Lindsay Jones' SS17 Line For Msed Takes On Dystopian Utopias

Playboy model, indie film actress, and artist turned designer Lindsay Jones isn’t afraid of making the personal political. Her SS17 line for Músed, the clothing line she founded after working for Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen is, as she says, a melange of “part refined and part fuck off youthfulness.” Reaching beyond ready-to-wear, she told Bullet Media’s Justin Moran of the line, “I’m still using luxurious fabrics and love draping — branching out into some gowns and overall more poetic works. It’s spring, so it’s lighter, airy, and frivolous, but hardly there.”

She releases her SS17 lookbook exclusively on Culture Trip below.
In an interview with Culture Trip, Jones says, “I had a vision of this dystopia we are living in that it would force a utopia from a a group of people.” The designer’s goal in life and this collection is to create “a safe place where we can love, share equal rights. Perhaps we would have permaculture gardens and solar power.” Artist Terence Koh shared rave reviews of the SS17 lookbook, shot by photographer Alexandra Carr, known for shooting actress and model Paz de la Huerta’s photo book, The Birds Didn’t Die Over the Winter.
deer lindsay,
what a beautiful collection
a new way of family, future garden fairies family
handle with care
handle with pure love
—Terence Koh

As Jones releases her lookbook in the landscape of a nation divided, with many mourning and protesting a Trump presidency, pieces in her collection — created before result political events played out — feel strangely prophetic. “I never thought the elections would end on this note so the vision [see her “Don’t Fuck Up The World” /”Handle With Care” tops] sadly manifested. It’s a hope of mine that the people come together to work hard for the higher vision and goals of humanity.”
“In art and design I always try to transform my fears and anxiety because it’s a realm where all wounds are healed and all fears soothed,” Jones said.

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Jill is a New York native who holds a BA in Literature from Barnard College, and an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She is the author of the novel Beautiful Garbage (She Writes Press, 2013) about the downtown Manhattan art and fashion scene in the 1980s. A former staff writer for The Huffington Post and Bustle, Jill comes to Culture Trip after working with Refinery 29, Vice, Salon, Paste Style, Los Angeles Times, Nylon, Shopify, Autre, and producing content for emerging fashion labels. She teaches classes about fashion and culture at Barnard College and The Fashion Institute of Technology. Her prized possessions are her Gucci fanny pack, vintage rocker t-shirts, and her grandmother's collection of costume jewelry. She's always on the lookout for a gem-encrusted turban.