Growing up in the suburbs of New York, Monica dreamt of a career in fashion. She pursued this passion to FIT, only to drop out to work as a Design Assistant at Jill Stuart. A strong believer in confidence and perseverance, she now runs her own fashion label, Sea New York, with business partner Sean.
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Fashion Designer, Amélie Pichard
Parisian designer, Amelie Pichard, shares a conversation with us on what kind of woman she designs for and how her customer influenced the way she created her first shop in Paris.
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Meet Donna Baxter
Meet NYC passerby, Donna Baxter. After dropping out of F.I.T, she went and started her first clothing company, Caroline Hedaya (sold at Shopbop, Intermix, Saks Fifth Avenue etc.) Now she’s the owner of the boutique Darling in the heart of the West Village.
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Meet Diane Ducasse
Diane is a fashion designer and the founder of DA/DA, a clothing line for women that borrows from menswear.
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Meet Charlotte Hundley
Charlotte is the co-founder of RUDAS, a line of idlewear designed and produced in NYC. She has a history in art book publishing, a love of textiles, and an obsession with bath houses. Born and raised in North Carolina, she currently lives in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
Read MoreLyndsey Butler of VEDA
When Lyndsey Butler founded VEDA in 2008, she didn't just want to make another leather jacket; she wanted to make the best leather jacket. We visited Lyndsey and the rest of the VEDA team in their light-filled Canal Street studio to learn more about what it's like to run a growing brand in the fashion industry.
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Meet Rawan Rihani
Rawan is the founder of Aurora Botanica, a floral art studio where she specializes in creating work with a dreamy, serene and wild aesthetic. Next year, Rawan will begin offering sacred flower bouquets inspired by sacred herbs and wildflowers, as well as launching an inspired clothing line called Aurora Vestita.
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Meet Alaa Balkhy
Alaa was born in Jeddah and raised in Montreal. Her passion for art developed with her changing surroundings. She founded the brand Fyunka and is currently working on the launch of a cultural publication she co-founded called Minaa Zine.
Read MoreKalen Kaminski of Upstate
We recently met with Upstate designer, Kalen Kaminski — whose work has been featured on a number of Passerbuys profiles. This Greenpoint-based tie-dye artist has built up a niche following for her vintage-inspired designs.
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Meet Syvan Mandel
Svyan is a designer based in Williamsburg. She specializes in embroidery and is currently working on her own collection. In addition, Syvan also creates unique head pieces that are popular among brides.
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Meet Sam Giordano
Meet NYC passerby, Sam Giordano, a a fashion designer and owner of the womenswear label Dolores Haze.
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Meet Sam Tarter
Meet NYC passerby, Sam Tarter, an Assistant Designer at Coach, designing Coats and Leather Jackets all the while continuing her alternative lifestyle in her Brooklyn home with her rockstar boyfriend and 2 teenager cats.
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Meet Charlotte Doherty
Meet NYC passerby, Charlotte Doherty. She went to college for writing in NC and moved here to further that pursuit, but ended up transitioning into the fashion industry. Currently, she is the general manager of Courtshop Denim and does art on the side.
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Meet Caitlin McMullen
Meet NYC passerby, Caitlin McMullen, co-founder of to.be. After reaching out to Costume Designer & Artist Christian Joy while she was working on The Visitors Must Be Amused exhibit in 2008-09, her career started.
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Meet Ellen Van Dusen
Ellen is the designer of Dusen Dusen, a line of womenswear and home decor. Known for its original bold prints, Dusen Dusen is developed and inspired each season by fine art, commercial and naive design, and the brain’s reaction to movement, color, and contrast.
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