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Byline: Sally Singer
At Nili Lotan's first-ever store in Tribeca, you get to pick up a skinny peacoat and simultaneously take a peek at the creative process behind it: Underfoot, glass panels reveal Lotan's team toiling away at the cutting table. "I want things to be democratic," explains the designer.
There is a palpable link between Lotan's inclusive political instincts-an Israeli, she collaborates with Bedouin women's collectives to produce gold-nugget necklaces and the cross-stitch embroideries on the sleeves of her stripy oxford shirts-and her work's cool, non-alienating character. "Something very functional, very real" is how she puts it. The results are a dream come true for anyone looking for well-tailored, hip urban basics at smart prices ($265 for an embroidered shirt, $485 for a narrow, ...