Agyness Deyns Androgynous New Clothing Line

It’s been a while since you’ve seen Agyness Deyn on a runway. To be exact: not since 2009, when she used to be everywhere in that world, walking in countless shows and appearing in dozens of editorials.

But that all feels like a different world to her now. After spending the last four years developing her acting career in Los Angeles, Deyn, now 31, has just launched a new line called Title A, which debuted on Net-a-Porter last week. Her first collection features dressy but uncomplicated separates at affordableish prices: an embroidered pencil skirt ($225), a slouchy cotton Oxford shirt ($215), a Chesterfield pinstriped wool coat ($450). Clothes, as Deyn describes them, that women like herself would actually want to wear — devoid of the kind of frills and flourishes (and also colors) many designers have come to rely upon.

Deyn also sees Title A as a kind of feminist brand — and cites everyone from Annie Hall to Petra Collins, the 21-year-old photographer, as inspirations. Her definition of that idea manifests itself in occasionally mannish silhouettes; she explains that in the design process, she and her team “really gravitated toward men’s style.” Deyn, who runs the company alongside her little sister, Emily, and friend Tracy Moore, spoke to the Cut about how she got the idea for Title A, what she plans to do next, and the appeal of Cathy Horyn’s style.

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