It has been a hectic summer for Co’s Stephanie Danan. In between finalizing the spring 2025 collection, she’s also been in the throes of planning a move to a new apartment which will mark her as “officially officially” living in Paris. “I’m getting the keys on October 1st and it’ll be the second to last day of market,” she explained over a Zoom from her showroom.
“Basically, I have to pack all the boxes at night, and I have a child, so there’s also all this school stuff...
” It’s a scene that will be familiar to many a working woman—when it rains it pours! It’s not surprising then, that the lookbook opens on an image of a woman wearing a white cotton shirt with a cowl neck and a wrinkly cotton maxi skirt, topped off with a cotton canvas workwear jacket, and sturdy flat leather sandals. On one arm an oversized leather tote bag, on the other, an oversized leather clutch. “It’s so funny to look at it that way, but it’s a reflection of exactly what I’ve been through and what I’ve needed to wear,” she added when I pointed out it seemed like a case of art reflecting life.
The personal anecdote wasn’t needed as proof that in recent seasons Danan has zeroed in on making clothes for women living very real, very full lives—all one needs to do is look at her lineup, which this season was dominated by utilitarian silhouettes in classic washed cotton canvas. But instead of just rehashing the same old silhouettes, Danan is fusing them with eleganc.
