Manual – Alex Mill

My Uniform: Block Printer Jenny Cooper

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.

My Uniform: Artist Mary Matson

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.

My Uniform: Rachel DeLoache Williams, author of

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+...

My Uniform: Katie + Hanna of Amber Waves Farm

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…

My Uniform: Alice Bell, Astrologist

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...

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

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...

My Uniform: Rajni Jacques

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.

My Uniform: Guillaume Guevara + Olivia Villanti

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...

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

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...

My Uniform: Andi Teran & Hamish Robertson

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...

My Uniform: Haley Boyd, Founder Marais Shoes

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.

Alex Mill Editions: Natural Dyed Shirts & Tees

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.

My Uniform: Alex Drexler, Co-Founder Alex Mill

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.

Introducing Spring '19: Behind the Design With Somsack

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

My Uniform: Shereen Mohammad <br /> Account Manager, KPMG

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...

My Uniform: Somsack Sikhounmuong <br> Co-founder and design director, Alex Mill

My Uniform: Somsack Sikhounmuong
Co-founder and design director, Alex Mill

My family and I immigrated to Canada from Thailand in 1980—it was a culture shock on so many levels. For starters, no one in my family owned a winter coat or socks [laughs]. Living in Canada, that was an issue. Our town, Oshawa...

My Uniform: Li Ming Geh, Founder of Li Organics

My Uniform: Li Ming Geh, Founder of Li Organics

Li Ming Geh isn’t a tomboy in the traditional sense, though based on her affinity for sweatshirts and sneakers you might be fooled (her earliest memories of getting dressed involve stealing her brothers’ clothes). It may be her background as a neuroscientist...