Stella Ishii uses a paper calendar to keep track of the date. Each morning she rips off the day’s page, puts it aside, and goes about her day. Nothing particularly extraordinary, except that she keeps every single page, and has done for years. This same diaristic approach is one that her and her 6397 co-conspirators, … Read more
The operating word at 6397 last season was hard. There was a toughness to the spring lineup, and, as Stella Ishii and her lead designer Lizzie Owens admitted at a preview of their resort collection, a certain youthfulness. In an effort to cast both a wider net and to give themselves room for exploration, the … Read more
It’s been 30 years since Stella Ishii set up shop at her space in SoHo. Not one to necessarily look back, Ishii reflects on her time fondly; she’s one to share anecdotes for the sake of context rather than nostalgia. That this 6397 lineup features callbacks to the aughts comes by the hand of Ishii’s … Read more
