We finally meet again fashion lovers, and I couldn't be happier. I hope that you all have enjoyed your weekend and having a great work week.
Since it's Hispanic Heritage Month, I need to tell you guys about one of my favorite designers, Gabriela Hearst. I remember seeing her designs in a fashion magazine a few years ago and fell in love with her designs. Born in Uruguay, Gabriela Hearst grew up on her family’s 17,000-acre ranch, Santa Isabel in Paysandu, surrounded by horses, cattle, and sheep, where the notion of luxury meant things were beautifully crafted and made to last. Gabriela attended the British School in Montevideo and studied Communications at the O.R.T. University of Uruguay.
After more than a decade spent in design in New York, Gabriela honored her family’s heritage through the launch of her eponymous label in Fall 2015, as well as taking over the operations of her father’s ranch in Uruguay. Gabriela wanted to create a brand that reflects a slower pace and process: where things are made with care and detail, where tradition is more important than trend, where there is a purpose to every piece. Gabriela’s commitment is to make a strong and modern collection without compromising her ethics and key values, taking into consideration where materials come from and who is making them: luxury with a conscience or in other words, “honest luxury”.
Each garment is an item into which Gabriela can pour her desire made with impeccable construction and uncompromising, noble materials. Together, they tell a story of the places she loves that made her who she is: Uruguay and New York. Jackets and coats are lined with this special silver fabric that prevents cell phone radiation from reaching women’s reproductive organs. Aloe-treated linen, a much more complete fiber than cotton because it absorbs less water than cotton and at the same time you can eat the flax seed so it has additional nutritional values. Combining the utilitarian and the beautiful, she wanted to design long-lasting garments that hold memories for the woman who wears them. She is a real woman, alluring and powerful, but there is much action in her life and these clothes are her uniform, her armor.
In 2016, Gabriela Hearst introduces Handbags. In the interest of maintaining her values of sustainability, she decides to produce the bags in limited quantities and is available via request only. In February 2017, Gabriela Hearst presents its first runway show using about 30% deadstock fabrics, eliminating the use of plastic from both Front and Back-Of-House and repurposing all the elements of the show.
In 2018, Gabriela Hearst opened her first flagship store, located on Madison Avenue in the Carlyle House, a New York institution. Following her mission on sustainability, the store was built without synthetics or chemicals, using natural, non-treated reclaimed oak, built-in light occupancy sensors throughout the space to reduce electrical consumption. 90% of the material waste generated during the construction process was recycled.
In August, Gabriela Hearst opens its London store in Mayfair, at 59 Brook Street, designed by Norman Foster and sustainably built using reclaimed wood and non-toxic, vegetable-dyed leather and linen curtains rather than cotton. Simultaneously, Gabriela Hearst opens a shop-in-shop at Harrods, also designed by Norman Foster. For Spring Summer 2020, Gabriela Hearst produces the first-ever carbon neutral runway show. A donation was made in each guest’s name to the non-profit Our Children's Trust.
The premise of the Gabriela Hearst Autumn Winter 2020 collection was to devise further techniques to work with waste that would not compromise the quality or aesthetic values of the company. Antique remnants of Turkish rugs were pieced together for outerwear, existing pieces of cashmere outerwear from prior collections were deconstructed and re-assembled with blanket stitch, and recycled cashmere was reprinted and repurposed. This idea permeated both the collection and creative direction of the show. Recycled shredded paper bales from a recycling facility in Brooklyn were used as set design. The paper bales were kept in their original size and condition and then returned to the recycling company.
Gabriela was nominated in 2017 for the CFDA Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent, 2018 nominee for the CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year, and 2020 nominee for the CFDA Accessories Designer of the Year. She is the winner of the 2016/17 International Woolmark Prize for Womenswear, 2018 recipient of the Pratt Institute Fashion Visionary Award, and 2021 recipient of the Frank Alvah Parsons Award for Sustainability. In 2020, she won the American Womenswear Designer of the Year Award at the CFDA Fashion Awards.
The British Fashion Council awarded Gabriela as an Environment Honoree for her contribution to creating positive change within the industry at the 2020 Fashion Awards. In 2021, Gabriela was awarded the Frank Alvah Parsons Award for Sustainability. On December 7, 2020, she was named Creative Director at Chloe.
This piece is from her Resort 2020 Collection, I love how oversized it is but is still sleek at the same time.
I loved her Fall/Winter 2020 Ready-To-Wear Collection, the monochromatic look was definitely my vibe the whole way through.
Can we all agree that the Spring/Summer 2021 Ready-To-Wear Collection was a vibe and then some?
I saw the Meghan Markle carry the Nina Bag, and now I'm obsessed.
Such a gorgeous piece from the Spring/Summer 2020 Ready-To-Wear Collection.
Talk about making a statement in your next board business, it's from the Spring/Summer 2022 Ready-To-Wear Collection. I love the simplicity of this suit and the handbag matches perfectly with this suit.
Gabriela Hearst, You have a fan for life. I hope that all of you have enjoyed this blog post for this Tuesday, I love you all so much, and until next time, Stay Beautiful.
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