DESIGNERS

Alberto Affinito creates an couture grade avant-garde tailoring leather collection, with high standard of details. The collection is handmade in Italy using a CIRCULAR FASHION system: Creation of garments that do not produce waste during processing. The few scraps obtained from the cut are reused again to make other models. The leather is vegetable tanned that was recovered from the food cycle. 

Each garment in the collection is unique, limited and irreplicable as each leather is, and each of our finger print. 

She is a mystery to me: Each season I come to see Barbara Bologna’s collection in Paris, I don’t know what to expect. Barbara is an evolving woman: her art, her ideas, her look are changing constantly. There is always this WOW moment when I realize this is she.   

Her fabrics prints are made with photos she took herself during her travels, she expends them until you can not see the original image anymore, she process them with colors and layers of photos. Her work is art and the result is a wearable art, all made to order in Italy.

You can read more about her on our Meet The Designer blog post.

Gershon Bram is of the leaders in the field of Women’s Fashion, and was selected as one of the ten Israeli designers to represent Israel in a special exhibition commemorating the 50th Anniversary for the state of Israel.
The style is focusing on comfort and personal style. Oversized, day-to-night, work-to-play style that can works on different body shapes.

How does she come up with those wild ideas? Jill Herlands, an American self-taught jewelry artist (artist, not designer), possesses a unique creative spirit that knows no boundaries. She takes the silver, burn it, twist it, manipulate it and transform it until she is satisfied, and the, she adds a stone, or a drop of gold... No one is able to ignore it, people would stop you just to stare at the ring.

And... she is the nicest, kindest person. Good to know that the jewelry are coming with good energy. Designed and made in NYC.

La Haine Inside Us has an avant-garde, cutting edge style. The collections are mostly in black shades of cotton and leather, designed and made in Bologna, Italy.

La Haine Inside Us is giving us the cutting edge look, the Avant-Garde adventure, the hinted sexy, all without looking like we are trying too hard. The collection plays with leather, cotton, linen, chiffon but when it comes to colors, there are no games, it's BLACK.  

Designed and made in Bologna, Italy La Haine Inside Us means "The Hate Inside Us" which is a long philosophical discussion for here and now but can we agree we can all use some extra self-love?

LiLi The First is proud to offer La Haine Inside Us in Meatpacking NY and Georgetown DC boutiques.

Lurdes Bergada and her son Syngman Cucala found the exact sweet spot of fashion: You don't have to be a fashionista to wear the pieces, but they are very uniquely designed. The age range of people who wear them is by far the widest we have seen. University age all the way to the 70's. They are not made for a "special event" but you can work them day to night with no problem. How is it possible? We don't know! You see this quiet lady, shy and soft spoken and you look at her collection, and just wonder...

Designed and made in Barcelona, Spain.

Since founding her label in Venice in 1982, Maria Calderara has blended architectural precision with artistic vision to create timeless, boundary-pushing clothing and jewelry. Crafted in her Venetian atelier, her pieces explore form and material through a fusion of handwork and cutting-edge techniques. Since 2022, her work has evolved through collaborations with contemporary artists, turning each collection into a striking dialogue between fashion and art.

Designer Mya Lambrecht is interested in the story of people and their relationship with the world. Her jewelry are statement pieces, every stone and element has a purpose and a meaning, like small prayers. Made and designed in Minneapolis, MN

NRK was born in 2013 by Ana Raphieli. NRK is adventurous in style, and perfect for the modern avant-garde woman who is unapologetically herself. Using sustainable materials for production, with specialty in new tech fabrics that wrinkle less and travel well. Designed and made in Brooklyn, NY

NY77 by Alec Izarov is a contemporary blend of style and individuality. The designs helps to enhance woman’s personal style and focuses on freedom of movement and independence. The collections are inspired by architecture, modern art, and urban culture. Designed in NY, made in Portugal.

Every piece of leather, every single pair of shoes have the specific purpose of transmitting the same aesthetic values, with a unique voice. Premiata sneakers are real objects that melt cutting-edge design and minimalist expression.

Rundholz's collection has such a range of design every season that is hard to define it's style. And even than, you can immediately recognize someone wearing it by the distinct aesthetics, the unique volume, the quality of fabrics, it's a mystery to us how they do it. Rundholz is not trying to catch up with the trends, he IS the trend, and we are all groupies.  

Born in 1993 in Germany by by Carsten and Lenka Rundholz, just because they wanted to wear something cool. Walking the streets of NYC, Paris or Milan with unassuming, urban Rundholz outfit is the way to feel belong.

LiLi The First is so excited to offer Rundholz Collection in the Meatpacking NYC boutique.

Sandrine Philippe proposes unique creations through artisanal ways of working such as handcrafting and fabrics development within its Parisian workshop, which should be described more as laboratory than a usual fashion atelier. Designed and made in Paris, France.

Serienumerica found the secret receipt to create timeless fashion pieces. The knitted collection (both in wool and cotton) has a playful, attractive fit while the knitting techniques are a combination of advanced and traditional craftsmanship, in many cases handmade.

Born in Turin, Italy in 2009 from Maria De Ambrogio and Stella Tosco, Serienumerica means "Numerical serial numbers" to say that each of their pieces is made by hand and is one of a kind. 

LiLi The First is proud to offer Serienumerica in Meatpacking NY and Georgetown DC boutiques.

Founded by Paulina Blachura in 2008 in Poland. We can tell it is special right away, for the conflicting way we can describe her brand: A functional Avant Garde, very attractive oversized fit, an urban slow fashion. Garment manufactory, design and production are made in Poland.

Trippen shoes have one problem: You can not have enough of them! The design is different from anything you have ever seen and the soles are making them the most comfort shoe you will ever wear. The design is moving from a "traditional" flat Oxfords to a completely Avant-Garde, divided platforms heels with a laser-cut leather design. There is a pair for every personality.

Born in Berlin, Germany in 1991 by Angela Spieth and Michael Oehler, Trippen means "pattens" (long time ago they used to wear them over fancy shoes to protect and walk comfortably on different surfaces), again, the famous Trippen famous comfort. Trippen creates long lasting shoes, avoiding glue whenever possible, using solar panels to reduce carbon emissions, and experiments with vegan and biodegradable lines, resulting an "environmental conscious shoes"...

LiLi The First is proud to offer Trippen in Meatpacking NY and Georgetown DC boutiques.

Yohji Yamamoto's aesthetics is as recognizable as a classical music composer or an artist, like Mozart or Picasso. It has a rhythm (minimalist), a color palate (black mostly), he has a range within his own style so you don't have to be a "professional fashionista", to know. The thought behind each small detail is almost an obsession, like the crossbody zipper facing you back, for security reasons, perfectly impressive for the NYC subway.  

Yohji Yamamoto's accessories are crafted from the finest materials and made for perfection. With Yohji Yamamoto's collection, you wear a luxury design, even if the logo is not splashed out all over it.

LiLi The First is proud to offer Yohji Yamamoto - Discord Collection in Meatpacking NY and Georgetown DC boutiques.