Bio

Sean Knight is from Chicago, Illinois. He studied Fashion History, Photography, and Visual Communication at the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His studies were cut short when a modeling opportunity took him to New York, Milan, and ultimately, Los Angeles. By a chance encounter freelance assisting Elizabeth Stewart, he would become her right hand man for three consecutive years, and find his true calling as a stylist. Other esteemed fashion editors that Sean has worked with closely include Alison Edmond, Melissa Rubini, and Alex White. In the early stages of his career, he has already contributed to publications such as Nylon, Interview, Flaunt, Wonderland, The Last Magazine, Marie Claire, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Paper, and Vogue (US). Advertising clients include Victoria’s Secret, Nordstrom, and Proctor & Gamble.

Stories

ADAM LIPPES

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Last June, Adam Lippes did something that few designers get to do: He got control of his label back from a big-time fashion conglomerate.

St. Louis-based Kellwood (whose holdings include Vince and Rebecca Taylor) acquired Adam, the designer’s popular men’s and women’s contemporary line, in 2010. It aimed to enlarge the scale, and started amping up production to match. The movement, Lippes recalls, was “more, more, more.” But now that he’s bought it back, he’s taking Adam the other way: small, elevated, personal. And with the exception of its celebrated t-shirts, it’s entirely womenswear.