Gabriela Hearst’s honest luxury

When it comes to sustainability, designer Gabriela Hearst doesn’t mess around. The environment is the name of the game, all the more so as we confront this global pandemic

Gabriela Hearst

Like many, the fashion designer Gabriela Hearst had vivid dreams during lockdown. The pandemic compounded with the Black Lives Matter protests throughout the summer months meant there was a lot to process. It was a heavy time, she says. She found solace in drawing and painting every day. It was a habit she kept for 40 days.

One of her dreams involved creating a dress for grandmother and that dress walking in a fashion show. Earlier this month, at Paris Fashion Week, in a collection based around elegance that evokes poise and power, interwoven with a homespun feel deriving from her ranch upbringing in South America, there were passages of dresses that could easily be plucked from a dream.