In the intimate language of fashion, few motifs speak as universally as the stripe. This week, the stripe finds a new lexicon through a collaboration between *Saturday Night Live* star Chloe Fineman, her mother, artist Ellen Gunn, and Frank & Eileen, the B Corp-certified brand helmed by founder Audrey McLoghlin. The capsule, titled the Chloe and Ellen Stripe Collection, offers two button-up silhouettes - the relaxed Eileen ($258) and the oversized Shirley ($268) - each rendered in two exclusive patterns: the Chloe Stripe and the Ellen Stripe, both born from the duo's shared devotion to blue and white.
For The Lingerie Museum, this partnership resonates beyond ready-to-wear. Stripes have long been a cornerstone of intimate apparel, from the nautical corsets of the 19th century to the playful bralettes of the 1920s, symbolizing both rebellion and restraint. Here, Fineman and Gunn transform a personal shorthand into wearable heirlooms. "Creating our own signature stripes felt like curating a shared closet," Fineman noted, echoing the generational hand-me-down traditions that often define our most cherished lingerie pieces.
Frank & Eileen, founded in 2009 and B Corp-certified in 2020, champions slow fashion and female entrepreneurship - a mission that aligns with the museum's celebration of craft and narrative. The brand's Madison Avenue flagship, opened this year, now houses this limited-edition run, following last year's acclaimed partnership with Julianne Moore. As McLoghlin observed, the project honors "generational style," a thread that ties this modern capsule to the enduring allure of the stripe in our collective wardrobe history.
Originally reported by WWD