The Curator’s
Eye:
Before the Introduction
When I’m in New York, Hav & Mar has become one of my go-to places. The space is beautiful, the food exceptional, and the service impeccable.
During New York Fashion Week, I returned for dinner.
At the table beside me was a woman whose gray hair immediately caught my attention. Center-parted and pulled back, it was distinctive and entirely her own. We began talking, one of those easy exchanges between women that begins with an observation.
A little later, her friend joined her.
She had presence.
Before I knew anything about her story, something about her registered. Her style felt considered, never contrived.
She seemed entirely at ease in her own expression.
As the evening unfolded, we talked. I shared MEYVN and something I have long believed about style: its most compelling expression extends beyond what we wear.
There is a thread between the way a woman dresses, the objects she chooses, the spaces she creates, and the way she moves through the world.
Her name is Camille Darby.
But when style is truly one’s own,
it can reveal something quieter: discernment, confidence, curiosity, individuality.
Later, I visited her Instagram and saw that same sensibility reflected in her home, her travels, and the spaces she inhabits. What I had noticed across the restaurant wasn't simply about what she was wearing that evening.
A few days later, Camille shared an article written about her. As I read it, I smiled.
There it was again.
Someone else had found words for something I had sensed before I knew her story.
Style often speaks before the introduction.
Not because clothes tell us everything about a person. They don’t.
Perhaps that is why I remain so interested in the women themselves.
The jewelry is part of the expression.
But the woman has always been the story.
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— Sheryl
Founder & Curator
Not because clothes tell us everything about a person.
They don’t.