New dress from No.6

The Deep V dress in Field Rose by No.6, a recent addition to my wardrobe.

new No.6 prints for spring

 

The two founders of No.6 did a Q&A on the Steven Alan blog this week where they described their inspiration for the spring collection. They also referred to several prints from the "second delivery" of the No.6 clothing collection. This really piqued my interest as the No.6 prints are what I love and I have been known to go to the ends of the earth to track them down. Apparently, several of them were created by artists, including Paul Wackers, and then given to No.6 to use in the clothing. Here is the text describing them:

We included the Flower of Life symbol, which represents the sun. We expanded the print to cover the whole silk screen so that each dress would be unique. The Flower of Life in delivery two was scaled down to create a polkadot print. The Flowers in Vase print by artist Paul Wackers, titled “The Closer You Are the Quicker it Hits You,” was given to us to print on silk and became a random print, so no one garment will be alike. For our second delivery, landscape artist Elissa Gore created a water color stripe print especially for us on the porch of the cabin.

Karin and Morgan also revealed they are working on developing a full-on web store, which I hope will include the apparel as well and not be just clogs.

And then today, one of the prints in question popped up on the No.6 blog:

I don't usually like prints that are like wearing a painting wrapped around your body but I might have to make an exception for this one. It is pricey at $415 but the detail on the neckline is stunning.

A sneakpeak at the spring look book and several of these prints popped up on Refinery29 a while ago. All images below are taken from that link:

Another small interview appeared a little while ago on another website called Dossier. It's more about the history of No.6 but well worth a look for serious No.6 fans out there.

Isabel Marant - Etoile print SS13

Photo courtesy of Heist

I am have been flat-out OBSESSED with this print since it came out. And because every piece is in the $200-range, it has been hard not to act. Things are selling out quickly of course for this reason...

It comes in black/white, red/white or blue/gold. Personally, I prefer the black/white. Hands down. As for the style, it comes in the Shiso romper, the Sid pants, the Seth jumpsuit, the Stacy tunic top (not picture here - I have a rule against flowy tops), and the Salina dress (also too flowy and not pictured here). Oh and there are shorts, the Salome. You can see them here.

The Sid pants are available at Bird and are $250.

The Seth jumpsuit in black is at Totokaelo but they only have a few sizes left. It is $290.

The Shiso jumper is in black at Barneys and in red (also cute) at La Garconne. $260. I prefer this one but am not sure if it's too much of a summer look. I'd like to say I'd wear it with tights but I don't know.