Signed, Sealed, Delivered... Emilia Wickstead Brings Her Signature Style to Paperless Post
In an increasingly impersonal world, Emilia Wickstead and Paperless Post have joined forces to bring back the art of connection. Their new collaboration—a collection of digital invitations, liners, and backdrops infused with Wickstead’s signature elegance and modern femininity—was launched with an intimate dinner at New York’s beloved French bistro, Le Veau d’Or.
Behind an unmarked door uptown, guests entered a jewel box of a room layered with delicate prints and effervescent floral motifs. The setting was a love letter to stationery. itself, reflecting Wickstead’s lifelong obsession. “I’ve always been enchanted by stationery,” she told Vogue. “I’ll walk into a shop, or receive a beautiful note or invitation, and I’ll keep it for years. I even have a Pinterest board filled with my favorites. There s such a privilege in both sending and receiving a handwritten note. I’m very old school that way—I prefer a dinner invitation on paper to a text any day.”
To bring this sensibility to life, Gatherings by Emily collaborated with both brands to weave that tactile romance throughout the evening. The table linens echoed the collection’s patterns, while a bespoke envelope sat atop each plate, doubling as a calligraphed place card for guests like Trew Mullen, Sarah Hoover, Sabine Getty, Derek Blasberg, Angelica Hicks, Leandra Medine, Tina Leung, and more. With its warm, familiar energy, the night felt more like a family gathering than a product launch.
“We started Paperless Post in 2009 because we saw that written communication was moving online,” said James Hirschfeld, CEO and Co-Founder of Paperless Post. “But with email, we were losing the ability to express ourselves in a creative, beautiful way. Just because the medium changes doesn’t mean the desire for beauty disappears.”
The collection itself was a creative meeting of minds. “Emilia approached it with so much enthusiasm—and so many mood boards,” Hirschfeld laughed. “Every time we thought we were done, she’d show up with more. We were like, where are these ideas coming from?”
“I couldn’t stop myself,” Wickstead admitted with a smile. “I got very excited.”
And rightly so. The resulting 33-card collection is a feast of floral prints and soft palettes pulled from her own archives, drawing inspiration from British garden parties and unforgettable weddings in the Italian countryside. As the evening unfolded, so too did the feeling of nostalgia and intimacy that inspired it—a reminder that, even in the digital age, thoughtful details still matter.
Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com1/23Daria Strokous, Angelica Hicks, Sabine Getty, Elizabeth Kurpis, Alexa Hirschfeld
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