Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley Launch Luxe Brand

LONDON — Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley are poised to become luxury’s latest double, launching the women’s ready-to-wear and accessories brand Hillier Bartley for fall, WWD has learned. The duo, working out of a studio in East London’s Rochelle School, presented their high-end collection to buyers in Paris during the show season in March. They will be delivering internationally to select retailers from August. The collection will include rtw, bags and accessories full of classic English references. The designers told WWD their brand has “a masculine elegance,” which makes use of Savile Row cloths, velvet, silk, merino wool and shearling across tailoring, dresses and separates. The collection will be manufactured in the U.K., with fabrics sourced predominantly from British mills. Bags will be produced outside Venice, Italy. WWD first reported earlier this month that Hillier and Bartley were pursuing a creative venture of their own amid speculation that the Marc by Marc Jacobs line was set to be assimilated into that brand’s main collection. Marc by Marc Jacobs had been designed by creative director Hillier and women’s design director Bartley since 2013. According to industry sources, the duo’s decision to launch their own label was separate from Marc Jacobs’ decision to fold Marc by

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