Three Times a Charm: Sézane and Sea New York Return
Sézane is a Parisian atelier with an irrepressible ability to feel both timeless and deeply personal. In my previous article, I wrote that Sézane is not merely a fashion label but a story of heritage, warmth, and the poetic tension between reverie and real life, built around a strong rooted community.
Today, that story returns to a familiar chapter, but one that feels newly relevant. Three times a charm, this collaboration brings cities over the sea, a shared sensibility, and two kindred spirits in design: Sézane and Sea New York.
A Creative Reunion
Nearly a decade after opening its first U.S. doors, Sézane returns to one of its most meaningful creative relationships. The Parisian darling has reunited with Sea New York, the brand founded by Monica Paolini and Sean Monahan, for their third collaboration launching in January 2026.
This collaboration is everything but just another capsule collection. It is a meeting of worlds, French ease and New York romanticism, old world craft and contemporary feminine spirit, Parisian understatement and New York vibrancy.
Nearly ten years after Sézane first planted its flag in New York, this collection feels like both a homecoming and a creative renewal, a testament to how two voices can fuse without diminishing either.
Echoes of Craft, Character and Connection
What drew these two brands together and keeps drawing them back? In a press release, Sézane founder Morgane Sézalory reflects on the ease and joy of the collaboration.
“Working with Monica and Sean again felt both natural and exciting,” she shares. “Together, we wanted to design pieces that truly delight, creations that feel unique to both of us yet belong to neither alone. That is where the magic happens.”
Those words resonate deeply. As someone who has watched Sézane evolve from its early handwritten notes in packaging to installations that feel like salons of curiosity and warmth, this quote encapsulates what feels most compelling about the brand: its willingness to build bridges while staying rooted in craft and heart.
For Sea New York, the partnership feels equally sincere. Co-founder Monica Paolini describes their shared mission plainly: celebrate craft, texture, and the fine details that make clothing feel personal rather than perfunctory.
“We wanted to create something that felt both familiar and new, rooted in our shared appreciation for craft, yet shaped by the distinct energy of our two worlds,” she explains.
Textures of Memory and Modernity
The collection itself is a study in nuance and craft. Embroidered cotton blouses nod to forgotten heirlooms, patchwork details feel hand collected rather than mass produced, and crochet and lace seem spun from a Parisian reverie yet grounded in New York grit. Structured jackets and vintage inspired silhouettes feel less like trends and more like inherited treasures, pieces you return to again and again.
Seen together, the pieces are emblematic of both brands’ signatures, Sézane’s gentle effortless femininity and Sea’s romantic detail rich sensibility. It is fashion to be worn in generations, remembered, and reshaped through personal experience.
The campaign, photographed on the streets of New York, pays homage to Nolita, the neighborhood that first welcomed Sézane to the United States and where its inaugural North American Apartment still lives. In that corner of Manhattan, Parisian charm and downtown verve coexist: café tables spill onto sunlit sidewalks, vintage signs rub shoulders with modern facades, and every corner feels like a story waiting to be told.
Launching exclusively on sezane.com and in select Sézane apartments on January 18th.
Image Courtesy of Sézane
