Mimi Prober Fall 2021 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mimi Prober declined to comment on this season’s tempest in a teapot, Bode versus Stan, but like the designers behind both of those brands, she uses antique quilts and textiles in her work and has done so for some time. Her mission is “preservation and taking textile narratives to a new generation through clothing,” she said on a call. The reversible coat, made from a 19th-century boutis, that opens and closes her fall look book, is one example of that idea taking form. Prober designates pieces made in New York from antique textiles as “Atelier,” and a few of those are worked into ...