Crafting a Signature Style with Nikki Kule

This Fall, In Kind Magazine interviewed Nikki about her personal style for its Issue No. 7. If you don’t know of In Kind Magazine, then you must subscribe. It’s a biannual print magazine created and edited by Leah Melby Clinton and Hannah Weil McKinley that focuses on career, motherhood, and style. Nikki’s Instagram selfies caught the eye of Leah and Hannah, who then reached out to include her in the magazine. In Nikki’s feature, she discusses the art of dressing for herself and finding inspiration. We’re including a sneak peek of In Kind this week to dive deeper into Nikki’s outfit formulas for each season.

For fall/winter in New York, where Nikki was born and raised, she says she’s a coat and pants girl. “Pants are what I love to start with and build my look from there.” Nikki says her go-to pieces are “a button-down shirt from KULE, trousers, and a great coat or jacket.”

**KULE** Nelson Blazer and Hutton Shirt, **Michael Kors Collection** coat, **Auralee** Trousers, **Loewe** Loafers

In the spring, Nikki likes to layer and still keeps a favorite jacket like the KULE Rox Trench with which she wears a KULE tee (the Wynn Baby Tee is her current favorite), great pants, and sandals.

**KULE** Rox Trench, Wynn Baby Tee and City Pants (new colors coming this Spring!), **Khaite** Denim Vest, **The Row** Sandals, **Miu Miu** sunglasses

When Nikki’s in Miami, she uses the same process of getting dressed, but adds some more playful elements.

**KULE** Quinn Shirt, Silk Elba Pareo and Striped Tote, **High Sport** Pants, **Eres** Swimsuit, **Saint Laurent** Sandals, Khaite x Oliver Peoples Sunglasses

Interview as told to by Hannah Weil McKinley of In Kind. For more of the interview, including some of Nikki’s go-to brands to mix with KULE, packing and style tips for travel, and her approach to design these days, you can order a copy of In Kind issue No.7.

Do Me a Solid

You know us for our striped tees, which have become a signature of the KULE brand, but did you know we also make solid tees? Like all our tees, they’re made in Portugal (read more about Nikki’s production trip to Portugal here!). Our 100% organic cotton tees are incredibly soft but long-lasting–a wardrobe staple. We reach for these solid tees whenever we style a new collection or get dressed daily.

We are best known for our Modern tee, which is soft, light, and straight cut. It’s the silhouette you want to wear daily, and customers keep returning for. It’s a favorite amongst fashion editors, too: Vogue says it has a “classic unisex shape and soft, lightweight feel, with sleeves that are just long enough and never too tight,” while Forbes says it’s “the Best High-End White T-Shirt For Women.” All your bases are covered in white, navy, heather grey, and black.

The Modern

We also have the Modern Long if you’re a year-round long-sleeve tee personality or layering up for cooler days. It’s made from the same 100% Organic Cotton, so you know it’ll be the same super soft and high-quality as The Modern.

The Modern Long

Going sleeveless, our tanks are perfect for both the thick of summer and year-round layering. Our newest style and favorite amongst the KULE Team is the Ribbed Lenny, a form-fitting ribbed tank. It’s a great base layer (we love it with a blazer or cardigan) and a classic light top option for summer.

The Ribbed Lenny

Our other is the classic Tank, a customer favorite for years. We like to think of this style as a “sleeveless tee” as it has the body and neckline of the Modern.

The Tank

Last spring, we introduced the Wynn Baby Tee, which is meant to have a smaller, almost “shrunken” body. It’s perfect to wear when you don’t want to tuck your tee into your jeans with a shorter hem length. And you can fit a stick of emergency gum in its little pocket! Customers size up if they want a looser fit, but still want its cool style.

The Wynn

We have the Rugby, made for both layering and wearing alone. Our version of a Rugby is made from the same lightweight, super-soft cotton we use in our Modern tees. No stiff, thick rugbies here! This solid version is an easy everyday long-sleeve tee with a rugby collar, perfect for layering under crewnecks or on its own. Now you need to decide: is the collar popped or down?

