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Discover 250+ luxury clothing brands known for premium materials, refined craftsmanship, and distinctive design. Brand profiles include key details that help compare labels across styles, categories, and fashion segments.

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Lindsay Nicholas New York

USA · Est. 2015 · Mid-range

Lindsay Nicholas New York is an American designer label for women, founded in New York City in 2015 by Lindsay Nicholas. Known as LiNNY, the brand was born from its founder and creative director's wish for a wardrobe that moves seamlessly between professional and personal life, expressive yet polished and suited to a global lifestyle. A graduate of Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology, Nicholas reimagines classic silhouettes for the modern executive woman, with a focus on quiet confidence. The collections cover tops, blouses, shirts, sweaters, trousers, dresses, shorts, jackets and coats, plus bags and accessories. Pieces include the Lexington Avenue Jacket and Trouser, the Marcia Oversized Shirt, the Wellesley Sweater, the Tuxedo Dress and coats such as the Broadway and Sophie. Most garments are made in Melbourne, Australia, at a family-run manufacturer accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia, with a few pieces made in New York City. The brand designs seasonless pieces meant to be worn for many years and uses silk, wool, recycled polyester and some remnant fabrics. Beyond the collection, Nicholas hosts The Well-Dressed Mind, a podcast on style, ambition, reinvention and personal identity.

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Blazé Milano

Italy · Est. 2013 · Luxury

Blazé Milano is an Italian luxury tailoring label for women, founded in Milan in 2013 by Corrada Rodriguez d'Acri, Delfina Pinardi and Maria Sole Torlonia. The three stylists met through Elle Italia, and they have worked with international photographers, top designers and prestigious fashion houses. Drawing on their long experience in luxury fashion and a passion for haute couture, they set out to reinterpret the blazer for women who believe dignity and elegance are the foundations of their style. The label is best known for its tailored blazers, including the Everyday, Everynight and Charmer styles, many with its signature smiley-shaped pockets. It also makes knitwear like the Highland, Fox pants, Ara long skirts and leather jackets. Blazé Milano makes its pieces in Italy with Italian artisans. Its made-to-order service, BLAZÉ Atelier, creates personalised blazers with horsehair half-canvas construction, silk linings, hand-sewn buttonholes and fabrics from prestigious mills, and it holds dedicated trunk shows. The label is led by its three co-founders, with Rodriguez d'Acri running creative and design, Pinardi communication and marketing, and Torlonia commercial and sales. It sells online, in its own stores and through stockists.

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Story mfg.

UK · Est. 2013 · Luxury

Story mfg. is a sustainable UK designer clothing label for men and women, founded in Brighton in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Saeed and Katy Al-Rubeyi. With backgrounds in trend forecasting and menswear, the couple set out to make garments that did not already exist, starting with a naturally dyed, handwoven denim and developing their own fabrics from scratch rather than buying ready-made cloth. Its gender-neutral collections include bomber jackets, shirts, knitwear, trousers, shorts and tees, with signature pieces such as the Seed Bomber, the Greenhouse Shirt and the Grateful Tee. Everything is handmade in India by a team of artisan dyers, weavers, embroiderers and tailors. Story mfg. uses only natural plant dyes such as myrobalan, Indian redwood, pomegranate and natural indigo fermented in a large vat whose water is reused. Craft techniques include hand embroidery, block printing, appliqué, hand crochet and patchwork made from production offcuts, and the label is vegan. Early on it sold from a pop-up shop on the founders' London canal boat. It has since been stocked by LN-CC and Goodhood, profiled by British Vogue and i-D, and opened its first permanent store in Brighton in 2022.

