Lyssé New York Expands Into Lifestyle Collection

Lyssé New York, which began in 2009 and became a go-to leggings resource, has evolved into an urban-inspired women’s apparel collection. The fall collection is being shipped to stores and was designed by Claudia Marenco, who joined the company in October as creative director. Italian-born Marenco previously held designer roles at Elie Tahari, Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, Rachel Roy, Ports 1961, Saltaire, Trussardi and Max Mara. She’s also worked as a design consultant for Multiplica, a nonprofit where she created and launched an accessory and lifestyle-ethical brand in collaboration with Guatemalan artisans, and Human Habit, where she developed and launched an e-commerce contemporary unisex brand based on wearable artwork. For fall, Lyssé offered its signature leggings, along with legging-friendly tops, pants, skirts, jackets and wraps. The brand uses such fabrics as knit denim, microfiber, vegan leather and suede, crushed velvet, stretch jersey, and Ponte. Misses’ sizing ranges from XS to XL, while plus sizes go from 1X to 3X. Inspired by the American Southwest, the fall collection features rodeo-influenced studding, leathers and laser cutting in jackets, jumpsuits, shirt dresses, capes, ponchos and gauchos. Grosgrain ribbons and bold stripes are evident on tops and bottoms, while seaming is important on leggings. For spring, which will be

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