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  The School of Hard Knox

  17 saves, 10 months ago

  Utilitarian leather handbags that are both fashionable and functional. Sound like a far fetched urbanite's dream to you? We think it sounds like our recent Fresh Faces New York alum, Knox. The Brooklyn-based talent behind the line, Jessica Maxcy, created her debut collection of sumptuous leather bags with custom brass hardware (courtesy of her Pops...aw!) with us city slickers in mind. "They have lots of storage space and multiple pockets," she explains. "The inspiration for the line comes from the shapes of space vehicles, ice crystals and other natural forms in space." Hot handbags and outer space? Well, obviously.

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  A Shumaq Thing

  2 saves, 12 months ago

  If you were at Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion Miami show last April at the Gansevoort Hotel then you know that it was pouring outside. But those style mavens who braved the rain also discovered one of my favorite emerging labels for fall—Shumaq...

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  Transitional Pieces

  2 saves, 13 months ago

  When I tried to set up an interview with Mallyce Miller, the L.A.-based stylist and designer behind emerging womenswear line LAEKEN, she sent me an apologetic reply. It turns out that she had tonsillitis, her car had just broke down and she was busy working on a project with her intern. She was down but not out—and thought her bad luck would "fizzle by tomorrow." Fortunately for Miller, good fortune in her professional life is not so scarce; LAEKEN was just named one of Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion LA and her locally manufactured line is stocked in area boutiques like Curve, Switch and Kin...

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  Ready-to-Wear 101

  1 save, 13 months ago

  When I hop on the phone with Meredith Fisher, the emerging talent behind Wayf, a ladylike line of body skimming silk dresses and separates in flattering cuts, she admits that talking to me is a form of procrastination. You see it's midterm time at the University of Southern California, and this busy junior has a finance test to cram for—well that, and her line's runway debut at Fresh Faces in Fashion LA next week.

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  Grace on Fire

  11 saves, 16 months ago

  A lot of people might think by the time you hit 30, you're pretty much stuck in whatever career path you've chosen. Not so for emerging talent Grace Sun, a former graphic designer who launched her own line of womenswear this past spring.

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  Put Down Your Boho Beads

  13 saves, 16 months ago

  Designer Dana Lorenz, the creative force behind funky accessories line, Fenton, entered into the arena because she saw a distinct void: "Things were too bohemian, too bauble-y, and coming off a serious brooch season, that was not me. For my line, I wanted nothing that sparkled; I wanted jewelry that was a bit more secret, beautiful, spiritual, and mystical," she has said.

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  Not So Idle Hands

  12 saves, 18 months ago

  It's been a long time since we read the myth of Arachne, but Arielle De Pinto's hand-crocheted metal chains are what we imagine would have happened if that tale had sprung to life. Not only are these uniquely beautiful accessories true conversation pieces, they're also incredibly versatile—just the sort of thing you could wear dancing until sunrise at Marquee or around the house in your undies, ala Cameron Diaz in "Charlie's Angels." So how on earth did she dream up this luxe line? "I need to do something with my hands all the time and I really like metals," De Pinto explains. "It could have looked weird but you always have to try different things and it ended up..."

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  Boy Meets Girl

  6 saves, 20 months ago

  "For our spring collection we were thinking of a modern Marlene Dietrich," emerging designer Sonia Yoon, one half of the dream team behind our Fresh Faces in Fashion alumni, Bensoni, has said. "We did all these tuxedo jackets and vests. We're into that boy-meets-girl look." The back story on this hot New York-based line? Yoon met her partner, Benjamin Channing Clyburn, when they were both studying at Parsons and collaborated on a collection for their senior thesis. While they worked well together and shared a similar aesthetic, the pair realized that they were skewing too old in their designs, and decided to make their clothing more of an extension of themselves. "We're young, and we want our line to reflect that," Yoon has explained. Time spent honing their skills at big names like Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani and the Gap also helped them find a distinct voice.

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