One of the hardest challenges an emerging designer faces is to find customers and sell their collection to them. I've outlined some of my top tips on how to navigate the bewildering buying landscape, gathered from my time as a buyer.

Hikmete Morina launched her impeccably stylish workwear brand for women, HMÉTÉ, this summer in New York, after two years of research and hard work behind the scenes. The brand offers stylish, affordable and high quality clothes, exactly what Morina herself struggled to find. 

While many in the fashion world will be spending the next month going from one fashion week to another, for those of us not following the pack onwards to Europe, there’s one more month to enjoy ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion And The Catholic Imagination’ at the Met (until October 8th, 2018), which brings together some of the Met’s finest medieval treasures and exquisite haute couture.

Cement Chemistry is the truly unique vision of architect Elena Kapompasopoulou, a collection of handmade limited edition jewelry, crafted from cement using innovative design and fabrication techniques.

Aline Voldoire began her label in 2016 after many years of making clothes for herself and her friends. She is a true “made in New York’ brand with her clothes produced in the Garment District in a socially and environmentally conscious way.