The designer dedicated his fall outing to an 86-year-old woman he used to be fascinated with as a child.
Arbesser enthusiastically recalled rigorously observing Ms. Kaesser outside the windows of her silverware, glasses and custom jewelry shop.
I learned through her what a window could do to a shopper.
Everything oozed quality and exquisite taste, he said during a studio appointment.
Scattered in a luminous room, his clothes bloomed among a few striped chairs he personally designed.
She wasnt that severe, strict lady that I feared.
She was fun and funky, and told me about her creativity and how she started the shop.
Thats when I decided to shoot part of the lookbook on her and in her apartment, he explained.
Ms. Kaesser told me about her silk taffeta obsession and what an intelligent material it is.
