How Miyako Bellizzi Styled—and Walked—6397’s Debut Runway Show
2 min read“It’s like a film, but rather than a script you have a collection to work off of,” the Oscar-nominated costume designer and stylist Miyako Bellizzi said backstage at 6397’s spring/summer 2027 show, where she both styled and walked in the collection. “And then you create the narrative from there.”
For Bellizzi, that narrative began with the vision of 6397 founder Stella Ishii and designer Lizzie Owens. Ishii, who started the brand in 2013 after decades in the fashion industry, and Owens, who joined as its designer in 2023, make the everyday wardrobe feel thoughtful and lived-in—and Bellizzi built on that quality with styling rooted in instinct and the realities of city living.
The collection’s starting point was distinctly urban: the desire to escape to the beach while remaining stuck in the city. Ironically, it was a reality for possibly more than a few show guests as they descended to the fifth floor of a SoHo show space on the final afternoon of an unusually hot and humid New York Fashion Week.
“It’s summertime, it’s hot outside. We want to go to the beach, but we’re stuck in the city. How can we connect the two?” Bellizzi said. The answer came through beachy pieces adapted for real life, from a neon orange bikini peeking through a sheer knit slip to a delightfully berry-hued pencil skirt and button-down combination.
Movement carried through the collection and its styling details. Button-downs were twisted and tied; familiar pieces were reworked to offer new ways of wearing them, including looks that could shift from day to night, something Bellizzi points out is a necessity for those living in New York.
Some models even walked barefoot (one of the week’s more peculiar trends) to really drive home the collection’s ease, while others carried fresh flowers in extra-large tote bags as if they just stopped by their local farmers market.
The beauty in the ethos of 6397 and, subsequently, what Bellizzi portrayed, is the idea that items already in your wardrobe—a great Oxford shirt, basketball shorts, a lime green tank top—can keep evolving. The brand is “reinterpreting ways to wear your everyday pieces,” she said.
Her approach brought the clothes back to their essential purpose: getting dressed and living in them. “A lot of shows have these very aspirational ideas, but who’s actually wearing it day to day?” Bellizzi noted. “This is a breath of fresh air.”
Additional reporting by Dale Arden Chong.
Matthew Velasco is the Fashion News Editor at ELLE. Based in New York City, he previously worked as a News Writer at W magazine and an Assistant Editor at V magazine. Outside of fashion, he enjoys interior design, tennis (both watching and playing), and a jam-packed antique store.