Blouses and tops for the summer: 7 inspirational studios and brands
Fashion is changing like never before. A year and a half ago, we wrote that designers were trying to “hide” women's breasts, but this summer everything changed again: the brands are trying to focus on the décolleté area, and the main subject of the seasonal wardrobe is tops. Instagram is replete with Victorian-style things with cuts and smell, cropped tops, like in childhood, and unsuited blouses of pastel shades. We tell you which brands you should pay attention to - from small ateliers to popular brands.
Musier paris
Musier Paris is a project of the popular French blogger Ann-Lore Mais (better known under the pseudonym Adenor), in style close to the notorious brand Rouje. In general, Adenora does not hide this: the site says that Musier is “a reflection of the new generation of muses, which we all want to be like”. On the girls account are the capsules for the brands Leon & Harper and Jonak and now two collections of Musier. The brand itself is still quite young: it appeared in March of this year.
In addition to recognizable dresses with a smell, this summer we advise you to pay attention to Musier Paris summer blouses with a clasp ring (115 euros) and shirts with voluminous sleeves (they are just on sale - 66.50 euros) - all things are made of natural materials in Paris .
Ciao lucia
Ciao Lucia is another popular Instagram brand, but originally from Los Angeles. Despite her American background, the founder, Lucy Ekin, considers Italy her second homeland: she worked at a Sicilian restaurant in San Francisco at school, and as a college student, she went to study in Europe, including Italy, where she received the nickname Lucia. Ekin calls his sources of inspiration “the glamor of the Amalfi Coast, the French New Wave cinema, Italian alcohol, 40s advertising and vintage postcards”, and Ciao Lucia as the “eternal traveler who doesn’t get out of vacation”.
Such a description of things Ciao Lucia is quite suitable: in the line you can find Victorian blouses of pastel shades of silk ($ 355) and cotton ($ 285), as well as nostalgic sea print shirts ($ 265) and other things that you can safely go to vacation or dream about him in the city to the songs of Mina. Another nice bonus: the first order promises a discount of 17%.
Orseund iris
The brand Orseund Iris has existed for only a couple of years, but its fans have already signed up Courtney Kardashian, Dua Lipa, Emily Ratakovski and other celebrities who have loved the brand for knitted corsets tops - perhaps their most recognizable thing. Orseund Iris was founded by Alan Johnson, a twenty-five-year-old graduate of the prestigious New York School of Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), who had previously completed an internship at Rosie Assoulin. According to Alana, she opened her brand at the suggestion of her mother, who said that “it’s time to stop dreaming and start acting.”
Now she makes “working” overalls (595 euros), knitted bustier tops ($ 260), as well as nice cropped tops with the (not) ironic name “princess” (595 euros), sconce (185 euros) and, of course , bustier tops in the Victorian style (445 dollars) - in short, everything that is now so popular on Instagram. All things Alan makes to order in New York.
Olivia Rose The Label
Olivia Rose The Label is a UK-based brand, founded in 2017 by Olivia Rose Havelock. Olivia was inspired to create a brand by her grandmother, who taught the girl to sew when she was still a child (she dedicated a Beryl dress to her). Since then, the girl decided not to stop and now makes nostalgic tops with inflated sleeves as from childhood (120 pounds), romantic blouses with open shoulders, which Dua Lipa wears with pleasure (70 pounds), and crop tops (45 pounds) - like Correctly noted Vogue Spain, everything that Marie Antoinette would wear today, if she was a millennial.
All things Olivia does manually in her studio (as they say on the site, for one thing she sometimes takes up to four hours of work) and is very attentive to all stages of production - from drawing to packaging. Therefore, the designer releases all the collections in a very limited edition and sends to the client one to two weeks after the order, and asks to treat this period with understanding.
Shop girl
Shop Girl is a family project of a daughter and mother, inspired by their shared passion for vintage clothes. The creative way they started with collecting and gradually came to the idea of their own brand. Now the duties between them are distributed as follows: the mother seals collections in a Los Angeles atelier, and her daughter is engaged in styling, campaigns and operational tasks.
In the online shop of Shop Girl you can see both your own brand items - for example, Victorian tops ($ 189) and vintage items - including silk Oscar de la Renta blouses, transparent plastic bags and Levi's jeans. By the way, they gently call all vintage items "preloved".
Realization Par
Réalisation Par is perhaps the most famous brand in this collection, which managed to anticipate the success of Rouje back in 2015. The brand was founded by girlfriends Alexandra Spencer and Teal Talbo from Australia, who became famous for their silk dresses and tops, which can be seen in Bella Hadid, Alexa Chang, Kaiya Gerber, Jeanne Damas and other popular Instagram bloggers and models whom the brand affectionately calls "Dreamgirls" .
We will not be cunning - at the Réalisation Par you can really find everything you need for a summer wardrobe: the site also has tea dresses ($ 170), and ideal dresses with scent ($ 195), light blouses with ties ($ 140), tops-shawls (69 dollars) and bustier dresses (225 dollars). All things are made of silk - "so that they can be thrown and then put on again," and they will look like new at the same time.
Hannah Kristina Metz Studio
Hanna Kristina Metz, a photographer and designer, hails from New York — where she comes up with her fancy blouses and then sends sketches to India, where production is based. Its manager is in charge of the process - the site says that he carefully monitors the observance of favorable working conditions, therefore the brand positions itself as “sustainable”. The idea of the brand was born at Hannah thanks to his passion for literature, so her collections often carry names like “Room with a View” and “Thunderstorm Pass”.
Now there is another collection on the site - there you can find transparent organza blouses with embroidered tulips ($ 188), silk tops with frill sleeves ($ 186) and flowered Victorian blouses ($ 172) - all that need to feel like the heroine of the novel Jane Austen.
