"But actually she didn't: she looked like an idealised version, hair scraped back, in a striped polo tee, checked skirt riding a little too short, letting her slip show under. The idealised other girl in New York, for most of us, takes two forms - Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, who it seems no one can shut up about this season, and Chloë Sevigny, who it seems no one has been able to shut up about for 30 years."
"That isn't a criticism. It's the highest of compliments. Because Eckhaus and Latta can take the most hackneyed and over-masticated reference and not only make it entirely their own, but make a new taste cling to it, altering our perception in a lasting way. It's a skill remarkably few designers have. What even fewer designers also have is a sense of conviction about their own output, a true reason and purpose to why they design clothes. A point, plainly."
Louisa Jacobson appeared in the Eckhaus Latta Autumn/Winter 2026 show styled as an idealized New York girl in a striped polo, short checked skirt, and hair scraped back. The look exposed a slip and evoked archetypal figures such as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Chloë Sevigny, linking back to Sevigny's 1996 Miu Miu campaign and presenting Jacobson as a modern echo. Eckhaus and Latta reinterpret overused references to create original looks that generate new taste and alter perception. Their work shows conviction, deliberate economy, forethought, and a clear purpose beyond producing garments that merely clutter store rails or remain unsold.
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