New York Fashion Week is not typically considered an oasis of calm. You’d be hard pressed to find a designer, especially one whose show is in 24 hours, who will cut out a chunk of their time to, well, do anything besides plan. Misha Nonoo, one of the designers in the 2015 Swarovski Collective (which is celebrating its 15th year of supporting and collaborating with emerging designers), is an exception to that rule.
It’s with that down-to-earth attitude (the models in her show this season did their own hair, for example) and an understated aesthetic that Nonoo goes about not only designing but living her life, too. And it’s working in a big way. The brand that started out with just coats now includes eveningwear, just launched e-commerce on its website and is loved by some major power players in the industry.
HuffPost Style chatted with the designer about the inspiration for her new collection, the importance of understanding how to dress a woman and the qualms of moving to a new neighborhood.
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On moving to a new neighborhood:
“I’ve been living in my current apartment for 18 months, and I just now realized there is an express subway stop much, much closer than the one I’ve been going to all this time.”
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
