Need more Mayle? Of course you do! We sat down with Jane Mayle for a quick Q&A:
Wow! You're back! All this is obviously very exciting for your fans! How did you choose to work with Sigerson Morrison?
"It seemed like a natural partnership as we'd obviously shared an affinity for a neighborhood before it became known as such. Some of my earliest and fondest "Nolita" memories involve the first Sigerson Morrison store on Mott street. I remember it as adult candy—gorgeous leathers in colors I didn't even know leather could come in! Also, the first piece of press ever on my brand—Phare at that time—came out in Harpers Bazaar and featured a pair of Sigerson Morrison shoes as my perennial favorites—the shoes that dressed the feet of the woman walking around in my clothes. And then there were the sexy Spanish and southern sales girls clicking around the corner to get their lunch in their kitten heels....enough said! More recently though, it was my friend, Agnes Barley, an artist, who put us in touch after she had worked with Kari and Miranda on their new Madison Avenue store. We agreed that it seemed like a fun downtown feeling to "pop" uptown as part of their efforts to make a retail experience that was more textured and personal than the other commercial offerings out there. Kamikaze was on!"
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