Cool Hunting
by Tisha Leung
Sexing up the Midwest prairie look, Sara Keiser's Box 185 collection makes the style relevant to today. Her newest pieces—nubile faux fur chaps and pants, fringe leggings and feather earrings—aren't for wallflowers.
This season, the South Dakota native reinterpreted her '70s-inspired wide leg pants from prior collections and decked them out in faux fur resembling Mongolian lamb hair. Keiser will also custom create the pants in any fur fabric and any color.
For those with the boldest of hearts, Keiser designs goat hair and leather chaps—inspired by Texas Long Horns and other large animals—to wear with shorts, tight pants or stockings. Other Box 185 staples include accessories like reversible earrings in either bird or peacock feathers with stitched leather, hanging up to 16" long.
The Box 185 collection sells weekends at The Market NYC, with prices spanning $28-1200.
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