11.03.10
SOPHOMORE’S CHRISSIE MILLER
The day Britney Spears made it on to the Worst Dressed lists of 2003, Chrissie Miller quit her day job. One of Spears’ most notorious ensembles–complete with a diamond tie necklace and terrifying floral leggings–included a t-shirt designed by Miller. The resulting media coverage allowed Miller to pursue design full-time. After all, no publicity is bad publicity.
Chrissie Miller, who has a background in both graphic design and retail, used the media-fueled momentum and launched Sophomore with a few graphic tees. Miller sensed a textbook fit when she met Madeleine von Froomer last year, and began expanding the label. Together they grew the t-shirt brand into a full contemporary sportswear line, even making clothes for our guy friends. With Sophomore’s downtown New York edge, it’s no surprise that when we went to see Chrissie, her headquarters are in the heart of the Lower East Side on Chrystie street. With basics that far surpass American Apparel—whom Chrissie says she’s totally sick of— we imagine the L.E.S’s of the world will be filled with ladies donning Sophomore for years to come.
TAGS: issue 1
That photograph is very artisanal!
[...] music, design, and fashion enthusiast Tim Soar now have in common with our profiled personalities Chrissie Miller and Erin Wasson? He has been chosen as The Selby’s newest feature. Soar’s beautiful home in [...]
[...] inspired pop up shop from Sophomore is something we’re definitely into. Sophomore’s Chrissie Miller (featured in hearty’s April issue) is opening up a Pop-Up Store in LA at Space 15Twenty. The [...]
[...] More. [...]
[...] fun! And we’re swooning over the new collection. For Fall ‘09 Sophomore–led by Chrissie Miller who was featured in hearty’s first issue–incorporates leather into the (generally) [...]
[...] more and more brands start to preview their upcoming lines in movie trailer style, Sophomore hops on the Universal Studios Tram bandwagon and releases a delicious sample of their upcoming [...]