Patricia Field is an American costume designer, stylist, and fashion designer working in New York City.
Bloomingdale's Inc. is an American luxury department store chain founded in 1861 by Joseph Bloomingdale and Lyman Bloomingdale. It was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1930, which acquired the Macy’s department store chain in 1994, when they became sister brands. Ultimately, Federated itself was renamed Macy’s, Inc. in 2007.
Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was discontinued after the 2015 fall/winter collection. At its peak, it had over 200 retail stores in 80 countries. He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Jacobs was on Time magazine's "2010 Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America". He married his longtime partner Charly Defrancesco on April 6, 2019.
Yohji Yamamoto is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. Considered a master tailor alongside those such as Madeleine Vionnet, he is known for his avant-garde tailoring featuring Japanese design aesthetics.
H&H Bagels is a bagel company in New York City that has been described as "classic," "famous," and "iconic." It operates five retail locations in New York City, with plans for 25 more stores across the United States. H&H Bagels also has nationwide shipping and global wholesale businesses.
Amy Wesson is an American fashion model from Tupelo, Mississippi.
Helmut Lang is a New York–based fashion brand created by Austrian fashion designer Helmut Lang in 1986 known for its distinctive minimalist style. The brand was acquired from its founder by fashion house Prada in 2004, and then by Fast Retailing in 2006.
Helmut Lang is an Austrian artist and former fashion designer and mentor who lives and works in New York and on Long Island.
Kansai Yamamoto was a Japanese fashion designer, most influential during the 1970s and 1980s.
Joel Hirsch Resnicoff was an American artist and fashion illustrator, who incorporated expressionistic art into commercial fashion illustrations, stating his belief that "commercial art is the art of the century."
Comme des Garçons, also CDG for short, is a Japanese fashion label based in Paris, founded by Rei Kawakubo. Its French flagship store is located in Paris, while its other physical retail stores are in London, Berlin, Melbourne, Seoul, Hong Kong, New York City and in the Aoyama district of Tokyo. Other than fashion, the label has expanded to include jewelry and perfume.
Steven Alan is an American fashion designer from New York City. His eponymous brand is sold online and in physical retail stores in New York, Japan and South Korea. As a multi-brand retailer, Steven Alan was the first U.S. retailer to carry Acne Studios, Maison Kitsuné, Engineered Garments and Mansur Gavriel.
Vakko is a Turkish luxury fashion company founded by Vitali Hakko survived by his son Cem Hakko. It produces and retails textiles, leather goods, and accessories.
Andrew Rosen is an American retail executive. Currently C.E.O. of Theory, Inc., a New York-based clothing retailer he co-founded in 1997, Rosen is a third-generation garment industry entrepreneur. Rosen has served for years as a judge in the CFDA Fashion Awards, and as a mentor to many of its finalists. Rosen has been a key investor in a number of emerging American designers, including Alice + Olivia, J Brand, rag & bone, and Proenza Schouler.
Maison Margiela, formerly Maison Martin Margiela, is a French luxury fashion house founded by Belgian designer Martin Margiela and Jenny Meirens in 1988 and headquartered in Paris. The house produces both haute couture-inspired artisanal collections and ready-to-wear collections, with the former influencing the designs of the latter. Product lines include womenswear, menswear, jewellery, footwear, accessories, leather goods, perfumes and household goods. Known for deconstructive and avant-garde designs with unconventional materials, Maison Margiela has traditionally held live shows in unusual settings, for example empty metro stations and street corners. Models' faces are often obscured by fabric or long hair to direct attention to the clothes and design. Margiela resigned as creative designer in 2009 and John Galliano was appointed to the role in 2014.
Moya Bowler is an English shoe designer who rose to prominence in the 1960s. She had considerable success in both the UK and US fashion markets, designing both high-end and high-street shoes.
Repossi is an Italian jewelry house founded in 1957 in Turin by Costantino Repossi, a family-owned business now run by the third generation of the Repossi family. The luxury group LVMH is a majority shareholder since 2018.
Rebecca Mead is an English writer and journalist.
Joan "Tiger" Morse, was an American fashion designer, businessperson and socialite. She was known for her 1960s avant-garde clothing design and had owned a few boutique shops in New York City, with celebrity clients. Morse was the subject of the Andy Warhol film, Tiger Morse (1967). She also worked as a costume designer for John Chamberlain film The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez (1968). Morse lived most of her life in New York City, with a period in London in late life.
To Boot New York is an American shoe brand based in New York City founded and designed by Adam Derrick and sold at large department stores and boutiques in the United States and Canada as well as through its own e-commerce site.
