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Gretchen Heist’s

Prêt-à-Porter Runway 

Companion Collection

Sunday Sweater & The Art of Jacquard Knitting:  

Jacquard knitting is an intricate technique that knits yarn to form detailed patterns directly into the fabric of a garment. This method allows for precise control over colors and structures, resulting in beautifully complex designs.The jacquard knitting technique creates a stunning visual effect that showcases artistry and craftsmanship. This technique enhances the aesthetic appeal of knitwear and ensures durability and texture.

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Gretchen Heist’s Prêt-à-Porter Runway Companion Collection

Gretchen Heist’s Stolen Paradise Spring/Summer NYFW 2025 collection aims to explore the emotions experienced during the stages of lost relationships. As a compliment to the Runway show, Gretchen Heist has designed the “Sunday Sweater”. Each sweater motif is paired with a collection look of Lust, Anger, Negotiation, Forlorn, and Forgiveness. In addition to the Sunday Sweater, we are featuring the Scarf Bag in the runway collection. This bag is made to order in leather. The second offering is our dual-sided printed silk scarf with leather bag straps to create the hobo bag shape. 

 

The Art of Jacquard Knitting:  ​

 

The Sunday Sweaters are made with the Jacquard knitting technique. This intricate practice knits yarn to form patterns directly into the fabric, allowing for precise control over colors and structures, resulting in beautifully complex designs. The jacquard knitting technique creates a stunning visual effect that showcases artistry and craftsmanship. This technique enhances the aesthetic appeal of knitwear and ensures durability and texture.

Expect the Unexpected 

Gretchen Heist is for the beautifully complex.


A New York-based luxury fashion house specializing in leather goods. The brand is founded and led by Creative Director, Gretchen Heist. Having grown up in her mother’s art studio, Gretchen brings a practice shaped by early exposure to art, narrative, and materials. Heist itself is an anagram of her mother’s maiden name—an inheritance turned into code.

 

We celebrate and design for women who are beautifully complex, powerful, and unbound by convention. She embodies the dualities of the feminine archetype—refined yet romantic, strategic yet delicate, independent yet vulnerable. She does not choose one version of herself. She carries them all, proudly. She believes in the mystery of being, and in the power of presence: to arrive without announcing, to linger in memory without explanation.

 

Ultimately, she is a mystery. 

 

Like all great mysteries, each Gretchen Heist design has an exploration process. The viewer can experience the artwork from the first impression to discovering hidden details within. Every design is handcrafted and incorporates themes of psychology, symbology, and Trompe l’oeil details. Texture is essential to the experience of each piece, from textile fabrication to the incorporation of non-traditional notions into the work. Gretchen Heist blends artistic intention, handcrafted technique, and partnerships with contemporary artists to create designs that are expressions of wearable art.

Gretchen Heist, LLC 

New York, New York

For the beautifully complex, Gretchen Heist is a luxury leather goods & fashion house devoted to the art of intrigue and creating wearable secrets for those who expect the unexpected.

For Inquiries- Please contact GHST via the Contact Page  

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