The Rugby

Year-round, the Turtleneck is a style customers love so much that we expanded our solid color assortment 🙂. InStyle says it’s “More like a tee than a sweater, making it the perfect transitional piece…lightweight and made from super soft 100 percent cotton, it’s more than your average simple top.” A natural extension from our other tees you know and love, it is the perfect layering piece for fall or summer. We won’t judge.

The Turtleneck

So, dive into the world of KULE solids. If you have any fit questions, the tee experts at our KULE stores are always happy to help you 🙂

Hello, Atlanta 👋🍑

We are thrilled to share that last week, we became an official Atlanta resident with a brand new store in Buckhead Village. This is our first store in the South and third current store (our others are both in New York: at Rockefeller Center and Cobble Hill, Brooklyn). As a New York brand, we are excited to branch out and have this new space, our largest one yet. You have to see the magic of the space, decked out in–what else–stripes! There will never be a substitute for in-person shopping, and our stores fill the experience with warmth and smiles 🙂

The most remarkable feature of the store — one you cannot miss — is the stripes across the ceiling and down the wall of the space. Nikki wanted you to feel encapsulated in stripes, a feature inspired by The Beverly Hills Hotel during a trip to LA this past summer.

Beverly Hills Hotel Inspo — Nikki at The Beverly Hills Hotel this past summer

Nikki Kule at KULE Atlanta store — Makes you want to paint stripes on your ceiling, huh?

The store is a labor of love starting with Nikki’s design conception of the space; the largest KULE storefront she’s taken on yet. With the help of Debora Cicchini and her sketches, they worked on the space from New York and when they arrived in Atlanta is somehow all came together 🤪

To customize the space, Tracy Morgan made all of the striped paintings and colorful sculptures, we adorned the walls in many of our favorite KULE editorial images shot by Mei Tao, and Debora Cicchini made that ginormous KULE tee in the window by hand (while en route to Atlanta)!

KULE Atlanta store interior shelf — The store features more than a dozen striped paintings by artist Tracy Morgan

KULE Atlanta store big tee shirt in window — Debora Cicchini hand-made this ginormous KULE tee for our window

The store has so many personal elements to Nikki such as the knickknacks and art that are items she has collected from each city we have previously had a pop-up (the Mr. Santa Barbara painting from our Montecito pop-up now resides in Atlanta). Nikki also loves to find local store owners and artists. Also included is another new painting from her favorite Buckhead discovery and neighbor in the village, Bella Cucina, and its amazing owner, Alisa Barry (she provided the greenery for the store as well).

Special thanks to the KULE team lead by President Jim Kuerschner and Head of Retail Kara Love for your hard work in making this space come to life 💪

If you couldn’t make it, we’d love to have you come check out the store at 247 Buckhead Avenue Atlanta, GA 30305. It’s just peachy 🍑.

Where should we go next? 🤔

Glamour

Kule Small Tennis Club Tote

Kule’s sporty tote bag features a detachable shoulder strap and plenty of room for tennis rackets—but it’s also a perfect everyday bag, for that matter.

Domino

Gifts to Maker Her LOL

We both value a little giggle, so I would want to throw in a few things that are guaranteed to make her laugh. I know she’d get a kick out of a pasta-shaped candle, made by party and snack store Big Night with London’s Nata Concept Store. Ever the sock enthusiast, she’d appreciate and chuckle at a set of Kule smileys in goldenrod. A goofy 500-piece puzzle will scratch her jigsaw itch, and I’d poke a little fun at her commitment to hydration with an oversize insulated water bottle.

The Women’s Line Smile Socks, Kule ($30)

SHOP

Harper’s Bazaar

Kule The Betty

$298 AT KULE.COMCREDIT: KULE

Kule’s striped sweaters have a habit of working their way into my conversations with other editors. It’s half because Kule has one of the widest ranges of stripe colors to choose from, half because the sweaters keep their fresh-from-the-box quality even after dozens of wears. (The same standard applies to the brand’s best T-shirts.) Kule’s stripes have even landed on Oprah’s Favorite Things list.

Sizes: XS–XL

Colors: Cream/navy, navy/cream, black/cream, heather gray/navy, cream multi, and more

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Crafting a Signature Style with Nikki Kule

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