{"id":1129,"date":"2012-10-29T13:01:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/up\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/29\/skaist-taylor-enjoying-2nd-duet-on-fashion-stage\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T13:50:05","slug":"skaist-taylor-enjoying-2nd-duet-on-fashion-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/en\/skaist-taylor-enjoying-2nd-duet-on-fashion-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Skaist & Taylor enjoying 2nd duet on fashion stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor have come back to fashion with a second act, but they\u2019re sticking to their favorite tune: a rock \u2018n \u2018roll look with notes of girlie glamour. The duo \u2013 honestto- goodness BFFs \u2013 say they are committed to creating clothes for their closets, and if that means rompers, eyelet skirts and boucle jackets in a season when many other designers are toning it down, so be it. \u201cWe are primarily wearing our own clothes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I see the label with our names on it, and it\u2019s still a thrill. We are SOOO not jaded,\u201d says Skaist- Levy of their new line, Skaist Taylor. These founders of Juicy Couture made a fortune (reportedly $53 million) when they sold their hallmark business of casual California cool clothes to Liz Claiborne in 2003. They exited the brand in 2010, agreed to a non-compete clause for 17 months \u2013 the period Nash-Taylor calls \u201cfashion prison, or hell\u201d \u2013 and found themselves with a lot of time on their hands to browse flea markets and listen to music. Nash-Taylor, who is married to Duran Duran\u2019s John Taylor, even tried to learn to cook. \u201cThat didn\u2019t work out so well,\u201d she says sheepishly. \u201cI can make a roast chicken, but that\u2019s about it.\u201d \u201cYou dream about having time off, but when it comes, you don\u2019t know what to do with yourself,\u201d Nash-Taylor says. She started sketching at the stroke of midnight when the clause expired, but they weren\u2019t going to go back to tracksuits and T-shirts they designed for Juicy Couture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their look had changed \u2013 really, their lives had changed \u2013 since the late 1990s and early 2000s Juicy heyday, when they\u2019d hang out at Mr Chow\u2019s restaurant in Los Angeles in those pieces paired with Chanel jackets or Louis Vuitton heels. There is a lot more time at the office, explains Skaist-Levy, 49, and from there it could be a school or sporting event, and then anything from a cocktail party to a baby shower. She says she has worn the opening look from last month\u2019s New York fashion show previewing their spring collection many times.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The white knit jacket with black piping \u2013 which she wore home on the plane to Los Angeles after packing up their runway \u2013 is the sort of stylish, versatile piece they want to be known for. The same goes for the longer-hem lace dresses and a black fringe dress with strong shoulders. She might wear that one with gladiator sandals and switch to booties at night, she says. \u201cI want clothes that can take you anywhere, and do it chicly.\u201d Nash-Taylor, 53, pulled the orange romper off the rack when models with frizzed-out hair were finished doing their strut to \u201cWitchy Woman\u201d on a Manhattan rooftop. She\u2019s drawn to a look with \u201ca little pop.\u201d Ooh, but she also likes the black minidress. \u201cWe\u2019ve always been attracted to military, Victoriana and anything girlie. Those are running through everything we do,\u201d she says. That gets approval and agreement from Skaist-Levy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, really, could these two women always agree? They finish each other\u2019s sentences, and often wear matching animal-print outfits. One of them has to have a little wardrobe envy, right? Nash-Taylor sets the record straight: \u201cPam\u2019s closet is better: It\u2019s the place I like to shop the most.\u201d These women talk about clothes \u2013 a lot. It\u2019s an \u201caddiction,\u201d they agree. But the experience of creating a juggernaut like Juicy, joining corporate America and then going out on their own again has taught them that their passion is very much a business, too. Their strategy is not to chase trends but to carve out an identity with their new brand, which targets all the other rock \u2018n\u2019 roll fashion groupies out there. They want shoppers to be able to identify Skaist Taylor and its favorite leather, lace and cool-girl looks with nothing more than a passing glance. \u201cThere\u2019s a crazy bevy of minimalists who are very good at their job,\u201d says Nash-Taylor, \u201cand we\u2019re happy to be at the other end of the arch.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their previous success allows them to be more thoughtful. Yes, it\u2019s a business, but their hearts belong to fashion. \u201cWe\u2019re building a new brand. We\u2019re dressing our Skaist Taylor girl,\u201d Skaist-Levy says. \u201c\u2026 We are trying to educate our customer and that will only come with consistency. We\u2019re a little bit edgy, a little feminine. We\u2019re trying to find new words for \u2018sexy\u2019 and \u2018rocker,\u2019 but that\u2019s really what it is and what we\u2019re all about.\u201d And when they say \u201cwhat we\u2019re all about,\u201d they mean it. \u201cPam and I are Pam and I, and we\u2019ve grown up,\u201d Nash-Taylor says. \u201cWe wanted to make something that speaks to us today. It\u2019s always biographical for us. We call our look California eccentric because we are California eccentric.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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