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jersey girl; The duo that designs London's Sinha-Stanic stretches itself just far enough.(Fiona Sinha and Aleksandar Stanic)(Brief article)

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Byline: Sarah Mower

When Fiona Sinha-one half of the London girlfriend-boyfriend design duo Sinha-Stanic-opened her closet one day earlier this year, a lightbulb went on in her head. "I realized that three-quarters of what I wear consists of some kind of jersey," she says. "I'm always layering T-shirts, tanks, and jersey dresses, and wearing them with one or two key pieces."

That day has now resulted in a cleverly honed mini-collection that rounds up everything she's been putting into practice for years. "Fiona was wearing jersey pieces at Central Saint Martins when we met and started designing together in 1998," her partner, Aleksandar Stanic, remembers. "We wanted to do something accessible alongside our main line, so we came up with Sinha-Stanic Stretch, 35 pieces to layer in different ways, based on the way ...

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