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Lapointe
United States · Est. 2015 · Luxury
is founded in 2015 by creative director Sally LaPointe and CEO Sarah Adelson, best friends who met while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design and built this designer clothing brand quite literally from the floor of their shared TriBeCa loft in their early twenties. LaPointe had a background in fine arts and graduated with a BFA in apparel design from RISD in 2006, while Adelson brought experience in production. The brand attracted the attention of Lady Gaga, who wore its black corseted dress to the International Consumer Electronics Show and has remained a loyal fan ever since. Known for bold monochromatic palettes, head-to-toe sets, and statement dressing made effortlessly easy, the brand was originally called Sally LaPointe before being rebranded to simply LaPointe in 2020 to support its evolution into a full lifestyle brand. LaPointe joined the CFDA in 2015 and received the FGI Rising Star Award that same year, and has since dressed Oprah Winfrey, Zendaya, and Beyonce.
Maria McManus
United States · Est. 2020 · Luxury
McManus is a luxury womenswear designer clothing brand founded in 2020 by Irish-born designer Maria McManus, who was born in Dublin and lived in Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Australia before settling in New York City. After two decades in senior fashion roles at Ralph Lauren, Club Monaco, and Rag and Bone, she grew increasingly frustrated by the industry's failure to truly integrate sustainability into its core operations, and launched her eponymous label to build something different from scratch. All materials are thoughtfully sourced from Europe and Japan using the highest quality recycled, organic, natural, and biodegradable fibers, and every step of production is transparent and traceable. The brand has gained a following among tastemakers like Christy Turlington Burns, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jennifer Lawrence, and is stocked at Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman, and Selfridges.
Huishan Zhang
United Kingdom · Est. 2011 · Luxury
Zhang is a London-based luxury designer clothing brand launched in 2011 by Chinese-born designer Huishan Zhang, who grew up in Qingdao, China and moved abroad at age 17 before eventually settling in London. After studying at Central Saint Martins, he was handpicked by Delphine Arnault to work at the Dior Haute Couture atelier in Paris, an experience that shaped his exacting approach to craft and construction. The brand creates a luxurious East-meets-West aesthetic, finding inspiration and direction through his Chinese heritage while applying the couture techniques he mastered at Dior. A piece from his very first collection was selected by the Victoria and Albert Museum for its permanent collection, and he has since been named to the BoF 500 and was a finalist for the LVMH Prize in 2015.
