In today's newsletter:

— Emily Dawn Long's fashion clubhouse

— Greg Johnson's personal uniform

— Late summer Chelsea boots

— The Supreme-issance

BEHIND THE SCENES

If you've been paying attention to what your artist friends have been wearing — or even what Justin Bieber has been rocking these days — it's apparent that just about everyone stylish wants in on New York designer Emily Dawn Long's endlessly playful garments. For our latest digital cover story, we spent a sunny Saturday afternoon with Dawn Long at her studio in the Lower East Side, which has become both the designer's downtown domain and also a de facto hangout space for the fashionable set. 

"To me, thinking of Emily's work as a social project is sort of a two-fold thing," as writer Sophie Kemp explains. "The first part is that she draws heavily on her community for inspiration. She listens to what her friends want out of clothing, and keeps that in mind when she starts working on something new." Then there's the physical space of her shop-turned-clubhouse, where, as Kemp explains it, "Trying on clothing means getting to play dress up with Emily: When I visited her, she picked out clothing for me. I didn't even tell her what clothing size I wore, she just would ask if I'd like something to fit a bit tighter or a bit looser. That feels really special to me, that shopping and thinking about clothing can be something so collaborative." 

This year, Dawn Long is a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, which feels like a chance for "Big Fashion" to officially recognize the designer for the brand — and world — she's built out. Not that Kemp, or any of EDL's manifold admirers, thinks that Dawn Long necessarily needs that kind of institutional validation. "I don't think Emily needs anything for her brand to succeed that she doesn't already have," Kemp explains. "She's a really gifted business woman and people really connect to her vision and the clothing she makes." 

For Dawn Long, it's been quite the journey to get this point — including an unceremonious firing from Vogue and a stint styling Amber Heard and Elon Musk. But the end result is undeniable: a beloved brand that looks and feels like a great hang.

MODEL'S OWN

GOOD POINT

—Scott Watts on what it takes to succeed in and beyond streetwear

SHOPPER SELECT

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