Ever since watching the film adaptation of Marguerite Duras' The Lover (disclaimer: not a film I'd recommend watching with your mother) I've coveted a closet full of effortless silk dresses fit for any and every occasion. Since the backdrop here is New York City, not Saigon, my new silk wardrobe would naturally need a little edge to it. Enter Corinne Grassini, the answer to my sartorial prayers.

Grassini founded her line Society for Rational Dress with the idea that clothes should be unique and inspired, not the mass-market mess American fashion has evolved to. The LA-based designer loves to mix industrial materials like rope and metal with the soft, simple beauty of silk—a juxtaposition she readily borrows from architecture and furniture.

SFRD's Spring 09 collection boasts silk tops, jumpsuits and dresses, draped to perfection in the muted tones that Grassini's known for. The pieces fit perfectly into my 1920s-French-girl-in-Saigon-meets-the-Lower East Side dream aesthetic, and the statuesque garments translate perfectly from day to night.

Rent the movie, lust after the ingenue, get involved with the Society for Rational Dress.

Society for Rational Dress is available at Eva New York, 227 Mulberry Street, (212) 925-3208.

- Meredith Chamberlain

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