american-sportswear
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Adam Lippes bought back his name. Then he raised his standards.
After a corporate detour, Adam Lippes rebuilt his label around fine fabrics, exacting fit, and women with places to go. The interesting part of this luxury business is how closely the product follows the customer.
Michael Kors
Michael Kors is an American accessible-luxury fashion house founded in 1981 by designer Michael Kors. Known for jet-set American sportswear, its signature Saffiano-leather handbags, watches and ready-to-wear, the brand sells through hundreds of retail and outlet stores worldwide, wholesale partners and a growing e-commerce business. Now the anchor brand of parent Capri Holdings, Michael Kors accounts for roughly 70% of the group's revenue and targets style-conscious, aspirational consumers who want luxury design at a more attainable price point.
Tory Burch
Tory Burch is a New York-based luxury lifestyle brand founded in 2004 by designer Tory Burch. Blending preppy American sportswear with bohemian and eclectic details, it sells ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, jewelry, fragrance, beauty, home decor and the Tory Sport activewear line through roughly 400 stores worldwide, wholesale partners and multi-language e-commerce. The privately held, family-run company generated an estimated $1.8 billion in retail sales in 2024. From the start the brand was built to fund a mission: the Tory Burch Foundation, launched in 2009, advances women's entrepreneurship through access to capital, education and a fellowship program.
TWP
TWP is a New York womenswear label founded by designer Trish Wescoat Pound, the former founder of Haute Hippie. Built around impeccably tailored shirting and elevated everyday essentials, TWP takes menswear-inspired proportions and luxury Italian fabrics and turns them into relaxed, versatile pieces made in New York City. Launched for spring 2022 with backing from Theory co-founder Andrew Rosen, the brand has become a downtown cult favorite and, in 2025, joined the CFDA's official New York Fashion Week calendar.