Chitose Abe Makes Change the Subject at Sacai

Chitose Abe, who founded Sacai, says her newest collection is about transformation: a moment of transition, and the way a person grows through one. It's a fitting theme for a label whose name has always been tied to its founder's point of view. From a closet in Palm Beach or a fitting room on Madison Avenue, that framing gives a reader a way into the clothes before seeing a single look. When a designer describes a collection as a self in motion, she isn't asking you to watch a trend. She's asking you to notice how a garment can carry the person wearing it into a new chapter.

With reporting from Elle.