Alex Carleton

Alex Carleton
Born	Orleans, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Cambridge School of Weston Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation	Fashion designer
Known for	Founder of Rogues Gallery Creative director of L.L.Bean Signature Creative director of Filson

Alex Carleton is an American fashion and home-goods designer. He is the founder of Rogues Gallery and was the creative director of an L.L.Bean capsule brand, L.L.Bean Signature. He is currently creative director of Filson. ^[1]

Early life

Carleton grew up on Cape Cod and attended the Cambridge School in Weston, Massachusetts, as well as Sarah Lawrence College. ^[2]

Career

After working for a short time in a Boston furniture repair shop, Carleton began his design career in New York at Polo Ralph Lauren where he was a senior designer. He did design and branding for Abercrombie & Fitch. He moved to Maine in 1999. ^[3]

Carleton started Rogues Gallery in 2003 as a side project while he was working for L.L.Bean. ^[4] Rogues Gallery's T-shirts pioneered the trend toward highly designed graphic T-shirts and were quickly noted in the pages of Men's Vogue and eventually on a number of celebrity clients. ^{[5] [6]} The Rogues Gallery store and website have since been closed.

Carleton was nominated for GQ designer of the year in 2009. ^[7] That same year he began working on developing the new L.L.Bean Signature line. ^{[8] [9]} He subsequently opened a small boutique art and antiques gallery on Cape Cod called Foc'sle. ^{[10] [11]} His arrangement with L.L.Bean ended in 2013, and, soon after, he moved to Filson.

References

1. Luecke, Andrew D. (September 8, 2014). "Legend of British Workwear Designs New C.C. Filson Line". Esquire. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
2. Daley, Lauren. "Orleans Native Designs Line for L.L.Bean". Cape Cod Online. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
3. Patner, Josh (September 29, 2008). "America: Conquerer[sic] of the Global Menswear Market". Time . Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
4. Williams, Michael. "Rogues Gallery". The Maine Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
5. Paris, Stan (October 16, 2009). "Going Rogue". GQ. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
6. Mraz, Michael (July 23, 2008). "Sea Worthy". Men's Vogue . Retrieved February 9, 2012.
7. "Best New Designers in America". GQ. January 9, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
8. Wilson, Eric (August 20, 2009). "L.L.Bean Tries on a New Look". New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
9. "A New Look at New England: L.L.Bean Launches Its Signature Collection". Vogue. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
10. Stephen, Watson. "Rogues Gallery Founder and L.L.Bean Creative Director Introduces His Latest Project". The Fashion Source. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
11. Foster, Pacey. "Foc'sle in Provincetown Mass". A Restless Transplant. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.