Lookbook | The Winter Collection 01

Admittedly— In the past I have found an entire rack of singularly colored garments a little lack luster and un compelling, or even at times overwhelming to look through.

But recently I had this realization—so many of my favorite garments, the ones I’ve had for over a decade, the ones that seem to go with *everything* are
white
or
black.

(There’s also a lot of blue and grey—but that’s a color story for another time)

And so I decided to lean into, and embrace, that theme for our first collection of the year.

The idea that black & white are contrasts, opposites, for a reason.
They are the glue of many of our wardrobes.
A garment in either of these colors has more of a chance of being timeless, than if it were perhaps another color.

Possibly because we associate colors with so many different things in our lives.
Perhaps it’s the whole “Pantone color of the year” thing.
Perhaps it’s because mainstream fashion is indeed very driven by trends and those can largely be centered around color and thus for some of us ruining some colors due to their trend associations (Oh, this is just me? Ok never mind…)

But when you strip a garment of color, when you treat it as a canvas, or a base for the rest of an outfit, or as a garment that you intend to *keep* and care for, for many years of your life, it seems like the ones that emulate simplicity are often the ones that hold the most versatility and withstand the test of time.

And so that is my hope for this collection of staples and classics and timeless silhouettes.

That these garments, and objects for your home, would become not just passing fancies, not just something to wear or use *this* season—but for *many* seasons to come.

Then again, that is my hope for every collection I curate.
It is a hope that I have had since the creation of Folkling in 2017.

That these long time storied things that have existed in the world for many years, would become a part of your story for many years, and in turn displace the need for a little bit more in the world.