COTERIE:
Brand: H-ology
Designer and founder: Heezu Hwang
Background: A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Hwang has held design positions at Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, and G-III (Calvin Klein, Andrew Marc, Marc New York). She has designed handbags for the U.S. Polo Association, Carlos Falchi, CXL by Christian Lacroix and Catherine Malandrino, as well as Be & D. She launched her own handbag label in February.
Inspiration: “My inspiration is happiness,” said Hwang. She is offering two-sided leather clutches with two zippers, two-sided leather bags, and a camel cross-body cyclinder shape, which is easy and lightweight. A bestseller has been a square bag with flame handle.
Prices: Wholesale prices range from $90 to $200.
Brand: MA X 7 Fam, the 7 for All Mankind collaboration with Marques’Almedia
Designer: The Los Angeles denim company is doing a collaboration with Portuguese designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida of Marques’Almeida. Seven’s women’s designer is Jennifer Garcia and the design director for women’s is Larissa Noble.
Background: Marques and Almeida met while studying at Portugal’s CITEX fashion school and moved together to London to intern respectively at Vivienne Westwood and Preen. They also studied at Central Saint Martins and presented their final collection together. Marques’Almeida won the Emerging Womenswear Designer at
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