AFTER WORK PLACEMENTS AT NINA RICCI, AND THE COUTURE HOUSES OF CHRISTIAN LACROIX, CHANEL, AND DIOR, PARISIAN DESIGNER ANNE VALÉRIE HASH BEGAN A SMALL BRIDAL BUSINESS IN 1995. IN 2000, SHE BEGAN SHOWING HER NAMESAKE READY-TO-WEAR, KNOWN FOR ITS MASCULINE-FEMININE AESTHETIC. THE CENTRAL IDEA TO HER COLLECTION IS DECONSTRUCTED MENSWEAR, REBUILT INTO FRESH, MODERN WOMEN’S CLOTHES. SEAMS OF MEN’S JACKETS AND TROUSERS ARE UNDONE, AND SOPHISTICATED CLOTHES EMERGE: TAILORED HERRINGBONE TROUSERS MORPH INTO DRESSES, LAB COATS BECOME ARTFUL WHITE SHIRTS, AND PANT WAISTBANDS TURN INTO LAPELS. LADYLIKE ELEMENTS, TOO—LIKE SILK, TULLE, AND LACE—ARE INTEGRATED. THE BRAND NOW INCLUDES SHOES, HANDBAGS, COUTURE, THE MORE AFFORDABLE VHASHBY ANNE VALÉRIE HASH, PLUS AN OFFSHOOT FOR GIRLS, ANNE VALERIE HASH MADEMOISELLE.