Tell us about your professional backgrounds.

Megan: "I was part of Calvin Klein’s celebrity services team and then I started a business styling and making made-to-measure clothing for my personal clientele. During this time, I also had a line of accessories. When my husband got transferred to San Francisco in 2005, I met Anyi Lu, a local shoe designer and she hired me to be her Style Director. This is where Cristina and I met."

Cristina: "I come from a shoe-making family, so I always knew I wanted to launch my own line. I studied at Ars Sutoria in Milan to learn technical design and then I studied Fashion Merchandising at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. My first design job was with Anyi Lu and now I'm with Freda."

Cristina (left) and Megan (right) at the entrance of their cabin-like studio. Cristina wears a vintage YSL jacket from her mother, a Madewell shirt, and Rag & Bone jeans. Megan is sporting Paige Denim jeans and a vintage necklace.

Photographed by Jasmine Gregory