Pretender: Talking Heads, a power shoulder, lightweight drape. Painted horn buttons, contrast collar, and a bespoke printed silk lining with words by Oscar Wilde. Menswear-inspired classics refined with a feminine touch, carrying the signature of Common Hours. Made from Italian wool and available online in limited editions.
The Lyric Dress, crafted from featherweight silk cotton milled in Paris, and featuring the lyrics to ‘Pictures of You’, most famously performed by The Cure.
The lyrics were written by hand on the dress pattern to perfectly wrap around the body, a process that took over 8 days to complete. The fabric was then hand-embroidered by @chanakya.in artisans in India for added texture and depth, small details to surprise and delight.
Available online in limited editions.
A man’s suit, redefined with sharpness and restraint. The ‘Pretender’ blazer, worn with the matching ‘One of the Fellas’ strapless dress: best-selling Common Hours signatures crafted from Italian wool suiting featuring printed lining with words by Oscar Wilde.
The finishing touches: the making of the Common Hours x @abbeylee capsule collection, launching later this year. A keyhole glimpse into a deeply personal world, romantic, provocative, audacious and restrained.
@abbeylee and CH founder @amberkeating_ working on our collaborative limited-edition collection, launching later this year. The full capsule will feature fabrics from exceptional mills worldwide. One such fabric, a custom floral print, features carefully selected quotes by Clarice Lispector, the Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and Abbey’s favourite author. It takes over 45 days to mill at a heritage mill in France, which has been running since the 19th Century. Captured at the CH headquarters.
Collaboration with skilled artists, artisans and heritage mills has always been a part of Common Hours. We extend this spirit to our work with @abbeylee , with whom CH founder @amberkeating_ shares curiosity and a love of art, cinema and literature. Each piece in the limited-edition collection is deeply personal, crafted with attention to detail in exceptional fabrics from notable international mills. Captured during fittings in Sydney. @amberkeating_ quote from Super Creators, the March issue of @10magazineaustralia . Read the full feature and explore a first-look at select pieces from the CH x Abbey Lee collaboration in the magazine. With thanks @kirrillysams@alison_veness Register your interest at enquiries@commonhoursofficial .
We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with actor and model Abbey Lee. In conversation with editor-in-chief @alison_veness , @abbeylee and CH founder @amberkeating_ reveal a first-look at selected pieces from the strictly limited-edition private collection launching later this year. In true Common Hours style, it’s a collection that takes time: ready when it’s ready, a reflection of what Amber and Abbey personally want to wear. Captured in New York at the Chelsea Hotel for 10 Magazine. Register your interest at [email protected]@10magazineaustralia
Photographer @elljmorgan
Stylist @aryehlappin
Text @alison_veness
Talent @abbeylee wears @commonhoursofficial
Hair @um_takayuki
Makeup and behind-the-scenes video @sandynichamakeup
Fashion assistant @saintttandsinner
Location and with thanks to @hotelchelsea
With thanks to @kirrillysams
@abbeylee for 10 Magazine Australia Issue 27: CREATIVITY, FREEDOM, CHANGE, photographed by @elljmorgan at @hotelchelsea
When @commonhoursofficial designer @amberkeating_ and actor Abbey Lee first met in London, the idea of collaborating developed from that moment. They shared a sense of nostalgia for silhouettes from both the 1930s and 1990s, as well as a particular predilection towards an undercurrent in cinema, art and literature: characters who are provocative, complex and disruptive. And from that came an uncompromisingly beautiful beginning. First up Abbey, then Amber... Read the full story in Issue 27, out tomorrow, or at 10magazine.com.au
Photographer @elljmorgan
Stylist @aryehlappin
Text @alison_veness
Hair @um_takayuki
Makeup @sandynichamakeup
Fashion assistant @saintttandsinner
Location and with thanks to @hotelchelsea
With thanks to @kirrillysams
All clothes throughout COMMON HOURS x ABBEY LEE
#AbbeyLee #CommonHours #10Australia
Placate. A study in refined simplicity.
Looks like a sensual, liquid column of silk.
Feels effortless, weightless, cool to the touch.
Limited edition of 10 pieces worldwide.
Placate: the insouciant allure of liquid silk.
Drape back dress in jet black with ribbon tie detail, crafted from double silk satin milled in Paris. Feels effortless, weightless, cool to the touch, easy to wear. Limited edition of 10 pieces worldwide.
