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How Cross Colours Turned $300,000 Into a Dress Code for Hip-Hop
Two designers watched teenagers improvise a silhouette on the New York subway, put $300,000 behind what they saw, and built one of hip-hop’s first mass-market uniforms. The rise was fast; the lessons in demand, distribution and staying recognizable have lasted much longer.
Fashion Forwards Sold European Designers a Shortcut to Hollywood
A small Los Angeles showroom offered overseas labels something more useful than buzz: one room where a dress could meet a buyer, a stylist and, occasionally, Hollywood.
PAIGE Built a Global Fashion Business One Millimeter at a Time
A former fit model turned the fitting room into a research lab. Two decades later, PAIGE sells denim, tailoring, footwear and wardrobe staples through more than 1,000 retailers in over 80 countries.
ANINE BING
ANINE BING is a Los Angeles-based global fashion house founded in 2012 by Danish designer Anine Bing and her husband Nicolai Bing. Built out of a Silver Lake garage and scaled through a highly engaged social-media audience, the brand pairs Scandinavian minimalism with American energy to make timeless wardrobe essentials - leather jackets, denim, knitwear, jewelry and accessories - sold direct-to-consumer online and through a growing network of global retail stores. Backed by Index Ventures, Greycroft and Felix Capital, ANINE BING has grown into a nine-figure business operating dozens of stores worldwide.
True Religion
True Religion is a Los Angeles-born premium denim and lifestyle brand founded in 2002, known for its signature Super T stitch, thick contrast stitching and the horseshoe logo that came to define 2000s denim. After two bankruptcies and a broad reset, the company has rebuilt itself as an omnichannel retailer with a fast-growing e-commerce arm, roughly 50+ branded stores and a marketing playbook that blends hip-hop culture, celebrity campaigns and Gen Z nostalgia. In January 2025 ACON Investments, with strategic partner SB360, acquired a controlling stake in the brand.