bonne chance!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM 
Chance, launched this past Friday in New York, is the vision of former Kate Spade creative director Julia Leach. Leach celebrates simple sartorial classics, which combine function and form, as a means of endless possibility. Chance sees the nautical striped shirt as the personal fashion paper clip, saluting timeless style that can be worn seamlessly from the city to the seashore with confidence, ease, and relaxed sophistication. Pieces from their debut collection and images from their brand book, above, embody this vision. In addition to clothing, you can find a few small goods, such as letterpress seashell cards that were illustrated by Leach's mother.
Leach shaped the voice and visual identity of the Kate Spade brand, where she worked for 11 years. Every now and then a new brand enters the fashion landscape, which is much more than a tag on a shirt -- with Chance, I have a feeling that a modern classic was born* {images from here and here}
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PS. Without ado, a H-U-G-E congratulations to my dear friend Kate and her lovely husband(!) John. The happy couple tied the knot Sunday at an intimate garden ceremony outside San Francisco -- it was truly perfect and fully embodied one of her favorite passages from Emma:
The wedding was very much like other weddings, where the parties have no taste for finery or parade…but in spite these deficiencies, the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony, were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union.
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PPS. I l-o-v-e-d your comments on the matter of town mouse or country mouse -- what passionate and experienced perspectives! In the best of all worlds, I would have an apartment in the city and a house in the country -- sunday afternoon tea parties on the veranda, weekend getaways, antiquing, and a more relaxed way of life. Tempting* Let's see what the rest of the year holds in store.
xx, Jane
chance, fashion, julia leach in This land is your land, Try it on
Reader Comments (13)
I cannot wait to check out Chance - looks like my kind of store! Lovely post as always!
Wow, her simple basics are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this new site!
OMG - I just clicked on your link for Chance - uh oh, I'm hooked already!!!! Love the images, how fun and cool. I guess that's what working for Kate Spade gets ya, huh? - lots of ideas and talent!! :)
I'll have to check out Chance! and I can't wait to see what the year brings you. I hope all the happiness you can find!
jane!!!! this is such trouble. chance looks amazing. just what i need and want! but i have no money. maybe next time when you share such a great store you should send me money too?? xx
I see you found it!
How very cute! I just stopped over there and their Discoveries section looks like it'll be a lot of fun. Oh, and the clothing and accessories. Thank goodness my credit card expired and the new one hasn't been delivered yet.
Not sure if I want to click, Im scared it will be amazing!
in my dream life i own an absurd amount of kate spade items. so dreamy + lovely!
xo Alison
Chance looks amazing and I have not heard of it, so thank you for sharing. I know that designers with such immense experience and talent put so much thought (more than anyone can ever fully capture) behind their creations. Whether a recipe, a novel, a movie, or a debut collection such as this, I always love to hear this thought process regarding- the conceptualization, the vision, etc.
...All that to say that I think you did an amazing job capturing this.
I like that the striped shirt is only $60. It's a great version of the classic striped shirt, and they haven't exploited that with the price. I also loved the time line of famous people who have worn striped shirts on the site. Amazing who ever spent time compiling that.
oh any chance of it popping over to the UK? It all looks so gorgeous.
You always have some of my favorite posts... such a fun collection!