“I am a person who loves silhouettes. Silhouettes are my starting point,” says Arket’s head of design and creative, Ella Soccorsi, on a brief visit from Stockholm to the new Dublin shop, which opened last month on the corner of Nassau Street and Dawson Street. Dressed head to toe in black, she wears a roll neck merino sweater (€89) with front-zipped black nylon skirt (€99), black stockings, pointy leather flats (in burgundy from autumn-winter 2024, €149) and pearl hoops (€39), her long hair in a bun.
Her Arket attire reflects her approach to design. “We push the silhouette a bit more to get expression – shaping the ordinary – it makes it interesting and still versatile. The sweater is merino – it could be cashmere – and you can play within those frames. The nylon skirt [there’s a matching jacket] is influenced by sportswear and leisurewear.”
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