MEGEST 1994

MEG is an American designer clothing label for women, founded in New York's East Village in 1994 by Meghan Kinney. Growing up around her mother's and grandmother's stores, Kinney designed her first garment at 14 and moved to New York at 17 to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. After working alongside designers including Byron Lars, Christian Francis Roth and Randolph Duke, she launched MEG as a wholesale collection for independent boutiques, built on the belief that women should not have to choose between looking incredible and feeling comfortable. The label designs dresses, tops, trousers, knitwear and outerwear that move from work to weekends, travel and dinner, including its MEG Movement line. Collections are designed in Brooklyn and produced in small batches primarily in North America, in New York and Canada. Long before sustainability became a trend, MEG produced locally and encouraged customers to buy less but better. Its MEG Archive takes back previously loved pieces for store credit and resells them, donating 20% of Archive sales to Planned Parenthood. MEG opened its first boutique in the East Village in 1996, has grown to stores in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Toronto, and remains proudly independent.