Bright Future
Harper's Bazaar Australia|January / February 2018

Sies Marjan leads with colour; your golden ticket to the Hermès bag atelier; and all the spring trends fit to shop.

Bright Future

In a fashion climate that often feels as if it’s dictated by which pieces look best on an Instagram grid or snapped by a street style photographer, it can be easy to feel a little cynical. Which makes the quiet but meteoric rise of New York fashion label Sies Marjan all the more refreshing. That isn’t to say the brand doesn’t have an online following or an army of street style loyalists — it has both. But for Dutch founder Sander Lak — who cut his teeth at Marc Jacobs, before menswear/womenswear design roles at Balmain and Dries Van Noten — the brand’s driving philosophy is wearability first.

Since debuting at New York fashion week during the A/W 2016 season in February of last year, Sies Marjan and its signature experimentation with colour, fluid tailoring and cultish shoes has found an audience that ranges from Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and Selah Marley to Eva Chen and Emma Stone. Thirty-four-year-old Lak spoke to BAZAAR from his New York atelier about his lifelong obsession with colour, the decision to show in New York and why he’ll never consider himself an artist.

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