A Breath of Fresh Heir
The Unruly label stages a presentation at the East Village Yacht Club, we drink the 'Dianne Wiest' or the 'White Orchid,' or something.
Nick Haramis
February 04, 2008
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Unruly Heir PR Kristian Laliberte rushes over to usher us into the East Village Yacht Club. He’s beaming, proud of the new line. And we’ve seen his phony “isn’t this collection great?” smile. This was sincere, and so it should have been. Recovering from an awkward misstep at last fall’s Fashion Week, Laliberte and his group of merry self-marketers hosted a perfectly low-key event for the brand’s Fall 2008 collection. While guests like Lydia Hearst, Annabel Vartanian, and Genevieve Jones lounged in the basement amid male models in a series of different tableaux vivants, others guzzled bottles of Peroni and some Domaine de Canton concoction called a White Orchid.
And the clothes? They’ve updated their seersucker hoodies with subtle piping, and the graphic T-shirts, blazers, and longer tweed jackets are all pretty terrific, actually. We’ve always been slightly turned off by the “heir” theme, but this around, they pulled it off.
On our way out, Laliberte says, “So?” “Well, at least you didn’t fuck with the runway show this time around. We’ll take one of everything.” —N.H.
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Posted by Liz on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 04.19 pm
I went to the Unruly Heir event and while I was drawn in by the clothing, the cocktails were what made my evening. Domaine de Canton is unbelievable and extremely unique. The next day, I bought 4 bottles and now everyone in my family has one!