Fashion show settings quite literally set the tone each season for the collection to come. The space in which designers choose to present can be equally as important as clothing in expressing their overall vision for the season in focus. For fall/winter 2015, The Row showed a tightly edited collection, high above New York City in midtown Manhattan, on the 35th floor of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s midcentury architectural masterpiece, the Seagram Building. The experience alone of entering the building’s massive travertine and marble lobby on a quiet Sunday – no men in suits, no hustle and bustle of work week office life – set the tone for the sophisticated serenity captured in each of the show’s 29 looks.
The collection, composed of primarily blacks, creams, and a sprinkling of navy, focused heavily on texture and the different values of neutral hues achieved through materiality and fabrication. Designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen presented a standout offering of separates, cozy sweaters, beautiful outerwear and easy looks for evening, all while building on the brand’s carefully crafted DNA that keeps their loyal clientele coming back each season. Oversized clutches and relaxed, tubular handbags in suede and leather with hints of exotic skins were styled with nonchalance ease, as were the simple Charvet slippers on models’ feet – the brand introduced footwear of their own the following season. The understated magic encapsulated in each look of the collection was brought to new heights presented affront a jungle of towering skyscrapers outside the 35th floor’s windows, with sun beaming through the carefully drawn venetian blinds. No brand understands the importance of crafting a complete environment quite like The Row, and even they outdid themselves for fall/winter 2015.
![The row fw 2015 muse board](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1A8VPXrmZ6QkMy0sgmquQw/4f299c5f15f2b5c023fefa6dbc647c9c/The_Row_FW_2015_Muse_Board.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
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Irving Penn
Photograph in Vogue, February, 1949
![Photographed by irving penn vogue february 1 1949](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4EdlNOWnxum0GOSWQQMGgM/d6111e0f395666b205f33373e487743d/Photographed_by_Irving_Penn__Vogue__February_1__1949.jpg)
Ward Bennett
Apartment at The Dakota
![F632bb7db6868990b500a7a0ec46997e](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/182JJJX6NMWwEeCSMCcQyq/1a9c80a7376a1dd0a084765811a635af/f632bb7db6868990b500a7a0ec46997e.jpg)
Marcel Breuer
Cesca Chair
![Marcel breuer cesca chair](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/OWVPxEz4AMqMqAuMIyUws/58a907a2ab76a247ff399bc58b3f9303/Marcel_Breuer_Cesca_Chair.jpeg)
Constantin Brancusi
Madamoiselle Pogany, 1913
![Brancusi madamoiselle pogany 1913](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/410XqGKuggMAqA4KIqg2CC/b1d836a6129b12ca13ab5d82629365cd/Brancusi__Madamoiselle_Pogany__1913.jpg)
Mies van der Rohe
In Chicago, 1960
![Mies van der rohe the charnel house](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1abTW5iYxKUSiOK8AYIEGC/de65a3e8dd6ef1df88eb8716ac62961f/Mies_van_der_Rohe_-_The_Charnel_House.jpg)
Hector Guimard
Table Lamp, 1900
![Table lamp from the maison coilliot in lille france hector guimard circa 1900.](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6i9KxsmI6c2uOiOq4uqcwo/23e521fc56e7cf0890d8077bf2b315af/Table_lamp_from_the_Maison_Coilliot_in_Lille__France_-_Hector_Guimard__circa_1900..jpg)
Brice Marden
Epitaph Painting 5, 1997-2001
![Brice marden. em epitaph painting 5 em 1997 2001](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/67pBbGWixGUGUKKYokMAIS/c8c9c4b9d455ac5554285ca28d3a1128/Brice_Marden.__em_Epitaph_Painting_5__em___1997-2001.jpg)
