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\n\tNigel Curtiss is breaking into wholesale.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe veteran designer, who started his career in 1984 at Comme des Gar\u00e7ons and has since designed men\u2019s and women\u2019s ready-to-wear under his namesake label, is taking a tight selection of pieces to Linda\u2019s, the Bergdorf Goodman shop named after and architected by senior vice president of women\u2019s fashion and store presentation director Linda Fargo.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe assortment entails one-of-a-kind evening jackets rendered in upcycled vintage kimonos, tuxedo pants and silk shirts, and are being merchandised on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n
\n\tCurtiss, who has made bespoke suits for the likes of Derek Jeter and Duran Duran\u2019s Simon LeBon, said the entry came organically and women\u2019s fashion is still a new category. \u201cTwo years ago, we first did women\u2019s ready-to-wear,\u201d he said. \u201cA good friend of ours called and said we would be hearing from Linda Fargo, she loves your jackets, she loves the concept. They\u2019re completely unique, and it\u2019s great for Linda\u2019s space because they\u2019re items that nobody else in the world has.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe kimonos, sourced from Japan and then fabricated in Italy, are \u201cquite a labor of love,\u201d he said. \u201cYou buy a kimono, which could be anywhere from 20 to 100 years old, and there\u2019s just enough fabric to make one or maybe one-and-a-half jackets out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tTailoring on the women\u2019s side of the business has become Curtiss\u2019s calling card. \u201cWe\u2019ve established a little niche of what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he said, calling out a printed denim suit from last season, tuxedos and brocade suits he\u2019s done recently. He\u2019s also seen success with silk pajama sets. \u201cThey are all selling really well, clients are coming back and buying again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe timing is right for the brand, Curtiss reasoned, despite the shapeshifting retail landscape in the U.S. and waning consumer spend on luxury goods. \u201cIt\u2019s really significant for us,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you have a new brand, people might see it somewhere and keep kicking it down the road, but everyone waits for a seminal moment. In New York, anybody that comes to town is going to check out Linda\u2019s store, and every store in the country looks at what she\u2019s got. We hope it\u2019s going to be important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tHe said not to anticipate a rapid-fire expansion nationally, though. \u201cWe\u2019re not jumping straight in with 500 stores,\u201d he said, noting growing interest in his tailored offerings. \u201cWe feel we\u2019ve jumped right in at the top.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigel Curtiss is breaking into wholesale. The veteran designer, who started his career in 1984 at Comme des Gar\u00e7ons and has since designed men\u2019s and women\u2019s ready-to-wear under his namesake label, is taking a tight selection of pieces to Linda\u2019s, the Bergdorf Goodman shop named after and architected by senior vice president of women\u2019s fashion and store presentation director Linda Fargo. The assortment entails one-of-a-kind evening jackets rendered in upcycled vintage kimonos, tuxedo pants and silk shirts, and are being merchandised on a rolling basis. Curtiss, who has made bespoke suits for the likes of Derek Jeter and Duran Duran\u2019s Simon LeBon, said the entry came organically and women\u2019s fashion is still a new category. \u201cTwo years ago, we first did women\u2019s ready-to-wear,\u201d he said. \u201cA good friend of ours called and said we would be hearing from Linda Fargo, she loves your jackets, she loves the concept. They\u2019re completely unique, and it\u2019s great for Linda\u2019s space because they\u2019re items that nobody else in the world has.\u201d The kimonos, sourced from Japan and then fabricated in Italy, are \u201cquite a labor of love,\u201d he said. \u201cYou buy a kimono, which could be anywhere from 20 to 100 years old, and there\u2019s just enough fabric to make one or maybe one-and-a-half jackets out of it.\u201d Tailoring on the women\u2019s side of the business has become Curtiss\u2019s calling card. \u201cWe\u2019ve established a little niche of what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he said, calling out a printed denim suit from last season, tuxedos and brocade suits he\u2019s done recently. He\u2019s also seen success with silk pajama sets. \u201cThey are all selling really well, clients are coming back and buying again.\u201d The timing is right for the brand, Curtiss reasoned, despite the shapeshifting retail landscape in the U.S. and waning consumer spend on luxury goods. \u201cIt\u2019s really significant for us,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you have a new brand, people might see it somewhere and keep kicking it down the road, but everyone waits for a seminal moment. In New York, a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}