Mansur Gavriel (Q3278)
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Mansur Gavriel is a fashion house from FMD.
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| English | Mansur Gavriel |
Mansur Gavriel is a fashion house from FMD. |
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For decades, the runway has been the linchpin of Fashion Week, the mode by which a designer’s newness is communicated to the world, though it’s clear the industry is rapidly coming down from that platform. Since launching their wildly popular bucket bags in 2012, Floriana Gavriel and Rachel Mansur have cycled through just about every fashion presentation format, from quiet showroom appointments to blowout fashion shows and back again.With the infrastructure for its see-now-buy-now accessories business firmly in place, Mansur Gavriel has been steadily scaling back on the scope of its Fashion Week happenings. Today it celebrated the arrival of Fall 2019 with an event at the brand’s store on Wooster Street in SoHo. “When we shot our first campaign, we only had a few hundred bucks to produce the images, so we basically used fruit as props,” says Mansur, leaning against stands of pineapples, peaches, and oranges piled high in the space. “This installation was really a nod to where we started.”With attendees sipping on watermelon juice as they perused the new Mansur Gavriel wares, the mood in the store was part farmers market, part shopping party. After a morning of looking at nothing but new Spring clothes, the fashion crowd here seemed eager to indulge in some fall retail therapy. In fact, at times it was difficult to tell apart the models from everyone else, given how many were trying on the sensible new Chelsea boots and cozy shearling coats. It was a smart move on the designers’ part: About halfway through the hour-long event, the new Mansur Gavriel cloud purse, a soft clutch with a curvilinear frame, had sold out. Still, the brand’s knack for making best-selling accessories has yet to be matched by its clothing. Priced at just under $500, the chunky daisy-knit sweater is destined to be more of a sleeper hit, primed for that rare fashion-forward millennial who invests in a winter wardrobe months in advance.The brand’s highly Instagrammable fruit installation will be open to the public for the next few days, and it is sure to attract attention in an area that is swarming with tourists in search of the perfect downtown selfie. Whether the in-store event constituted a Fashion Week presentation in the truest sense is beside the point. The experience garnered all the right impressions on social media.
8 September 2019
Floriana Gavriel and Rachel Mansur invited editors and buyers up to their showroom yesterday afternoon: a light, airy space on the 18th floor of a building overlooking Canal street. Since launching Mansur Gavriel ready-to-wear for Fall 2017, the designers have favored a runway format, though the informal presentation seemed better suited to the stealth nature of their clothes. Mansur and Gavriel have a keen sense of color, and the combination of saturated citrus hues and soft pastels had modern verve. Models lounged around on lemon yellow and rich burgundy sofas in monochromatic pajama-style sets and maxi slip dresses that were tinged with this sunny palette.Mansur Gavriel’s affinity for the 1990s is markedly more grown-up than their peers, though this time they did experiment with more girlish motifs, including daisies that were embroidered in varying sizes on sweaters and knit maxi dresses and blown up extra big on a circular lady bag. The brand is bringing its popular monogram service to shoes for Spring, and it’s surely only a matter of time before the charming new initialed ballet flats start popping up on Instagram.Ultimately, the more understated, minimalist pieces in the lineup were the most compelling, including the crisp striped shirting that came with matching full skirts, a practical and flattering updated take on the classic shirtdress. That look was a nice partner to the new pleated bucket bags, undoubtedly the quiet star of the show.
11 February 2019
Designers Floriana Gavriel and Rachel Mansur are minimalists by nature, but today the duo revealed a sweeter side to their brand. Editors and buyers took their seats at Spring Studios around a dozen or so tables laden with delicious pretty pink confectionaries from Parisian patisserie experts Ladurée. It was a feast for the eyes before the show had even begun.Still, there’s nothing sugary about the Mansur Gavriel aesthetic. The opening looks hit a subtle note with sweeping ankle-length double-faced coats in shades of beige and stone layered over cable-knit sweater dresses and kicky knit trousers, accessorized with sensible ankle boots in the same palette. The duo dipped their toes into eveningwear this season, introducing long-sleeved embellished floral frocks in buttercup yellow and black. Their strongest idea for cocktail hour dressing came through in the swishy tinsel black-and-silver skirt and matching jacket that closed the show.Party shoes were naturally added to the label’s roster of unfussy, stealthy accessories, too. The low-heeled silver single-strap sandals and pointy slingbacks were a nice alternative to death-defying stilettos. It’s safe to say that Dorothy would have no trouble dancing up and down the yellow brick road in Mansur Gavriel’s new red Wizard of Oz–style glitter pumps.
9 September 2018
Floriana Gavriel was flying solo backstage at Mansur Gavriel today. Her design partner, Rachel Mansur, gave birth two days ago, just as the pair was putting the final touches to their Spring runway presentation. Last season marked the inception of Mansur Gavriel’s debut ready-to-wear collection, and several of their double-face coats could be spotted in the audience today. There was a ’90s sway to their latest offering, with sheer tunics worn over linen pants in a sun-washed palette of pale yellow and lilac that felt in line with their minimalist aesthetic. It was certainly a more modest way to wear transparency, and provided a grown-up counterpoint to the more heady impulses of the era so often referenced by young designers of Mansur and Gavriel’s generation.Fueled by the success of their best-selling bags, the designers have taken a modular approach to building a wardrobe. Their cocoon-style coats were a similar value proposition to their popular bucket bags: practical, versatile, devoid of any unnecessary bells and whistles, reasonably priced, and available in a myriad of colors. The new collection seemed to lack that item-driven focus, though the belted floral dresses and silky button-downs were pretty enough. The most distinctive takeaways for Spring were ultimately in the accessories department, including chic metallic midi heels and a polished fold-over purse, a good investment for any stylish millennial woman looking to elevate her 9-to-5 look. Mansur Gavriel has made strides with a see-now-buy-now model where other brands have failed, and it’s surely a testament to the label’s ability to create desirability with a sense of sophistication and restraint.
11 February 2018
Will a coat be your new favorite accessory this fall? If designers Floriana Gavriel and Rachel Mansur have their way, then the answer might be yes. The duo has built an impressive accessories empire in the five short years since they launched Mansur Gavriel, and they presented their first collection of clothing at a runway show in Soho earlier today.The clothes were drawn along similar lines as their coveted handbags: minimalist and denuded of any hardware or fussy embellishment, with a color palette that ran the gamut of classic (oatmeal, slate gray) to colorful (tomato red and lemon yellow, a hue that has been popping up all week). The designers have always had a practical, item-driven approach to their brand, and there was a clear focus on outerwear and knitwear straight out of the gate. There were nine different coat silhouettes in this see-now-buy-now offering, starting with the classic opera, which was layered over cropped pants of every kind and cozy oversize sweaters. In an age when the “total look” has lost its luster, the notion of component dressing has a modern appeal. Though the easy double-face coat is hardly a new proposition, the number of iterations available here—in every shape, shade, and fabrication, including camel, cashmere, and wool—was hardly one-size-fits-all. Personalization has become a key factor in what drives desire on the shop floor, and if the label’s winning formula for bags and shoes is any indication, then its latest project is primed to be a best-selling hit.
10 September 2017