Timo Weiland seemed to have had Balenciaga on his mind too when he was designing his collection.

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The project is gearing up for public launch this fall with an eye toward collaborations with brands like Timo Weiland.

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Timo Weiland has long been the darling of New York fashion people who love the line for its straightforward sense of happiness and casual textural details.

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The brand is run by Alan Eckstein and creative director Timo Weiland, who grew up between Florida and New York then majored in economics, Spanish literature and business management at Vanderbilt University before deciding he needed to go into fashion.

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