Textiles were once more in the driving seat for the fifth collection of Minuit, where Laurie Arbellot started with easy jersey and a pleated fabric with a dry hand she found in Italy that reminded her of Mariano Fortuny’s work.
Their dichotomy led her to think about New York, the place she credits for teaching her “the codes of American sportswear, its downtown cool,” and developing her taste for mannish,…