Stacey Bendet | |
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 Bendet in 2023 | |
| Born | Stacey Bendet Weiner |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA) |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Family | Michael Eisner (father-in-law) Breck Eisner (brother-in-law) |
Stacey Bendet Eisner is an American fashion designer who is founder and CEO of the clothing company Alice + Olivia.
Bendet was born in 1978 to Olivia (née Bendet) and Joseph Daniel Wiener. [1] [2] [3] Bendet is of Jewish heritage [4] and had a traditional bat mitzvah celebration. [5] Bendet's father ran a textile import business [6] and was "involved in one of the country's leading lace-manufacturing companies", [7] while she herself was interested in fashion and clothing from a young age. [6] [8] Bendet graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York, [3] and studied international relations and French at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1999. [9] [10] [11]
In 2002, Bendet founded Alice + Olivia. [12] Bendet proposed a jeans-style cut slim at the hip to create the illusion of elongated legs and a lean silhouette. [13] Designer Lisa Kline noticed her walking by and ordered 20 sets of pairs, [6] which provided an opportunity for Bendet to launch a collection based around that concept at the Russian Tea Room. [13] Soon after, the department store Barneys New York placed an order, and Andrew Rosen, developer of the Theory fashion line, offered to finance Bendet's new business. [6]
In 2018 the company filed a lawsuit against the Steve Madden-owned Betsey Johnson label for copyright and trademark infringement. It accused Betsey Johnson of using Bendet's signature face, the "StaceFace," on its bags. [14] [15]
In 2020, she founded and launched Creatively, a networking platform for the creative industry. [16] [17]
Also, in 2020, Bendet co-founded an Instagram campaign called #ShareTheMicNow [18] to bring African-American women's voices to the forefronts of predominately white women's Instagram accounts in an "account takeover" format. [19]
She married film producer Eric Eisner, a son of former Walt Disney Company executive Michael Eisner, on the Caribbean island of Anguilla in 2008. [6] The couple have three children: Eloise Breckenridge Eisner, [20] Scarlet Haven Eisner, [21] and Athena Belle Eisner. [22]
Bendet practices ashtanga vinyasa yoga. [23] [24]
Bendet has appeared on the Vanity Fair Best-Dressed list four years in a row and is in the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame. [25] [26]
here was another flavor of "new pant," this one from Alice + Olivia's designer Stacey Bendet Eisner, the nice Jewish girl and Penn grad.
She studied international relations and French at the University of Pennsylvania.