{"id":15411,"date":"2018-09-10T16:58:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sothebysrealty.ca\/insightblog\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2018-09-17T16:58:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T20:58:49","slug":"handsome-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sothebysrealty.ca\/insightblog\/fr\/2018\/09\/10\/handsome-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Handsome Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sisters Chlo\u00e9 and Parris Gordon have been, to put it bluntly, crushing it since their debut collection launched at Toronto Fashion Week back in 2011 \u2014 their first show after graduating from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.<\/p>\n

Local boutiques were swift to pick up pieces from the collection. Realizing their school project was getting serious, the Gordon sisters renamed the brand in 2013 \u2014 from Chlo\u00e9 Comme Parris to Beaufille \u2014 and set about cultivating a signature look that blends hard elements (think structured neoprene and gloss-coated wools) with soft (shirred Victorian collars, ultra-wide flares).<\/p>\n

In just a few years, the designer duo have earned accolades ranging from several CAFA (Canadian Arts and Fashion) Awards to making it to the 30 Under 30 list of Forbes<\/em>, as well as winning over celebrities like Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz, who have all been spotted wearing the Canadian label.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Beaufille designer sisters Chloe and Parris Gordon<\/a><\/div>\n

In conversation with Insight: The Art of Living, <\/em>the designers reveal why home really is where the heart is \u2014 and what\u2019s behind their newfound confidence.<\/p>\n

Chlo\u00e9 and Parris, aged 30 and 28, respectively, grew up in the tony Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto and attended exclusive private schools Branksome Hall and the Toronto French School. Their mother, Eve Gordon, is an artist who painted everything, from canvasses to wall murals. Like most sisters, they would fight over the contents of each other\u2019s closets. \u201cI would steal Parris\u2019s clothes and say they were mine,\u201d says Chlo\u00e9, laughing, \u201cthen write my initials in Sharpie.\u201d<\/p>\n

One could surmise that Beaufille\u2019s binary DNA comes from the siblings\u2019 unique aesthetics, cultivated in high school. Chlo\u00e9 was a self-professed tomboy, whereas Parris leaned more toward pretty (with the exception of one short-lived punk phase). Today, the sisters describe their sartorial style as more of a \u201cclassic uniform dressing,\u201d meaning comfortable, wearable and put together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At university, Chlo\u00e9 immediately gravitated toward textiles, while Parris chose to pursue jewellery design. \u201cI have more of a rough, hard hand that\u2019s more related to metalwork, like hammering and filing,\u201d Parris explains. \u201cI just wasn\u2019t as delicate with textiles.\u201d<\/p>\n

That didn\u2019t stop the sisters from partnering on a fashion line. Now, Beaufille boasts two jewellery categories \u2014 fashion, which, this season, incorporates playful oversized pearls and sculptural cuffs; and demi-fine subtler pieces available in 10- and 14-carat gold. (The best-seller is the Ringlet earring, a tri-hoop design that climbs up the earlobe to fake a multi-piercing look.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"A sculptural metal jewellery stand designed by Parris for their brand's new lifestyle line<\/a><\/div>\n

For fall\/winter 2018, Chlo\u00e9 and Parris are reimagining Beaufille\u2019s greatest hits. With half a decade now under their belt and with worldwide stockists ranging from Nordstrom to Selfridges to Net-a-Porter, they have ascertained which pieces fly off the shelves fastest and then made the decision to build on them. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing these textured chiffon dresses that have a lot of elastic sheering in various colours and fabrics, and those have become really recognizable,\u201d Chlo\u00e9 notes. To date, the feminine frock has appeared only in solid colours. For fall, the Gordons approached its construction by creating a masculine tartan but still maintaining the sheer fabric. A similar design tweak can be found in the solid-hued crocheted knits that have appeared over the past two seasons and have now turned up in graphic black and white.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach season, it has been about keeping something consistent and then bringing in new fabrics that allow us to go in another direction,\u201d says Chlo\u00e9. Total innovation isn\u2019t off the table, however. A mock-blazer blouse in tartan fabric allows the wearer to look like the blazer had been tucked into a pant (a high-fashion stylist\u2019s trick), but without the bulk of bunched-up fabric. \u201cCreating that came out of a need for me personally. I love the look of a blazer, but sometimes it\u2019s too warm to wear,\u201d she explains. Meanwhile, the oversized turtlenecks, along with the collection\u2019s calf- length structured coat in that same tartan material, are also on high rotation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Parris too is branching out this season with the brand\u2019s first foray into lifestyle. A capsule collection, comprised of modern, highly sculptural vases and jewellery stands that can also hold flowers and candles, sprung quite naturally from the way the designers were displaying Beaufille jewellery pieces during market appointments and in their showroom. What started as an experiment in building chic, functional metal forms ended up getting picked up by select online retailers, such as thedreslyn.com and chicun.design, both of which ship to Canada.<\/p>\n

Inspiration knows no bounds, as the saying goes, and yet, many of the Gordon sisters\u2019 ideas originate in the family home of their youth. Every Sunday for dinner, Chlo\u00e9 and Parris visit there, where their mother\u2019s artworks, including decorative wooden objects, adorn the walls \u2014 and elsewhere in the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s an amazing chef and [what\u2019s] great about going [there] is eating the meal she\u2019s spent days preparing, in the house that she painted, on placemats that she made,\u201d Chlo\u00e9 enthuses. \u201cThere\u2019s just endless creativity coming out of her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eve Gordon\u2019s collection of vintage fashion is also a regular source of imaginative fodder for her daughters, as is her extensive archive of Vogue <\/em>magazines, which she has amassed since age 18. The sisters even collaborated with their mother on a Beaufille print in the past and they plan to do so again in the near future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Beaufille's mock-blazer blouse in plaid is paired with a tailored, leather skirt<\/a><\/div>\n

With creativity and culture richly ingrained in these designers\u2019 lives, it\u2019s no wonder they have succeeded in creating an \u2018it\u2019 label with clever, yet modestly cut, clothing rather than the navel- baring or street-baggy wares that many of their youthful contemporaries have succumbed to. Instead, the Beaufille formula suits both bare- faced gallery girls (not unlike Chlo\u00e9 and Parris themselves) and seasoned mavens alike.<\/p>\n

For Chlo\u00e9, who just turned 30, entering a new decade has brought about reflection as well as resolve. \u201cI spent my 20s experimenting, making a bunch of different things and I feel [that], in your 30s, you get to really hone in on that,\u201d she says. \u201cThe year\u2019s not over yet, but I think there\u2019s a newfound confidence that just comes with age and doing things for longer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n
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By Carlene Higgins –  *This article originally appeared in INSIGHT: The Art of Living | Fall 2018<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Photography by: Sarah Blais<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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