Essie Winter 2013 Collection Shearling Darling

Polished puffers. Supersoft stoles. Milliondollar mittens. Winter is coming – and with it, a luxurious lineup of the season’s nicest necessities.
There’s something for everyone this winter, from smooth and subtle to knockyour-wooly-socks-off sexy. Color may play a leading role, but ingenious formulations that deliver a varied textural palette take their own star turn. From diamond-dust like shimmers, to molten pearlescence and crushed gemstone surfaces, each shade of the collection has a distinctive feel that seduces the senses.

“Opposites attract,” says brand founder and Creative Director Essie Weingarten. “This season, I had a very strong feeling for both power pastels and intensely saturated deeps,” Weingarten explains. “For winter, we’ve seen a lot of beautiful, bright outerwear which seemed the perfect balance to darkly mysterious hues.” In addition to its diversity of color, this collection presents a rich variety of phenomena and texture, inspired by cutting edge trends.

In a parka perfect world, every dark cloud would have a sable collar. In the meantime, be a shearling darling and everybody’s sweetheart in the look of the season: a warm and toasty turtleneck. Aren’t you clever? All you have to do now is mind your mittens you’re sure to toggle to the top.