Clare Waight Keller Picks 6 Favorite Looks That Transformed Her Chloé Inline
Photo: Alessandro Viero / GoRunway.com1/6Spring 2012
“I think the thing that really helped me hone my focus here was this dress: It was in a very Chloé fabric—crepe de Chine—but also it was a different statement about flou, about big volumes. They express what this brand is about: fluidity and freedom, feeling feminine but effortlessly so. It’s just that sense of naturalness, that kind of unapologetic This Is Who I Am.”
Photo: Monica Feudi / Feudiguaineri.com2/6Fall 2012
“Always in the back of my head I’m thinking, ‘Who’s the boy? What’s the boy element of this collection?’ This coat nailed my expression of a new kind of Chloé girl, the boyish side of outerwear, which I’ve always come back to since, again and again.”
Photo: Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com3/6Spring 2014
“This was about how we could make lace modern. I wanted to bring something graphic and modern to the fabric. it’s completely engineered to work with the construction of the dress itself. It’s not just some Chantilly lace. People think Chloé is soft and romantic, which it is, but to actually wear those clothes, and to carry them off, you have to have a confidence about who you are. When I’m casting the show, I find it hard to cast really green girls. I like them to be interesting, to have something about them. Even our fit model in the studio—she’s studying to be a lawyer.”
Photo: Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com4/6Spring 2015
“This collection was the turning point for me, when all the elements of what I’d been doing came together. I made the leap to start using denim. It’s part of the Chloé heritage, but I wanted to express it in an aspirational way. I was really working on the silhouette, and waiting until I felt it was the right time to unleash the denim. As a fabric it says so much—the boyish side, the urban street side. There’s a mix of high-low, but it doesn’t feel forced or try to be too trendy. It’s just really about looking absolutely right for right now.”
Photo: Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com5/6Fall 2015
“I love patchwork. There is something about it that has a real artisanal element, that it comes from real craft. I like that it allows you to do color in a really interesting way because you can mix so many different, clashing elements. It ends up looking poetically beautiful and less precious at the same time.”
