Manual

My Uniform: Writer Lisa Przystup and Musician Jonathon Linaberry

Lisa Przystup and Jonathon Linaberry are born creators. Seemingly. Lisa, a writer (who’s currently working on an interiors book coming out this fall!) and a sometimes-florist seems to make anything she touches just a bit more beautiful. While Jonathon, a musician (AKA The Bones of JR Jones) creates his unique sound out of multiple instruments, often simultaneously stomping a drum beat while strumming a guitar, alternating between singing and humming on a harmonica. It’s their unique brand of creativity that made them the perfect duo for debuting our new botanical dye collection (one-of-a-kind pieces created in artist Maddie Provost’s tiny kitchen). While their style is currently as fuss-free and classic as it gets, it wasn’t always that way. We’ll let them explain.

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My Uniform: DJ/Creative Director Charlie Klarsfeld + Art Curator/Art Dealer Lolita Cros

Charlie and Lolita live in New York City’s East Village and are one of those enviably creative couples that seem to harmoniously possess talent & kindness in equal measure. And they each have great personal style, seemingly a mix of the cities they’ve called home and the cultural forces that are at the heart of their professions. We followed them around for a day in their neighborhood where they put their spin on our Indigo capsule collection and some new styles. How they arrived at their easy, cool style? We investigated...

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My Uniform: Singer, Dancer & Actress Ericka Hunter

At this time of year in New York City getting to a Broadway show feels like an essential experience: Twinkling lights, a palpable energy, everything feels alive. Multi-hyphenate, Broadway star Ericka Hunter who is currently performing in the Broadway musical Moulin Rouge experiences this energy every single day. Not surprisingly her off-set uniform is quite a bit different from the one she wears on stage—but we’ll let her tell you all about it.

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My Uniform: Recipe Developer + Video Host Claire Saffitz

There aren’t many feelings better than noticing your favorite chef wearing something you designed while making “sourdough for beginners.” Which is what happened when our co-founder Somsack came across a video of the internet’s favorite chef, Claire Saffitz.

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My Uniform: Outer Reach Co-owner Aimee Cho

Aimee Cho is one of those elusive people who possesses many, many talents. Her career has included editor at Vogue, founder of cult-loved fashion line Gryphon, co-founder of editorial site The New Jock and now owner of Tribeca stretch studio Outer Reach.

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My Uniform: Photographer Adrian Gaut

This New York City-based photographer avoids the gimmicks and goes right for  time-tested designs.

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My Uniform: Artist Camilla Engstrom

Artist Camilla Engstrom on LA, dancing, and her recent collaboration with Alex Mill!

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Behind the Seams: Warby Parker for Alex Mill

Here's what happened when our two teams got together to take the sunglasses out for a test drive.

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My Uniform: Vintage Dealer Sean Crowley

Among menswear insiders, Crowley Vintage is known as an Aladdin’s Cave of vintage finds. The contents of the shop—classic Anglo-American clothing from the last century—are a bit at odds with the store’s surroundings in Gowanus, an industrial section of Brooklyn better known for body shops than boutiques. Its proprietor, Sean Crowley, is a bit of a curiosity himself—a former menswear designer at Ralph Lauren, who now scours the globe in search of the perfect flannel chore jacket or awning-striped shirt from once-great (and now-forgotten) haberdashers.

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My Uniform: Block Printer Jenny Cooper

Jenny Cooper is a designer and the creative force behind our block printing collaboration with Studio Bagru of Jaipur, India. She also is the founder of a bespoke coffee bar in Brooklyn called IXV coffee. The project is based on the concepts of community and sustainability.

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My Uniform: Artist Mary Matson

LA-based Mary Matson claims to have always “been attracted to iconic things with a personal touch.” So, in other words, she speaks our language. As an OG Alex Mill contributor, Mary designed our logo, she developed the interiors of our first shop back in 2012 and today, we’ve joined forces again on a series of window stencils depicting New York at our New York store.

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My Uniform: Rachel DeLoache Williams, author of "My Friend Anna"

This ex-Vanity Fair photo editor and author (her first book My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress is out right now) doesn’t have a typical career trajectory. In fact, the events that led her to publish a book are events she wished never happened at all: She befriended a “wealthy German heiress,” Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin) in 2016 who proceeded to con her out of $62,000+...

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My Uniform: Katie + Hanna of Amber Waves Farm

Katie Baldwin, co-founder of Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett, New York and Hanna Rose Haar, chef at the farm’s insanely delicious restaurant both have jobs that demand them to dress, well, more for function than for style. However, neither really allows a day in the field or behind a stove to overly dictate what they wear, comfortably “farmifying” their clothes. We’ll let them explain what exactly that means…

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My Uniform: Alice Bell, Astrologist

Whether or not you believe in astrology, chances are you’ve wondered at some point whom you can blame for the hows, whens and whys of your life. The stars of course! Nashville-native and astrologist Alice Bell wasn’t always a believer, originally her path led her to Vogue...

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My Uniform: Will & Walker, Co-Founders West Robins Oyster Company

Will Peckham and Walker Lourie own and operate the West Robins Oyster Company in Southampton, New York. Back in 2016 they discovered an underwater property that had been used as an oyster farm in the 1800s, and they had an idea...

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My Uniform: Rajni Jacques

Rajni Jacques is something of renaissance lady/super-hero. By day, she is Allure's fashion director, and by night a painter and deejay. Here, she explains how she got her style.

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My Uniform: Guillaume Guevara + Olivia Villanti

Guillaume and Olivia are co-founders of a small little shop in the east village of Manhattan—and parents to a spirited 3-year old boy, Lalo. Their shop, Miscelanea NY, sells authentic Mexican tortas, queso Oaxaca and fresh tortillas...

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Alex Mill Editions: Reworked Vintage In Partnership with Front General Store

Ask most vintage enthusiasts and they’ll tell you: Front General Store in DUMBO, Brooklyn is an institution.  Our creative director Somsack has found vintage military jackets...

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My Uniform: Andi Teran & Hamish Robertson

Writer Andi Teran and creative director/photographer Hamish Robertson live in Los Angeles with their two (adorable) children, Griffin and Cleo (ages 3 and 2). With Andi hailing from El Paso, Texas and Hamish from York in Northern England you might think...

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My Uniform: Haley Boyd, Founder Marais Shoes

I had this phase where I dressed like Annie Hall: Baggy khakis rolled into ankle boots, an oxford button-down tucked in and my wavy, wild hair.

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Alex Mill Editions: Natural Dyed Shirts & Tees

It’s a super time-consuming process. I find it very meditative and cathartic but it is very, very physical.

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My Uniform: Alex Drexler, Co-Founder Alex Mill

I’ve always felt that a great piece of clothing is like a great meal: It’s complex and nuanced and those are the things that make it memorable.

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Introducing Spring '19: Behind the Design With Somsack

“There’s always a human component: What are people looking for? After that we throw in a healthy dose of pure instinct and inspiration to make these pieces stylish and feel good,” - Somsack

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My Uniform: Shereen Mohammad
Account Manager, KPMG

I was born and raised in New York City. I studied mathematics and was thinking about a career in math education, but I’d always loved fashion and just didn’t know where that fit in. When I was younger, both my parents worked in retail...

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