In February of 2007 Editor in Chief Kelley Quan and I saw one of Shelly Steffee's collections for the first time: her futuristic ultra-structured clothes in glacial tones made a real impression on us (even through the madness of fashion week.)
We never did forget about Shelly Steffee. We watched with quiet awe when her Marlene Dumas-colored mesh leggings were unveiled for Spring 2009, we listened while us about her participation in Food-to-table and in-store art collaborations, and are still fanatics of her most recent Fall 09 Equestrian-flavored collection.
In her latest vision Steffee maintains the same clear affinity to experimental structures (a quality to which we were introduced long ago), but also exhibits a softness that both subverts and illuminates the harder-edged technical scaffolding of her clothes. View fullscreen feature.