Horst P. Horst
Tall Fashion, 1963
![Photo horst p.horst tall fashion 1963](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/y6TdWD5xuKEk28IGa4aoK/9ec5bd237215a20658258dd00311df40/Photo_Horst_P.Horst_-_Tall_Fashion__1963.jpg)
Dan Johnson
Travertine and Walnut 'Gazelle' Cocktail Table, 1955
![Dan johnson travertine and walnut gazelle cocktail table c1955.](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4dc2n2sS7KEUsaKEQwsiua/ada36a9ac7e07a6b521adaf0209a44f9/Dan_Johnson__Travertine_and_Walnut__Gazelle__Cocktail_Table__c1955..jpg)
Arne Jacobsen
Rodovre City Hall, 1954-1956
![Arne jacobsen watches city hall raadovre](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6sPHC8s6XKGA2i6CQCM8gy/fd4c6904e70e9ed72ad73d4b99429695/Arne_Jacobsen_Watches_City_Hall_Raadovre.jpg)
Frank Stella
[Title Not Known], 1967
![title not know frank stella 1967](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/39QWgkLkJyUUA8IK8S6YAM/c12f9a740c58647fa1f48714771e0b8e/_Title_not_know___Frank_Stella__1967.jpg)
Eileen Gray
Le Destin, 1914
![Eileen gray le destin 1914. material lacquered wood with silvered decoration. photo copyright by archives galerie vallois](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5kEW2UshwcKk8emkI4yM6a/f4a778251799a41c11417f683468b4a3/EILEEN_GRAY__Le_Destin__1914._Material_lacquered_wood_with_silvered_decoration._Photo_copyright_by_Archives_Galerie_Vallois.jpg)
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Seagram Building, New York City, 1997
![Hiroshi sugimoto seagram building new york city 1997 silbergelatine abzug](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5IcbWt2lgsEyWA0aYmKI8a/39676dfd560f7f99d73c8c55b2bf4dca/Hiroshi_Sugimoto__Seagram_Building__New_York_City__1997__Silbergelatine-Abzug_.jpg)
Marcel Breuer
Cesca Chair
![Marcel breuer cesca chair](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/48rlLoKxFY6G4CwScAm2me/3bb0efea729bcd824e3d49b632240367/Marcel_Breuer_Cesca_Chair.jpg)
Jean-Michel Frank
Table Lamp Mounted on a Quartz Base,1925
![Table lamp mounted on a quartz base parchment shade ca 1925 jmf](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4jrZScdG3Ke0mi0YGOycKC/9b0ad40673ed30d6445248d06780859f/Table_Lamp_Mounted_on_a_Quartz_Base__Parchment_Shade__ca_1925_JMF.jpg)
Ward Bennett
Apartment at The Dakota
![Ward bennett interior at the dakota](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4cWYZeMAGc8S0uWmCmGmWy/2af2d9979f79ce84fe2dd796297099aa/Ward_Bennett_INterior_at_the_Dakota.jpg)
References
![Photographed by irving penn vogue february 1 1949](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4EdlNOWnxum0GOSWQQMGgM/d6111e0f395666b205f33373e487743d/Photographed_by_Irving_Penn__Vogue__February_1__1949.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Irving Penn
Photograph in Vogue, February, 1949
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![F632bb7db6868990b500a7a0ec46997e](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/182JJJX6NMWwEeCSMCcQyq/1a9c80a7376a1dd0a084765811a635af/f632bb7db6868990b500a7a0ec46997e.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Ward Bennett
Apartment at The Dakota
2 of 21
![Marcel breuer cesca chair](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/OWVPxEz4AMqMqAuMIyUws/58a907a2ab76a247ff399bc58b3f9303/Marcel_Breuer_Cesca_Chair.jpeg?w=1000&q=70)
Marcel Breuer
Cesca Chair
3 of 21
![Brancusi madamoiselle pogany 1913](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/410XqGKuggMAqA4KIqg2CC/b1d836a6129b12ca13ab5d82629365cd/Brancusi__Madamoiselle_Pogany__1913.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Constantin Brancusi
Madamoiselle Pogany, 1913
4 of 21
