” Miesmer said. “I think we came up with a way to do it with a sense of humor.”
There were several pairs of shorts in the offering, which is a fairly rare sight for a sophisticated womenswear brand. Beige board shorts gave a sweater a little bit of a surfer vibe, while an extremely distressed denim version had a more rebellious energy. A white suit subverted expectations in two ways: with shorts instead of pants and with a cutout at the back of the blazer. They suggested wearing it with one of the jersey tees that has an asymmetric neckline that wraps around like a scarf.
Miesmer and Miner regularly experiment with poplin, turning it into bubble mini skirts and dresses that resemble backwards shirts. The humble fabric is a true strength of theirs. A white shirt dress with a sort of shrink wrapped bandeau over the bust, waist, and hips looked both wearable and directional. Whether you would wear it in a heatwave is questionable, but it’s so chic you just might.