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XíRENA

USA · Est. 2013 · Mid-range

XíRENA is an American minimalist clothing label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2013 by creative director Dierdre Roffoni with her husband Tony Graham. The couple are the fashion veterans behind Findings, the multi-brand showroom founded in 1989 that represents labels such as Isabel Marant and Ulla Johnson. Roffoni was inspired on holiday in Formentera, Spain, by local girls riding Vespas in white shirts, and the name comes from sirena, Spanish for mermaid. Xírena began with colourful cotton lingerie and then set out to make the perfect white shirt. Its signature Beau shirt, a relaxed cotton poplin button-down, sits alongside the Channing and Scout shirts, gauze dresses, knits, denim, swimwear and accessories. Most of the collection is made in the USA, in Los Angeles. The label's philosophy is clothes made to live in, with effortless, slightly rumpled cotton poplin, gauze, linen and silk. Its design and sample studio is in LA's Fashion District, and fabric for its printed lingerie has been sourced from upcycled material. Xírena is sold at more than 500 retail doors, including Merci in Paris and Fred Segal in Los Angeles, and opened its first store at Palisades Village.

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Maydi

Argentina · Est. 2014 · Luxury

Maydi is an Argentine designer knitwear label for women, founded in Buenos Aires in 2014 by María Abdala Zolezzi. A self-taught designer and the brand's creative director, she works to highlight Argentina's cultural and textile heritage. Maydi creates contemporary, handmade luxury knitwear that blends ancestral techniques with refined, modern design, guided by a vision of luxury that values depth over surface. The range includes sweaters, cardigans, capes, jackets, skirts and bodysuits, plus shawls, collars, scarves, hats, gloves and bags. Signature pieces include the Sweater Mar, the Campera Marino, the Falda Aronnax and the Capa Pacífico, and the label also offers made-to-measure pieces. Every piece is handmade in Argentina from local natural fibres such as merino wool, mohair, guanaco and espartillo. Maydi holds Wildlife Friendly certification, reflecting its aim of creating without causing harm to the environment and wildlife where its fibres come from. The label remains independent and is led by its founder from Buenos Aires. One recent collection explores our relationship with the sea, about moving forward with care and finding beauty beyond the obvious.

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Payal Khandwala

India · Est. 2012 · Luxury

Payal Khandwala is an Indian designer, minimalist luxury clothing label for women, founded in Mumbai in 2012 by Payal Khandwala and Vikram Ramchandani. Born in Bombay in 1974, Khandwala grew up among painters and dressmakers and graduated with honours in Fine Arts and Illustration from Parsons School of Design in New York. She painted full time for a decade before showing at fashion week in 2012, and her husband Vikram now runs the business while she leads design. Known for colour-blocking, pleats and sculptural silhouettes, the label makes kurtas, shirts, tops, trousers, skirts, dresses, jumpsuits, jackets, capes and lehengas, plus dupattas and jewellery, with pieces such as the Pleated Kurta, the Pleated Kimono Cape and the Silk Brocade Lehenga. Everything is made in India. Its textiles are conceived at the source on its own looms in Benares and Bengal, woven by master weavers it has worked with from the start, and garments are hand-finished at its Colaba atelier. Pieces are limited in quantity and never on sale, because it believes the world needs better clothes, not more. Khandwala, a member of the Fashion Design Council of India, won Society magazine's Young Achievers Award for Fine Arts in 2007.

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Kayleigh Peddie

Canada · Est. 2014 · Affordable

Kayleigh Peddie is a Canadian lingerie and swimwear label for women, founded in Montreal in 2014 by designer Kayleigh Peddie. She launched the label with handmade lingerie before adding swimwear, and every piece is still made in Montreal, in small-batch and made-to-order collections. Keeping production local and small allows the brand to avoid overproduction and to take custom orders. The swimwear is known for bold prints, with pieces such as the Sadie string bikini, the Link and Vero halter tops and swim thongs like the Len and Luna. The lingerie range includes the Robbi Picot bra and thong, the Game Bra and the Core thong, along with tank tops and multi-packs of thongs. Collections are released in small batches, and made-to-order pieces are sewn by hand once they are ordered rather than produced in bulk. Kayleigh Peddie is an independent brand owned and run by its founder and designer, and it sells through its own online store.

