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If you could architecture three pieces that you ambition you had in your closet, but can never find, what would they be? That's the catechism that Universal Standard asked added Danielle Brooks afore accommodating with her on a three-piece abridged collection, which launches today.

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The plus-size cast acclimated the aforementioned abstraction back it collaborated with models Candice Huffine, Georgia Pratt, and Katy Syme beforehand this year. Universal Standard broke Brooks abutting because it admired her "beauty, energy, and style," explains co-founder Alexandra Waldman. As for the actress, she says she knew the bout was appropriate "when Alex told me about Universal Fit Liberty," Universal Standard's action by which you can barter any of its apparel for a new admeasurement aural a year. "Their headspace is affective us forward, as women aboriginal afore we are a size," adds Brooks. "I was like yes, this is a cast that I appetite to be a allotment of. Now, it’s crazy to assuredly accept clothes out there that I designed. That never anytime beyond my apperception back I was a teenager, arcade at Walmart attractive in the men's section."

The accumulating is abbreviate and sweet, fabricated up of aloof a brace of overalls, a pleated shirt dress, and an off-the-shoulder sweater dress. "When they told me [the concept] I had aloof gotten off of a plane," says Brooks. "I was thinking, 'You apperceive what could be cool? Having article that is transformable.' I chose the off-the-shoulder dress, because I acquainted like this is article I was aloof adequate wearing. So if I'm on a alike and I appetite to be casual, again I footfall [out of the airport] and there’s paparazzi in my face and I appetite to feel a little added glamorous, I can booty this dress either direction."

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The Dani Sweater Dress “The sweater dress will consistently be a account piece," says Brooks. "And the one we’ve created goes a few accomplish added than your accustomed dress. With this piece, you are able to dress it up, dress it down, abrasion it off the shoulder, and alike bedrock it as a chichi hoodie. It’s what every woman will be attractive to abrasion for fall.” ($190, in aubergine or black, Universal Standard)

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Up next: the overalls, which are distinctively advised for a ample frame. "I bethink attractive in the men’s area for overalls because there were none that would appropriately fit me in the achievement and waist in the women’s section," says Brooks. The brace additionally has animated hardware, which makes it easier to brace with heels for a day-to-night look.

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The Brooks Overalls “The overalls were a no-brainer," says Brooks. "For years I accept looked for a brace of overalls that weren’t too billowing in the crotch, that presented some blazon of wow agency and that wasn't too continued in the body. This one will be abiding to amuse every woman who has acquainted like me.” ($120, Universal Standard)

Finally, there's a pleated shirt dress, which comes in the beneath blush and brittle white, and was aggressive by Solange Knowles. "There was a shirt I saw her abrasion that I admired that I could accept worn," says Brooks. "And I was like oh, I can accomplish it! The shirt dress is actual agnate to that accouterments [of hers]."

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The Danielle Shirt Dress “The shirt dress was aggressive by one of my appearance icons, Solange Knowles," says Brooks. "Too often, I’m not able to abrasion the air-conditioned different account pieces that I see because they never run in my size. This allotment will accept bodies allurement you, ‘excuse me, area did you get that?’” ($110 in black, rose, or teal, Universal Standard)

We've all heard that, back it comes to designing plus-size clothes, there are assertive nuances that can accomplish the action difficult: You can't artlessly cast up designs, for instance; pieces accept to board more assorted anatomy shapes (i.e. why adaptable waistbands still exist); and that added actual can get cool expensive. But for Brooks, the better acquirements ambit was how to assignment with fabrics: "You know, what bolt will abatement right, what bolt will lay appropriate on the body, what bolt will assignment about the armpit against the ankle. I like to abrasion my undergarments and cinchers, and a lot of times you can see the banner of them beneath the garment. It was all about the fabrics." (FYI: the shirt dress is fabricated of a cotton-nylon-elastane blend, the sweater dress is fabricated of a wool-cashmere blend, and the overalls are fabricated of a cotton-elastane blend.)

If you're a fan of Brooks' appearance (or chase her on Instagram), you apparently apperceive she's bound with some designers. "For the accomplished few years, it was actual important to me to claiming these designers that won’t alike accept additional admeasurement shoes, accompany additional sizes to stores," she says. "Now that I’m starting to access into [the fashion] apple on a added level, I’m starting to realize: Who cares about them?" she says, of the designers who haven't dressed her. "They never cared about me." Back it came time to design, Brooks asked a simple question: "Why not focus on brands that are actually—from the beginning—cared about authoritative me feel acceptable in clothes?" And she wasn't done with the absolute allocution there: "I accept gone to adorned contest and confronted huge designers and said like, 'Hey, like why haven’t you advised for additional sizes?' And they go blank. They don’t alike apperceive if they accept a additional admeasurement band or not! And that tells me appropriate there that they don’t care."

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Though Danielle Brooks for Universal Standard launches today, the cast had a 24-hour beam auction with the accumulating that performed well. "The overalls are hardly outperforming the dresses," says Waldman. Brooks adds: "The one I anticipation that bodies weren’t gonna approach appear the best bodies absolutely are. Bodies are admiring the shirt dress." Get one while you still can!