Supply-chain challenges notwithstanding, designer Nellie Partow has had a good pandemic. She reports she’s picked up both Net-a-Porter and Harrods since COVID began. This without giving so much as a second thought to the corset tops, nap dresses, and other trendy items that seem to have powered fashion through this crisis.
Partow is a wardrobe builder, a maker of clothes for executives and creatives who could easily shop higher-profile brands but chose her label instead—possibly because it’s proudly independent and woman owned but more likely because Partow’s collections are consistent and reliable without being boring and because novel fabrics trump novelty shapes.
At a showroom appointment, Partow riffs at length about the trial-and-error process required to achieve her variegated rib-knit polo tops and V-neck dresses. (Her knits, by the way, are made by the same factories that supply Maison Alaïa and Bottega Veneta.) And she goes into similarly great detail about sourcing local knitters to make the crocheted cardigan coat and matching scarf you see here. She’s process oriented, for sure, but for all the work she puts in, the results are clean, streamlined, and minimal. That goes equally for her body-skimming knits, double-breasted suits, and easy-wearing separates in crisp cotton men’s shirting. “I chose that cotton to give the collection a grounding. Life is not so easy at the moment, and I just want to make people feel good.”
You’ll notice a preponderance of shine here that’s atypical for Partow. She used a platinum metallic-foil leopard print almost counterintuitively for a loose-fitting shift and cut whisper-thin silk-voile lamé into roomy going-out pajamas. Partow has her own reasons for feeling good; she’s expecting her first child this spring.
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