Carlen Altman
For centuries, the Catholic faith held monopoly on the single coolest religious accessory, but that’s all changing now with the advent of the Jewish rosary. Twenty five-year-old Oberlin graduate and aspiring comedian Carlen Altman has decided it’s time to
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Dana Arbib
When Dana Arbib, a Libyan Jew, met Farrah Malik, a Pakistani Muslim, and decided to create and promote artisan goods, A Peace Treaty was formed. Merging the stylish and the socially-conscious with a heightened awareness of their business model, Arbib and Malik
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Ben Farleigh
Designer Ben Farleigh realized at a young age the profound wisdom of indecision. In 2004, he founded the North London streetwear label Yes No Maybe, finding inspiration in the capricious, the irresolute and the vacillating. Pleasing designs and clever turns of
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Elke Kramer
Elke Kramer’s jewelry is whimsy at its finest—a brilliant kaleidoscopic of Deco geometry, fin de siècle wallpaper patterns and Rococo foppery. The Sydney-native launched her own line in 2004 and has been synergizing diverse ideas and influences into
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Jonathan Marcoschamer
Does “environmentally-sound fashion” conjure images of dirt-hued hemp parkas? Jonathan Marcoschamer decided it shouldn’t. In 2004, he co-founded Ecoist, the Miami-based company whose gifts and fashion accessories are made from landfill-bound materials.
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Judi Rosen
Ever wonder who was responsible for rising waistlines à la Fast Times at Ridgemont High? It’s not American Apparel, it’s New York designer Judi Rosen. At her Nolita boutique, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Rosen stocks fashions that are everything but.
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Jessica Rosenkrantz
Jessica Rosenkrantz and business partner Jesse Louis-Rosenberg take algorithms found in nature (the branching of coral, the movement of particles, the blooming of algae), write computer programs that mimic them and use those programs to create unbelievable
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Jess Rotter
Jess Rotter’s influences include softrock queen Linda Ronstadt, ’60s psychedelic wizard Roky Erickson and alligators. . .oh yeah, and clouds. They all come together in the imaginative designs of her clothing line, Rotter & Friends. The 28-year-old designer
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Lauren Silverstein
Even as a young girl, Lauren Silverstein had an eye for fashion. It’s not difficult to imagine her dress-up box filled with vintage-inspired frocks, flirty dresses and edgy accessories. Now the owner of a cozy Nolita boutique offering a tasteful selection of
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Scott Sternberg
Thirty-one year-old Hollywood agent-turned-fashion-designer, Scott Sternberg has no formal fashion background, just a knack for visual paradigms. Mixing and matching vintage fabrics would eventually form the basis for his small yet successful label, Band of
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