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L’AGENCE Built a $100 Million Online Closet One Pair of Jeans at a Time
The Los Angeles label turned premium denim into a wardrobe system - then used wholesale reach, celebrity stylists and a fast-growing online store to move from one Melrose boutique to a global retail footprint.
Balenciaga
Balenciaga built a global business by making silhouette feel like news. Now, under Pierpaolo Piccioli, the house is testing whether couture craft can carry the same cultural charge as provocation.
Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein is an American global fashion house founded in 1968 by designer Calvin Klein and business partner Barry Schwartz. Known for minimalist design, denim, underwear, fragrances and provocative advertising, the brand elevates everyday essentials to iconic status. Now owned by PVH Corp., Calvin Klein products generate roughly $9 billion in global retail sales annually and are sold across apparel, underwear, fragrances, accessories and home through wholesale, retail and digital channels worldwide.
Christian Dior Couture
Christian Dior Couture is the Paris-based haute couture and luxury fashion maison founded in 1946 by Christian Dior. Owned by luxury group LVMH and led by Chairman and CEO Delphine Arnault, the house designs and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, footwear, jewelry, watches, fragrance and beauty through a global network of boutiques and e-commerce. Famous for the 1947 'New Look' that redefined post-war femininity, Dior remains one of the most recognized names in global luxury, blending French savoir-faire with contemporary creative direction now led by Jonathan Anderson.
Coach
Coach is an American luxury house of leather goods and lifestyle accessories founded in New York in 1941. Known for its horse-and-carriage emblem and craftsmanship, the brand designs handbags, small leather goods, ready-to-wear, footwear, fragrances and accessories at accessible luxury price points. A subsidiary of Tapestry, Inc., Coach has re-energized around a strategy it calls 'expressive luxury,' winning a new wave of Gen Z shoppers with hero franchises like the Tabby and Brooklyn bags and posting strong double-digit growth across North America, China and Europe.
Eleventy USA, LLC.
Eleventy USA is the North American arm of Eleventy, a Milan-based Italian luxury label founded in 2007 by Marco Baldassari and Paolo Zuntini. Built on a philosophy of 'Smart Luxury' - understated, logo-free clothing that blends traditional Italian tailoring with modern comfort - the brand sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, sportswear, shoes, leather goods, eyewear and accessories. Since establishing its New York headquarters in 2016, Eleventy USA has grown its stateside footprint to eight flagships and become a leading example of the 'quiet luxury' movement in America.
GUIZIO
GUIZIO is the New York womenswear label founded by self-taught designer Danielle Guizio in 2014. Built around signature corsets, structured suiting and form-fitting silhouettes with asymmetrical cut-outs and custom hardware, the brand grew from a $400 graphic-tee project in a New Jersey basement into a direct-to-consumer fashion house with a SoHo flagship, international showrooms and a celebrity following that includes the Hadids, the Kardashian-Jenners, Rosalia, Blackpink and Lady Gaga.
Kering
Kering is a French global luxury group that owns and develops a portfolio of Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry and eyewear - including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Boucheron, Pomellato, Qeelin and Ginori 1735, plus Kering Eyewear and Kering Beaute. Controlled by the Pinault family through holding company Artemis, Kering grew out of a lumber and retail company (PPR) and reoriented itself entirely toward luxury, positioning creativity and sustainability at the center of its strategy.
Lafayette 148 New York
Lafayette 148 New York is a privately held, vertically integrated luxury womenswear house founded in SoHo in 1996. Named for its original address at 148 Lafayette Street, the brand designs, produces, sells and fulfills clothing, footwear and accessories under one roof - from its Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters to its owned atelier in Shantou, China. Known for intelligent, understated tailoring, luxurious fabrics and inclusive sizing across petite, missy and plus ranges, it serves professional and style-conscious women through its own boutiques, e-commerce site, AtelierDirect styling service and select luxury retailers.
Max Mara Fashion Group
Max Mara Fashion Group is a privately held, family-owned Italian luxury house founded in 1951 in Reggio Emilia by Achille Maramotti. Credited with helping create Italian pret-a-porter, the group turned industrial precision toward high-quality women's ready-to-wear, becoming best known for its camel coats and outerwear. Today it operates a portfolio of brands - including Max Mara, Sportmax, Weekend Max Mara, Marella, Pennyblack, iBlues, MAX&Co. and Marina Rinaldi - across roughly 100 countries with about 6,000 employees and around 2,300 stores, while remaining wholly controlled by the Maramotti family.
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.
Naeem Khan
Naeem Khan is a New York luxury fashion house founded by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan, known for opulent, intricately hand-beaded evening gowns, ready-to-wear, and bridal collections. Blending his family's Indian textile heritage with the restraint he learned as Halston's apprentice, the label has dressed Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez and royalty, and shows twice a year at New York Fashion Week.
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta is a New York luxury fashion house founded in 1965 by the Dominican-American couturier of the same name. Known for feminine, occasion-driven evening wear and bridal gowns rooted in European couture craftsmanship, the brand designs ready-to-wear, accessories, handbags, jewelry, fragrances and home goods. It has dressed first ladies, celebrities and society clients for six decades and today operates as a private, family-run business led by CEO Alex Bolen, selling through boutiques, department stores and its own e-commerce.
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.
RUTI INC.
RUTI is a women's fashion label and boutique chain founded in 2009 by Israeli-American designer and former tech executive Ruti Zisser. Built on three rules - cool, flattering, and practical - the brand designs ready-to-wear clothing, shoes, bags and accessories aimed at women over 35, and pairs its slow-fashion boutiques with a homegrown AI platform (including opt-in facial recognition and a purpose-built retail CRM) that personalizes both in-store and online shopping. Headquartered in the Bay Area with stores across California, New York, Arizona and Dallas, RUTI raised a $6M Series A in 2019 led by Viola Ventures.