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Batsheva

USA · Est. 2016 · Luxury

Batsheva is a modest American designer clothing label for women, founded in New York in 2016 by Batsheva Hay. Born in Queens, Hay studied at Stanford and Georgetown Law and worked as a lawyer at a big firm before leaving to redesign worn-out vintage dresses for herself and her daughter, quickly becoming obsessed with the design process. The label is known for dresses with a Victorian and prairie sensibility, from party dresses to housedresses, with high necks, ruffles and long sleeves. Signature styles include the Snap Dress, the Smock Dress and the Lillian Dress, alongside blouses, skirts, pants, knits, coats, a bridal collection, accessories and jewellery. Pieces are made in New York City and India. Hay still uses vintage and limited-run cotton quilting fabrics, along with prints she designs herself, and many garments are made from vintage, deadstock or recycled fabrics. The brand works with manufacturing partners that meet its standards for fair wages and ethical working conditions. Batsheva was a 2018 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, and Hay has been a CFDA member since 2019. In 2021 she designed a capsule collection with Laura Ashley using its archival prints.

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K M by L A N G E

Ukraine · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

K M by L A N G E is a sustainable designer clothing label for women, founded in Barcelona and Vinnytsia in 2016 by Kateryna Lanhe and her sister Marina Lange. Kateryna, known as Kati, studied international law in Madrid and worked in a Barcelona law firm before turning to fashion, inspired by childhood memories of her mother crafting clothes from scratch in Soviet-era Ukraine. The brand creates timeless pieces rooted in Ukrainian heritage. The collection includes womenswear and jewellery across capsules such as Zemlia, Motanka, Palyanytsia and Hà Nội, alongside an upcycled capsule and curated vintage. About 85% of pieces are designed, developed and crafted in Ukraine and the rest are made in Spain, often in runs of five to ten units. Ukrainian craftswomen over 60 hand-embroider and crochet selected pieces, and the women behind every piece are paid fairly. Around 85% of its fabrics are organic, recycled or deadstock, and the brand upcycles vintage clothing to minimise waste. K M by L A N G E has shown at 080 Barcelona Fashion and been profiled by Traveler and Vanitatis. Part of its profits support Ukrainian associations helping women and children affected by the war.

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Lukhanyo Mdingi

South Africa · Est. 2015 · Luxury

Lukhanyo Mdingi is a South African designer, luxury clothing label for men and women, founded in Cape Town in 2015 by Lukhanyo Mdingi. Born in the Eastern Cape in 1992, Mdingi is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director whose eponymous label is built on consideration, community and research. His refined, minimalist approach centres on lineage-building and long-term relationships with the people who make his textiles. The label produces collections of tailoring, knitwear, shirts, trousers, dresses and outerwear, released as seasonal capsules, alongside a publication and print shop. The clothing is made in South Africa. Through its partnership with the Ethical Fashion Initiative of the United Nations, the label works with social enterprise CABES-GIE in Burkina Faso, a network of more than 2,000 artisans, on handwoven Faso Dan Fani cloth, including GOTS-certified organic cotton. The collaboration has created new weaving patterns and built artisans' skills, with a focus on supporting women. Mdingi received the LVMH Prize's Karl Lagerfeld Prize in 2021 and was a finalist for the ANDAM Prize in 2022. In 2023 he won the AMIRI Prize and a GQ Designer of the Year award, and he was named to the BoF 500 class of 2024.

