Fforme Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear

Fforme’s Frances Howie is one of the many people who first fell in love with New York through movies. The designer was living in New Zealand when she first watched Whit Stillman’s , which was released in 1990 and heralded as a comedy of manners. Set in the ’80s, it follows a group of gilded Manhattan youth who feel the world they were born into slipping away. The action takes place at debutante balls, in an Upper East Side decked out in Mario Buatta chintz, and in the Hamptons. This film became the starting point for a fall collection that was built around the idea of dressing up.