Take a Chance: Julia Leach Embraces California Style

Meeting Julia Leach, the founder and creative director of Chance, makes you question the way the world typically characterizes creative genius, because it's usually not as a supremely kind, gentle, willowy blonde. But make no mistake about it: Julia has one of the most creative minds we've come across in a while. And we couldn't be more excited about her latest project: the XO Exclusively Ours Chance California collection at Barneys New York, which includes dresses, tees, shorts, totes and beach towels. Chance is more than just a brand, though; Chance is a way of life, or a way of looking at life. As Julia puts it, Chance "represents an artful, adventurous life, one lived with easy grace and independent joie de vivre, and inspired by travel, nature, music, art, cinema, friendship, and family." Shop Barneys Online: http://www.barneys.com