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Monday February 11th, 2013

Friday September 14th, 2012

Haus Alkire Spring 2013
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Haus Alkire Spring 2013

The Clothes: Like a long sigh of relief. The adrenaline-pounding scrimmage of fashion shows are exciting in their own way. But sometimes, the quiet excitement of admiring really beautiful, detailed-oriented close up close is better, like in yesterday’s presentation for Haus Alkire. Held in the backyard of a West Village townhouse, models stood simply in Read more →

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Monday February 20th, 2012

Haus Alkire Fall 2012: Back in the Spotlight
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Haus Alkire Fall 2012: Back in the Spotlight

It’s been a while since Julie Haus and Jason Alkire have shown at New York Fashion Week. The husband and wife duo hit the tents six years ago when they debuted Julie Haus’ contemporary eponymous line. They returned to the tents this week to present their new designer line, Haus Alkire, for which they won an Ecco Domini fashion foundation award.

Haus and Alkire said showing this time around felt a lot less frantic. Alkire said they got 4 1/2 hours of sleep, which for them, is a normal good night’s sleep (eek). The sponsorships that came with the Ecco Domini win—-from make up to PR–helped a lot. But there was still a freak out before show time. “One of the models couldn’t get her shoes on,” Haus said. “It was a moment of full on panic–but that was the only moment we had.”

As for the clothes, Haus Alkire focuses on prints, which Alkire creates using his own photography.

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Wednesday February 8th, 2012

Fashionista Five: New York Labels to Watch This Week
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Fashionista Five: New York Labels to Watch This Week

It’s that time again. New York fashion week is upon us and we’re preparing for whirlwind eight days of shows, presentations, parties, reviews and more that we can’t wait to share with you guys. While there are always those amazing established designers that we look forward to seeing every season, we are also always on the lookout for those up-and-comers that we know we’re going to be seeing big things from. Click through for five you should know about now, before they become the next Prabal or Alex Wang.

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Tuesday January 10th, 2012

Ecco Domani Winners Julie Haus and Jason Alkire Reveal Their First Designer Venture, Haus Alkire
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Ecco Domani Winners Julie Haus and Jason Alkire Reveal Their First Designer Venture, Haus Alkire

Julie Haus and Jason Alkire are some of the most earnest, modest, hard working folks in fashion that I’ve come across. So I was thrilled to hear that they’d won an Ecco Domani award last week for their new collaborative designer line Haus Alkire–they deserve it.

You probably know Julie’s name from her eponymous line which she started six years ago. You probably don’t know that her husband, Jason Alkire, has always been an integral part of the business and has created prints for the brand using his own photography. This past year, they decided to take their collaboration public, and created Haus Alkire, their first collection at a designer price point (Julie Haus sells at a contemporary price point)–which means the prints are hand painted in some cases, the designs more complex, and fabrics are more luxe.

“We launched HAUS ALKIRE because we wanted to express ourselves while merging Julie’s passion with mine, fashion to fine art,” said Jason.

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