Patricia Field is a well-known fashion designer and stylist from New York City. The flame-haired fashion guru is probably best known for her work as the much-talked-about and influential Costume Designer on HBO’s now defunct series Sex and the City. Continue Reading »
Bruno Frisoni is breathing new life into the legendary Parisian house that shoe designer Roger Vivier built. Credited with inventing the stiletto in 1954, Vivier was exalted as the “Fabergé of Footwear.” To his list of accomplishments he added collaborating with Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Emanuel Ungaro, creating the silver-buckled Continue Reading »
Posted in Directory |
Trovata, which means “discovered” in Italian, is a surfer-meets-prepster collection straight out of – where else? – Southern California.
Launched in 2002 by four college pals (John Whitledge, Sam Shipley, Josia Lamberto-Egan and Jeff Halmos) out of a dorm room, the brand is quickly becoming the go-to brand Continue Reading »
Posted in Directory |
Manolo Blahnik is the *It* celebrity shoe designer of the new millennium. Originally trained as an artist – with no shoe designing experience – Blahnik had a chance encounter with Diana Vreeland, then editor of U.S. Vogue, in 1971. She persuaded him to go into shoe design based solely on his imaginative sketches. Continue Reading »
Posted in Directory |
Brian Atwood attracted a devoted, almost cult-like following for his namesake collection of pumps and boots when he launched the label in 2001.
Atwood’s shoes are known for their “Cinderella Factor” – what he calls the instantaneous transformation that occurs on a woman’s face as she slides her foot into one of his shoes. His journey to where he is now has been interesting one that’s for sure! Continue Reading »
Posted in Directory |
Tory Burch, philanthropist and one of New York’s brightest social stars, launched her own label in February 2004 with the opening of a flagship store in New York City.
She is a style setter and has been hailed by many as the next big thing in fashion. Tory Burch is an affordable lifestyle collection of sophisticated sportswear Continue Reading »
Posted in Directory |
Made Her Think jewelry designer Meredith Kahn is so much more than a purveyor of pretty bits and baubles.
The Williamsburg-based designer is a storyteller of sorts weaving tales and history into her jewelry the same way a musician or writer would into their work. “I’ve always been drawn to things with history,” says Kahn. “Things that have a heavy emphasis on the meaning behind what they are and what they represent.” Continue Reading »
Posted in Directory |