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Arwa The Brand

UAE · Est. 2015 · Luxury

Arwa The Brand is a modest, luxury designer label for women, founded in the UAE in 2015 by designer Arwa Al Banawi. ARWÁ is a design house rooted in its founder's perspective: born on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, she draws on childhood memories under the Mediterranean sun to create elegant, modest-friendly womenswear with a sense of relaxed glamour. The range includes dresses, kaftans, blazers, coats, shirts and wide-leg trousers. Pieces are made in France in limited quantities, and signature styles include The Alya Dress, The Lama Dress, The Yasmin Dress, The All Day Kaftan, The Cici Blazer Jacket, The Après-Dinner Oversized Coat and The We Are A Kingdom Long Blazer. Two rituals shape the brand's rhythm: Morning and Sahra. Sahra is its evening edit, a refined set of silhouettes crafted for the hours between sunset and sunrise, designed to move from home to soirée. Every fabric and finish, from cotton and silk to jacquard, is hand-selected by the house. Arwa The Brand remains independent and is led by its founder.

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ESSE Studios

Australia · Est. 2017 · Luxury

ESSE Studios is an Australian designer, minimalist luxury clothing label for women, founded in Sydney in 2017 by Charlotte Hicks. Hicks built the label around slow-release capsule collections and conscious consumption, creating minimalist, considered pieces designed to be worn for years rather than seasons. The range includes dresses, tops, trousers, jackets, blazers and coats. Signature pieces include the Cartia Halter Dress, the Lume Dress, the Alto Drape Top, the Alto Trouser, the Portia Duo Blazer, the Taro Trench and the Bocla Teddy Coat. Much of the clothing is made in Sydney, with other pieces made in China and Italy. ESSE publishes a sustainability page covering its materials and production. It says about 95% of its fabrics are certified, works with local manufacturers in Sydney, and supports transparent supply-chain practices and local artisans. ESSE Studios won Australia's National Designer Award, as reported by WWD. It has a by-appointment ESSE Atelier in Paddington, Sydney, and has run pop-up stores, including one at Chatswood Chase in 2022.

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Michel & Amazonka

Mongolia · Est. 2015 · Mid-range

Michel & Amazonka is a Mongolian luxury designer clothing label for women and men, founded in Ulaanbaatar in 2015 by sisters Yanjindulam "Michel" Choigaalaa and Nyamkhand "Amazonka" Choigaalaa. The fashion house is led by their third sister, CEO Munkhjargal Choigaalaa, and is known for "prêt-à-couture" that reinterprets traditional Mongolian garments such as the deel. Its collections include evening gowns, couture bridal pieces, bespoke designs and limited ready-to-wear lines for women and men, as well as kids' clothing, gifts and home items. Everything is made in Mongolia, using techniques such as hand embroidery and appliqué. The designs combine symbolic Mongolian details, such as archer's sleeves, birds, mountains and the Nine White Banners, with European-inspired silhouettes, using cashmere, wool, silk and cotton. From the outset the brand has committed to becoming one of the first sustainable fashion houses in the region. Michel & Amazonka designed Team Mongolia's uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and its flag-bearer uniforms for Beijing 2022 were selected for the Olympic Museum. Its deel-inspired Paris 2024 Olympic uniforms went viral worldwide, drawing coverage from Dazed and WWD, and the brand was profiled by Forbes in 2019.

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Harris Tapper

New Zealand · Est. 2017 · Luxury

Harris Tapper is a minimalist designer label for women, founded in Auckland in 2017 by Sarah Harris Gould and Lauren Tapper. The two former colleagues built the brand around sculptural womenswear that reworks traditional tailoring and couture proportions, with a strong focus on refined fit, cut and fabric. The range includes tailoring, tops, dresses, trousers, jackets and outerwear. Collections are made in China by partners holding Sedex or BSCI certifications, and a supplier in India produces a small number of hand-beaded pieces. Signature styles include the Bogart Top in Tech Taffeta, the Boudoir Dress in Silk Satin, the Coppola Dress in Satin Faille, the Bardot Blazer, the Bruno Trouser and the Balmoral Parka. Harris Tapper uses materials such as silk, satin faille, wool suiting, cotton and cashmere, alongside special pieces such as the Aitti Jacket in Ostrich and the Eileen Top in Embroidered Silk. The label remains independent and is run by its two co-founders from Auckland, shipping to Australia, the US and other countries.

