In the hot, steamy throes of summer, what’s more, engaging than sliding into a smooth slip? Enter Refine, a new London-based label inspired by the classic sweet-nothing from previous Net-a-Porter editor Anina Hée. “I wanted to make something resistant to trends because that’s the way I shop; I wouldn’t buy something that wouldn’t endure more than one season,” says the Swiss-born designer whose own closet is loaded up with discreetly chic pieces by The Row and Khaite. “The slip has been a staple for decades and it still is today.”
Taking motivation from ’90s fashion icons, for example, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and the Prada runway, Refine’s debut collection highlights six luxuriously save styles—including an especially charming calf-skimming bias-cut dress and high-waisted skirt—cut from heavy silk satin and Crepe de Chine that has been woven and dyed in Italy. “I’m very conscious of quality,” Hée says of the worked to-last range, which begins at $200. “My mom always used to say to us kids when we were buying things, ‘Check where it’s made!’” To that end, the silhouette-defining fabric has a reassuring heft (at the end of the day, the new slip dresses skim the body instead of stick to it). “It has this way that it flatters all these different body types and drapes so nicely,” she says.
Similarly as considered is the brand’s palette: Alongside year-round black and white offerings, a handful of limited-run specialty shades, for example, dark chocolate, a seawater blue, and a single ditsy floral print—will be in seasonal turn. Likewise on offer? Au courant padded headbands and voluminous scrunchies to guarantee no precious piece of silk is deserted. Says Hée, “It’s an easy way to reuse leftover fabrics”—and slide into summer, dressed from head to toe.
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