Isotoner Cold Weather Accessories
Isotoner is a fashion accessory brand with a legacy of over 100 years, rooted in quality and timeless design. Originally founded in Paris as a premium glove company, the brand’s rich heritage has always been a cornerstone of its identity. As the Lead Designer for gloves and cold-weather accessories, I deeply valued this legacy and expertise, weaving it into every design. While honoring the brand’s history, I consistently pushed forward, creating innovative designs that elevate its future.
Quiet Outdoors
Isotoner gloves are the leading brand in the dress and dress-casual accessory market. Each season, the core collection is refreshed with a thoughtful balance of trend-forward designs. For Fall ‘25, I introduced 'Quiet Outdoors' as the guiding theme for the complementary fashion collection.
'Quiet Outdoors' serves as a seamless evolution from understated luxury. This collection merges outdoor-inspired styles with sophisticated, timeless elegance. It features feminine florals, rich knit textures, and a color palette that evokes the serene beauty of the French countryside.
The Collection
This core assortment starts with a thoughtful mix of essential updates, defined by the use of proprietary Isotoner fabrics paired with timeless, refined details. From there, I develop key strategic categories focused on gifting, concept shops, and fashion-forward updates.
Final Product
Final Product
The juxtaposition of clean silhouettes with country florals and patchwork brings the 'Quiet Outdoors' story to life.
Vintage-inspired shapes enhance the nostalgic essence of the trend, celebrating a return to elegant accessories for everyday wear.
The wedding capsule came together beautifully, responding directly to the growing trend of outdoor fall and winter weddings. These pieces allowed your glamorous look to shine through, even when layered with outerwear.
Each style features Isotoner’s signature stretch material, ensuring a luxurious fit. Rich cashmere blends, genuine suedes, and timeless design details beautifully complement the brand’s iconic fabrications.
Inspired by classic driving gloves, these styles pair effortlessly with the enduring wool car coat or overcoat, which continue to be a staple in winter wardrobes.
The hand-finished cashmere pieces make the perfect elevated gift set or cozy indulgence for oneself, striking the ideal balance between comfort and classic elegance.
Active Capsule: Earthly Energy
Season after season, activewear continues to seamlessly integrate into everyday fashion. As leaders in cold-weather accessories and weatherproof innovations, we identified a unique opportunity to expand into this space.
For inspiration, I developed our Fall '24 'Earthly Energy' trend, which draws everything back to nature. This capsule highlights our most forward-thinking sustainability innovations and weatherproof technologies. The colors and finishes are inspired by the awe-inspiring landscapes of our planet, both grand and subtle. Seaming and functional details are designed for adaptability in changing environments, with nods to the iconic elements found in leading activewear brands.
The Collection
The Fall '25 assortment highlights a strong focus on sustainability, featuring waterless dyed fabrics, recycled materials, and versatile styling with flip details and layering. I incorporated a variety of silhouettes to suit different occasions, along with innovations such as water repellency, touch technology, waterproofing, and wind protection, where relevant.
Final Product
Iridescent fabrics, reflective accents, and ripple-inspired patterns evoke the palettes and design elements commonly found in the activewear space.
Final Product
Color blocking, four-way stretch fleece, and utility details brought the Isotoner fit into a more casual realm, attracting a new customer base and creating opportunities for the brand at new retail channels.
Pattern Development
My primary focus for pattern design in our seasonal collections was on sweater knits. After establishing global trends, I would hone in on category and material-specific trends for the season. I created inspiration boards to guide my artwork development, which also served as valuable reference tools for our internal sales teams and buyers.
Artwork Developement and Renderings
I developed this artwork in Illustrator using colors from the seasonal palette I find a balance between colors to compliments merchandising stories within the broader collection as well as core combinations that would feel fresh but season-lees.
These particular gloves and mittens were designed to not only reflect the cozy fairisle trend but also use the proprietary Isotoner smartDri water repellent yarns, offering both fashion and innovation in a traditional favorite.
Final Product
After refining the scale, making design tweaks, and expanding the color palette, this pattern has become a new cornerstone of the smartDri knit assortment.