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Éterne

USA · Est. 2020 · Mid-range

Éterne is an American luxury basics label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2020 by stylist Chloé Bartoli, with HauteLook founder Adam Bernard as co-founder. Bartoli started the brand after struggling to find the perfect basics for her clients, setting out to create the go-to destination for timeless, seasonless essentials. With a clear vision for the key items in a woman's wardrobe and how they should fit and function, the label follows guiding principles of high-quality craftsmanship and wearable luxury, with minimal designs and perfectly fitted tailoring. Éterne built its name on tanks and tees such as the Cropped Rib Tank, 90s Tank and Short Sleeve Baby Tee. It also makes cashmere sweaters like the Francis and Keaton, lounge and foldover pants, terry sweatsuits, French terry sweatshirts, denim, 90s Tank Mini Dresses, swimwear and socks. Its first collection was made in Los Angeles from domestically sourced cotton, according to Vogue, and the brand now develops custom fabrics with mills, including an Italian matte jersey. Éterne is a privately held, founder-led brand. It sells online and through luxury retailers such as Bergdorf Goodman and online stores like Ssense.

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Kamperett

USA · Est. 2015 · Luxury

Kamperett is an American luxury womenswear label, founded in San Francisco in 2015 by Anna Chiu and Valerie Santillo. The name blends their mothers' maiden names. Chiu previously worked at Ksubi and Santillo is a former Cynthia Rowley designer, and together they built a collection focused on quality fabric, refined tailoring and timeless design for the modern, discerning woman. Styled KAMPERETT, the label is known for romantic, refined dresses, especially sheer silk organza pieces with considered details. Its dresses include the Metronome Gown and Midi, the Agnes and Caroline slip dresses and the Adelaide Midi, with gowns such as the Glissade and Ines. It also makes the Anemoia Blouse, Alix silk crepe pants, the Orere Blazer, Orra swimwear, basics, outerwear, wedding dresses and bridal accessories such as veils. Kamperett takes an intentional approach to sustainability, with every piece designed and made in California. It works with high-quality fabrics such as silk organza and silk crepe, and says all its deliveries are carbon neutral. The independent brand is owned and run by its co-founders and has a flagship at 3686 20th Street in San Francisco's Mission District, open by appointment, as well as other retailers.

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Adroit Atelier

Canada · Est. 2020 · Mid-range

Adroit Atelier is a Canadian designer clothing label for women, founded in Montreal in 2020 by Christine Larente. Styled Adrøit Atelier, the brand epitomises contemporary women's fashion for a confident, worldly woman who is resourceful, clever and ingenious, with a relaxed femininity and a subtly sexy, casually elegant look. Its collection is built on interchangeability, with clothing crafted to be effortlessly mixed and matched to maximise the value of every piece in a wardrobe. Outerwear is at the heart of the range, from the Polly long faux fur coat and the Dallas moto vegan leather jacket to the Bennett double-breasted wool blend coat, trench coats and the Chelsea hooded raincoat. It also offers blazers, blouses, shirts, skirts, trousers, knits and a collection of coats for dogs. Its styles are proudly made in Canada. The brand supports local craftsmanship and the Canadian fashion industry, while working with trusted overseas experts for high-quality materials and workmanship. Its designs are made to transition from day to night and from casual outings to formal events. Adroit Atelier sells online in English and French and is stocked by boutiques including Gallery Couture and Carriage Trade.

