Dillard's Vice President of Merchandising Alexandra Dillard Lucie shared, “We are beyond excited to introduce The Coterie Shop to our customers. Each of our featured brands was founded by incredible, talented artisans who run their own businesses and create beautiful, captivating pieces while living busy and fulfilling personal lives. We are truly honored to be their partner and very happy to share their work at Dillard's.”
About Glass Abbey
Dillard's debuts The Coterie Shop, featuring luxury fashions from Abbey Glass, Buru, Crosby by Mollie Burch and Fanm Mon. Each brand brings a different approach to style, inspiring confidence and self-expression both on special occasions and in everyday wear. Dillard's aims to empower customers with curated selections that reflect individual tastes and preferences.
Founded in 2015, Abbey Glass is a luxury women's clothing brand full of confidence, timelessness and playful elegance. Through fashion, Abbey Glass strives to help women embrace their individuality and be confident in their innate femininity. The brand's versatile, expertly tailored clothing showcases custom fabrics and prints, giving you the opportunity to explore your personal style in an accessible and functional way. For the Abbey Glass woman, every day is an occasion.
Abbey Glass began designing dresses when she was 10, sewing with her grandmother on a vintage Singer sewing machine. She later became a classically trained fashion designer, graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and launched a custom tailoring business where she made patterns and dresses by hand in a small studio. The success of Abbey's talent is what led her to launch the Abbey Glass brand in 2015 and open a store of hers in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where she now resides. Inspired by mid-century design, Abbey focuses on designing affordable luxury pieces through exclusive fabric selections and timeless silhouettes.
About BURU
BURU is a charming clothing line designed in Los Angeles and led by the ethos that one should make the most of every opportunity to dress. With collections focused on bold textiles, whimsical prints, unique yet versatile silhouettes, and playful use of color, the brand is known for its playful approach to fashion and its “wear what you want, whenever you want” point of view. Each piece is carefully designed to combine function with fashion and versatility with sophistication in a way that earns a space in the modern woman's wardrobe throughout the many seasons of life and style.
BURU was founded in 2013 when new mother and founder Morgan Hutchinson became frustrated with a wardrobe that no longer met the demands of her new daily life. Necessity was the true mother of invention, but she soon discovered that it was more than just moms looking for timeless styles with a twist that were simple but functional. Growing up in Murray, Kentucky and attending the University of Alabama to earn her degree in interior design, Morgan developed a Southern sensibility that she portrays in her love of dressing up every day. Morgan's strong attraction to textiles and her past connections to vintage silhouettes worn by her mother and grandmother are constant sources of inspiration for her designs. For example, Morgan designed the floral brocade jacket in her collection based on her grandmother's wedding coat.
About CROSBY by Mollie Burch
CROSBY by Mollie Burch is known for its imaginative use of color, original prints and simple vibe. Each style and print is hand-designed by the brand's CEO and creative director, Mollie Burch, who draws inspiration from unexpected color palettes, vibrant cultures and the wonders of nature. Mollie's goal for each collection is to create joy for modern women, enhancing their wardrobe and allowing them to celebrate who they are through unique yet timeless (and fun!) fashion.
Mollie graduated from the University of Virginia with a major in The Art of Fashion and further enriched her education at Parsons School of Design. She founded CROSBY to inspire confidence through bold colors and designs, with the belief that fashion can empower women to walk boldly and “shine bright.” More than a slogan, “Shine Your Bright” is CROSBY's call to action for customers to support local women in their communities. Mollie believes that every woman has a story worth sharing and she hopes that her designs can make all CROSBY customers feel better and brighter.
About Fanm Mon
Sophia Demirtas founded Fanm Mon in 2013 as an ode to her Haitian heritage and the magic and allure of Haitian couture. Over the years, Fanm Mon has adopted artisanal techniques from Ukraine, where it was once based, and Turkey, where it made a new home. Today, a medley of enchanting colors, unique motifs, fairy-tale silhouettes and extraordinary craftsmanship have become the brand's hallmark. Fanm Mon is a Haitian phrase meaning mountain woman, but the spirit of Fanm Mon is universal. It means a woman, a caretaker, who creates beauty from her natural surroundings.
Sophia Demirtas' birthplace is Haiti. While she was growing up, fashion was at the center of her female relationships and every special occasion she required a visit to the local seamstress. She often attended fittings with her grandmother and her aunts, where she witnessed firsthand how these custom-made pieces had such an impact on the women who wore them. When she was young, Sophia moved to New York City, where she earned a Master's Degree in Social Work and spent several years serving as director of a homeless shelter. After meeting her husband, she moved to Turkey to raise her two young children. Sophia struggled to find dresses that felt effortless and had carefully tailored feminine silhouettes, so she designed her own collection. Today, Sophia, through Fanm Mon, is always conscious of why and how she creates, maintaining environmental strategies such as recycling materials and giving leftover fabric to other fabric producers. Employing local artisans in Turkey, where she is still based Fanm Mon, Sophia works to create harmony between her appreciation of craftsmanship, her deep love affair with nature, and her deep sense of community.
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