![Mies van der rohe the charnel house](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1abTW5iYxKUSiOK8AYIEGC/de65a3e8dd6ef1df88eb8716ac62961f/Mies_van_der_Rohe_-_The_Charnel_House.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Mies van der Rohe
In Chicago, 1960
5 of 21
![Table lamp from the maison coilliot in lille france hector guimard circa 1900.](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6i9KxsmI6c2uOiOq4uqcwo/23e521fc56e7cf0890d8077bf2b315af/Table_lamp_from_the_Maison_Coilliot_in_Lille__France_-_Hector_Guimard__circa_1900..jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Hector Guimard
Table Lamp, 1900
6 of 21
![Brice marden. em epitaph painting 5 em 1997 2001](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/67pBbGWixGUGUKKYokMAIS/c8c9c4b9d455ac5554285ca28d3a1128/Brice_Marden.__em_Epitaph_Painting_5__em___1997-2001.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Brice Marden
Epitaph Painting 5, 1997-2001
7 of 21
![Photo horst p.horst tall fashion 1963](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/y6TdWD5xuKEk28IGa4aoK/9ec5bd237215a20658258dd00311df40/Photo_Horst_P.Horst_-_Tall_Fashion__1963.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Horst P. Horst
Tall Fashion, 1963
8 of 21
![Dan johnson travertine and walnut gazelle cocktail table c1955.](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4dc2n2sS7KEUsaKEQwsiua/ada36a9ac7e07a6b521adaf0209a44f9/Dan_Johnson__Travertine_and_Walnut__Gazelle__Cocktail_Table__c1955..jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Dan Johnson
Travertine and Walnut 'Gazelle' Cocktail Table, 1955
9 of 21
![Arne jacobsen watches city hall raadovre](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6sPHC8s6XKGA2i6CQCM8gy/fd4c6904e70e9ed72ad73d4b99429695/Arne_Jacobsen_Watches_City_Hall_Raadovre.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Arne Jacobsen
Rodovre City Hall, 1954-1956
13 of 21
![title not know frank stella 1967](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/39QWgkLkJyUUA8IK8S6YAM/c12f9a740c58647fa1f48714771e0b8e/_Title_not_know___Frank_Stella__1967.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Frank Stella
[Title Not Known], 1967
14 of 21
![Eileen gray le destin 1914. material lacquered wood with silvered decoration. photo copyright by archives galerie vallois](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5kEW2UshwcKk8emkI4yM6a/f4a778251799a41c11417f683468b4a3/EILEEN_GRAY__Le_Destin__1914._Material_lacquered_wood_with_silvered_decoration._Photo_copyright_by_Archives_Galerie_Vallois.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Eileen Gray
Le Destin, 1914
17 of 21
![Hiroshi sugimoto seagram building new york city 1997 silbergelatine abzug](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5IcbWt2lgsEyWA0aYmKI8a/39676dfd560f7f99d73c8c55b2bf4dca/Hiroshi_Sugimoto__Seagram_Building__New_York_City__1997__Silbergelatine-Abzug_.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Seagram Building, New York City, 1997
18 of 21
![Marcel breuer cesca chair](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/48rlLoKxFY6G4CwScAm2me/3bb0efea729bcd824e3d49b632240367/Marcel_Breuer_Cesca_Chair.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Marcel Breuer
Cesca Chair
19 of 21
![Table lamp mounted on a quartz base parchment shade ca 1925 jmf](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4jrZScdG3Ke0mi0YGOycKC/9b0ad40673ed30d6445248d06780859f/Table_Lamp_Mounted_on_a_Quartz_Base__Parchment_Shade__ca_1925_JMF.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Jean-Michel Frank
Table Lamp Mounted on a Quartz Base,1925
20 of 21
![Ward bennett interior at the dakota](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4cWYZeMAGc8S0uWmCmGmWy/2af2d9979f79ce84fe2dd796297099aa/Ward_Bennett_INterior_at_the_Dakota.jpg?w=1000&q=70)