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Le Petit Trou

Poland · Est. 2014 · Mid-range

Le Petit Trou is a Polish lingerie and designer label for women, founded in Warsaw in 2014 by Zuzanna Kuczyńska. Kuczyńska came up with the idea while working as a stylist, and her Warsaw apartment served as the brand's first showroom. What began as lingerie has grown into a full women's ready-to-wear collection that the brand says is designed to create an extraordinary everyday. The lingerie includes signature briefs and soft bras such as the Chocolat, Pavot and Madonna styles, along with loungewear. Its clothing covers tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, jeans, jackets and coats, with pieces such as organic cotton ruffle-hem styles, the Maxime corduroy shirt, the Thierry denim dungarees and LUCAS jeans, plus leather boots, pumps and bags. Products are made in Poland, where the brand works with women-led sewing companies and restocks monthly to avoid overproduction. It uses natural materials such as linen and cotton alongside recycled polyester, and ships orders in compostable mailers. Le Petit Trou is majority-owned by Kuczyńska and has its design studio and flagship store in Warsaw, selling online internationally.

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Amrich

India · Est. 2011 · Luxury

Amrich is an Indian designer, handmade luxury clothing label for women, founded in New Delhi in 2011 by Richard Pandav and Amit Vijaya. The textile and clothing label is a labour of love for the two designers, both graduates of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, who draw on their long engagement with Indian handlooms and craft traditions. It was conceived as a statement on the luxury of the handmade and the richness of Indian artisanship. The label offers chic separates, including shirts, tops, tunics, dresses, trousers, jackets, coats and overlays, with pieces such as the Alina Dress, the Diana Dress, the Charli Shirt, the Alize Tunic, the Juna Trousers, the Aviva Jacket and the Mehri Coat. Everything is made in India. Amrich's signature techniques are shibori and other resist dyeing, hand block printing and hand-weaving, using hand-crafted natural textiles. It focuses on smaller-batch production, treating each piece as a work of art. Its collections often begin with an artistic idea; the AW 2021/22 Colour Play collection was inspired by the light paintings of artist Stephen Knapp. It has its own store in Sujan Singh Park, New Delhi.

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100% SILK

Canada · Est. 2016 · Luxury

100% Silk is a Canadian designer clothing label and shop for women, founded in Toronto in 2016 by Lee Dekel. Dekel studied the history of science and material culture, taking courses in weaving, dyeing and patternmaking on the side, then moved to Ghana to manage production and develop textiles for the brand Osei-Duro. The name stands for a dedication to exalted textiles, and each collection is an investigation into a special cloth made with traditional techniques. The line ranges from embroidered and appliquéd dresses to velvet pieces, vests, tops and trousers. Textiles are developed with artisans abroad, and the garments are made in Canada, reimagined and sewn in the label's Toronto studio. Dekel works as equal partners with master artisans, including a fifth-generation ikat dyer and weaver in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley, a Bukhara family of gold embroiderers and Baba Issaka, a Ghanaian flag maker who uses asafo appliqué. Pieces are released in small groupings as the handwork is ready. In August 2018 it opened the 100% Silk Shop, a store and textile gallery that champions handmade designers from around the world. It has been featured by Vogue and The Globe and Mail.

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MaisonCléo

France · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

MaisonCléo is a French designer label for women, founded in Calais in 2016 by Marie Dewet and her mother, Nathalie, who sewed the brand's first garments. The mother-daughter label makes romantic, feminine clothing by hand and to order, with a focus on silk dresses and blouses trimmed with Calais lace. The range includes dresses, blouses, skirts, cardigans, coats, bridal pieces and accessories. Every piece is handmade to order in its studio-atelier in the north of France, and any design can be made to measure. Signature pieces include the Madeleine silk dress with a Calais lace train, the Isaure muslin silk dress, the Constance silk blouse, the Javotte flared silk skirt, the Ramona lace cardigan and the Berthe organza veil. MaisonCléo uses only leftover fabrics from French couture houses and factories, such as silk and Calais lace. It is also transparent about how each garment is made, sharing details such as fabric costs and making time. The brand remains independent and run by Marie Dewet, and it has created exclusive pieces for Net-a-Porter, Selfridges and Printemps.

