Chance

Easy grace and joie de vivre radiate from a new collection by former Kate Spade creative director Julia Leach

A fresh take on French classics, Chance offers a tightly edited collection of clothing, accessories, books and music. Building off of the essential striped shirt— first worn by the French Navy in 1858, made popular by Matisse 50 years later and worn by everyone from rebels like Hunter S. Thompson and Edie Sedgwick to elegant beauties like Natalie Portman and Charlotte Gainsbourg—Chance successfully blends heritage …

A. Sauvage

Stylist-turned-designer Adrien Sauvage debuts a collection of sharply-cut suits for the modern man

With a Tumblr site as his look book, stylist-turned-designer Adrien Sauvage puts a fresh spin on men’s suiting by casting and personally photographing some of art and music’s finest as models for his debut collection. The black-and-white project, called “This is Not a Suit,” sets the stage for his first collection of suits that mix modern styles with Saville Row-level cuts. As an experienced tailor, …

Fair Wear Foundation

A nonprofit unites the fashion industry to encourage fair labor practices

Thanks to our tech-enabled world, the idea of global transparency is more of a reality now than ever. But in an industry as large as fashion, it’s still difficult still to know the conditions of many production facilities. That’s where the labor conditions group Fair Wear Foundation comes in. The Amsterdam-based nonprofit aims to fully expose the manufacturing process with a verification system to ensure …