Three years in the past, Singapore-based Canadian designer Brandy Dallas based rising up to date label Sans Faff to deal with sustainable, well-made fundamentals amid a sea of “quick vogue haunts,” she informed WWD.
The model has since gained a cult following in Singapore (the place it’s stocked at a handful of multi-label boutiques) for its unique bamboo foundational layers (T-shirts, bodysuits), enlargement into customized “Enviro Rib” road bamboo layers, and its evolution of occasion dressing and tailoring (in Eastman Naia cellulosic fibers), priced $300 to $800.
“We went with absolutely licensed materials — we supply our yarn, we all know your entire chain of custody of our provide chain from the place the bamboo is grown and the place the yarn [is] spun. This has been a core to constructing the model from the start that’s being carried via to the brand new tailoring,” she stated, noting the model has a accountable provide chain and is waste impartial.
A glance from Sans Faff’s vacation 2024 assortment.
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Now, the model is increasing to U.S. distribution (together with Fwrd, Revolve, Free Individuals and choose boutiques) with its spring 2024 assortment.
“New York is the worldwide epicenter of tradition, innovation and creativity. It looks like the appropriate time to amplify our message and redefine what luxurious energy dressing actually means. For us, we’re actually working to shift the main focus away from non permanent, fleeting developments and focus extra on enduring necessities. These energy items which you could layer and you’ll costume up and down,” Dallas stated.
A glance from Sans Faff’s spring 2024 assortment.
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As seen via the model’s vacation and spring collections, the designer is continuous to evolve her signature model ethos of polished, quiet energy dressing. Highlights throughout each strains embody sharp-cut suiting (a white, energy shoulder blazer with matching vest and pin-tuck palazzo pants); button-up shirting (each basic or with sheer components); blazer minidresses; versatile little black clothes and slinky robes (some with removable assertion bows), and complicated Enviro ribbed lengthy tops (or an cute mini square-neck catsuit). Inside her upcoming summer season capsule, Dallas additionally plans to introduce coloration (fiery crimson), elegant but attractive lace layers and linen tailoring.
Chatting with the model title, Dallas stated, “We wish to remove the ‘faff’ round placing collectively an excellent curated wardrobe and let it’s very glossy. As in, once you attain for one thing in your wardrobe and you recognize it’s going to punch — there’s little doubt it’s all the time a crowd pleaser; it feels good, and you recognize precisely the way you’re going to go about your day in that wardrobe. It’s our mission to fill that house.”