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GUNIA Project

Ukraine · Est. 2019 · Luxury

GUNIA Project is a Ukrainian designer label for handmade clothing and objects, founded in Kyiv in 2019 by Natalia Kamenska and Maria Gavryliuk. The two designers met while working in fashion and began with ethnographic expeditions across Ukraine, meeting artisans and exploring museum archives. Their goal is not to replicate tradition but to reinterpret it for everyday life. The range includes embroidered shirts, dresses, coats, knitwear, silk headscarves and jewellery, plus glassware and ceramics. Signature pieces include the Afiia, Aneta and Arsena embroidered shirts, the Tomila Embroidered Dress, the Solomiia Coat and the Adam and Eve Silk Headscarf. The first collection, of naive icon-inspired ceramics, guta glass and silk scarves, was presented at the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art. GUNIA works with more than 150 artisans across Ukraine and nine techniques, including embroidery, weaving, knitting, glassblowing, wood carving and ceramics. Since 2022 it has initiated or supported over 30 charitable and community projects. Its pieces have been presented to figures such as Emperor Naruhito and Brigitte Macron. The brand remains independent and run by its co-founders.

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The Knotty Ones

USA · Est. 2014 · Mid-range

The Knotty Ones is a European handmade knitwear label for women, founded in 2014 by Lithuanian friends Danutė Rasimavičiūtė, Sandra Pangonytė and Akvilė Meškauskaitė-Dobrajs, and based between Vilnius and New York. The three met at grad school in 2011, having grown up in knits made by their grandmothers. Proud of their Baltic heritage, they design elevated, timeless pieces inspired by the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian meadows and the country's pagan roots. The collection includes merino wool sweaters such as the Bangos, cardigans and vests, silk and mohair dresses like the Eglutė, crochet cotton dresses, tops, shorts, socks and accessories. Every piece is made in Lithuania, hand-knitted by a community of more than 40 female artisans, many of them mothers in rural villages and small towns. The female-founded brand pays its knitters a living wage and gives them financial independence and a voice in their communities. It uses only 100% natural yarns, OEKO-TEX certified dyes and plastic-free buttons and packaging, works with local artists who hand-dye with herbs and produces in small batches. The Knotty Ones has been worn by Hilary Duff and Margaret Qualley.

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Cara Cara

USA · Est. 2019 · Luxury

Cara Cara is an American designer label for women, founded in New York in 2019 by Julia Brown, Katie Hobbs and Sasha Martin. The three women each had their own successful career, Brown in fashion design, Hobbs in digital media and ecommerce, and Martin in finance and marketing, and they came together out of a desire to pursue something new. The brand combines the joyful spirit of being on holiday with an exuberant, versatile wardrobe, and its clothes are designed to make women look good and feel good. Cara Cara is defined by vivid colours and original prints, with silhouettes that convey optimism and ease and dressmaker details made to stand the test of time. What started as a small collection of printed cotton poplin dresses has grown into ready-to-wear, knits, tailoring, evening and outerwear, including the Asbury and Rizzo Mini Dresses, the Pheobe Midi Dress, the Camden Skirt, the Adelaid Cardigan, the Bernadette Pant and the Tudor Trench. The brand produces its clothing in ethically operated workrooms in the US and WRAP-certified factories in India, China and Peru. Cara Cara is independently owned and run by its three co-founders.

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Luxury Clothing Brands

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Lindsay Nicholas New York

Blazé Milano

Story mfg.

XíRENA

Maydi

Payal Khandwala

Kayleigh Peddie

Batsheva

K M by L A N G E

Lukhanyo Mdingi

Arwa The Brand

ESSE Studios

Michel & Amazonka

Harris Tapper

Éterne

Kamperett

Adroit Atelier

Le Petit Trou

Amrich

100% SILK

MaisonCléo

GUNIA Project

The Knotty Ones

Cara Cara

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