It all started with an Instagram message. Model and cover star casually slid into ’s DMs to declare her intentions of one day walking his Marni show. Her first appearance in the designer’s universe came with the digital release of his .
The Covid-time lineup, as Risso explained it to Vogue Runway then, was about the people in it. Making the most of pandemic travel restrictions, he sent the clothes to his cast members, Elsesser included, and they, in turn, breathed life into the clothes. The operating word, and feeling, was connection.
The model has since become a mainstay on Risso’s runways, but today they’re take their friendship to the next level with a capsule collection for Marni Jam—the brand’s “multidisciplinary program for creative exchanges”—co-created by Risso and Elsesser and the Los Angeles-based artist . The result of this creative menage is a summer-ready lineup that rips a page out of Elsesser’s own sartorial playbook. There’s the the knit tops and bralettes she often wears paired with draped skirts and oversized butto- downs, a playful handbag inspired by her signature hoop earrings, and a bodycon dress flared at the shins that toes the line between casual and dressed-up, a vibe the model has mastered.
There’s also an abundance of Risso-isms, from eccentric knitted details on blazers to funky trousers and lots of colorful, graphic stripes. Elsesser, who has already released a earlier this year, has made it her mission to get fashion to l.
