With an office next door to the exclusive club Chez Margaux, Rag Bone’s Jennie McCormick certainly has a strong idea of what the fashionable young women of New York City really want. Gone are the days of gals strutting around in Manolo Blahniks; these days it’s all about a flat shoe—be they ballerina sneakers from Adidas or barely-there mesh flats from The Row. With that in mind, the brand is introducing the Sadie—a square-toed and slim loafer-style shoe that comes in colors ranging from a sweet cherry red to an edgy crackled silver; it was shown with almost every look from the resort collection. “This season was really about enforcing the idea of ease and getting around comfortably,” said McCormick. “At Rag Bone, we’re trying to think about the wearability and functionality of pieces, so even if something is a real statement and investment, it’s still quite wearable.”
A similar mindset applied to the clothing: knits came pre-styled with a trompe l’oeil effect, to mimic the look of a layered knit without having to buy and wear two wool sweaters. Unstructured blazers have a built-in vest for that three-piece suit look without all the fuss (the vest can also be worn on its own). The collection’s hero item is a collarless coat called the Phoebe that proves McCormick’s interest in versatility; it includes a quilted and hooded removable liner embellished with faux leather trim that can be worn on its own as well.
