Julie Haus
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Julie Haus-Alkire is an American fashion designer. She was born in Texas and raised in various cities across the state. Julie Haus, as she is known in the fashion industry, was taught to sew by her maternal grandmother around the age of ten. Haus is married to Jason Alkire a former advertising executive and an established photographer and graphic designer. Haus and Alkire met while attending the University of Houston
and were married in 1998. The pair now lives in New York City. Together they serve as the creative figures behind the Julie Haus collection as well as the J/J by Julie Haus diffusion line.
Haus presented the first ready-to-wear collection to retailers in New York in 2006. Since inception, the collection has exuded Haus' signature forward and feminine aesthetic. To date the line has attracted retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue
, Barneys New York
, Neiman Marcus
, Harvey Nichols
Dubai and Hong Kong, Saks Fifth Avenue Mexico, Plum in Lebanon, Blubird/Boboli in Canada, Via Bus Stop in Japan, Bloomingdale's
in New York and Dubai, The Upper East in Jakarta, and Vakko and Beymen in Istanbul. The J/J by Julie Haus diffusion label is known for developing private label product for Barneys New York
and product for Anthropologie
.
The label has been covered in the press by Women's Wear Daily
, Harper's Bazaar
, Vogue
, Elle
, Marie Claire
, Nylon
, Lucky
, InStyle, Teen Vogue
, Seventeen
, People
, The New York Times
, New York Post
, Daily News (New York), New York
, Gotham
and others. Japanese press has also covered the label, as the designer has a small cult following in the country. A few of those press outlets are Glitter, Pinky (magazine)
, Glamorous, Boao, Sweet, Elle Japan, Bijin Hyakka, The Cover, Non-no
, Popteen
, ar, and CREA. The designer has an avid celebrity following as well. Celebrities such as Jessica Alba
, Leighton Meester
, Eva Mendes
, and many others have worn the designer label.
The collection is shown at New York Fashion Week. In 2009 and 2010, the runway collections were styled by Kate Lanphear the well-known style director of Elle (magazine)
Previous season collections can be seen at Elle.com.
In September 2010, Haus and Alkire opened their first retail flagship in the SoHo
shopping section of New York City. The boutique is located at 458 Broome Street near other such designers as Alexander Wang (designer)
, Rag & Bone
, Catherine Malandrino
, Isabel Marant, and Phillip Lim
. The Julie Haus flagship also retails one-of-a-kind items as well as collaborations with up-and-coming fashion accessory designers.
Currently the collection can be found at high-end retailers around the world as well as juliehaus.com.
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
and were married in 1998. The pair now lives in New York City. Together they serve as the creative figures behind the Julie Haus collection as well as the J/J by Julie Haus diffusion line.
Haus presented the first ready-to-wear collection to retailers in New York in 2006. Since inception, the collection has exuded Haus' signature forward and feminine aesthetic. To date the line has attracted retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises , a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the high-end specialty store market in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, i.e. 'the 3 B's' Bergdorf, Barneys, Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor...
, Barneys New York
Barneys New York
Barneys New York is a chain of luxury department stores headquartered in New York City. The chain owns large stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale, and smaller stores in other locations across the United States.Brands sold include...
, Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus, formerly Neiman-Marcus, is a luxury specialty retail department store operated by the Neiman Marcus Group in the United States. The company is headquartered in the One Marcus Square building in Downtown Dallas, Texas, and competes with other department stores such as Saks Fifth...
, Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols, founded in 1813, is an upmarket department store chain. Its original store is in London. Founded in 1813 as a linen shop, it sells many international brands of clothing for women and men, fashion accessories, beauty products, wine and food...
Dubai and Hong Kong, Saks Fifth Avenue Mexico, Plum in Lebanon, Blubird/Boboli in Canada, Via Bus Stop in Japan, Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's is an American department store owned by Macy's, Inc. .Bloomingdale's started in 1861 when brothers Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale started selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions' Shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side...
in New York and Dubai, The Upper East in Jakarta, and Vakko and Beymen in Istanbul. The J/J by Julie Haus diffusion label is known for developing private label product for Barneys New York
Barneys New York
Barneys New York is a chain of luxury department stores headquartered in New York City. The chain owns large stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale, and smaller stores in other locations across the United States.Brands sold include...
and product for Anthropologie
Anthropologie
Anthropologie is a chain of retail stores that sells women's apparel and accessories, home furnishings, imitation found objects and an array of gifts and decorative items.Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company is owned by Urban Outfitters, Inc...
.
The label has been covered in the press by Women's Wear Daily
Women's Wear Daily
Women's Wear Daily is a fashion-industry trade journal sometimes called "the bible of fashion." WWD delivers information and intelligence on changing trends and breaking news in the fashion, beauty and retail industries with a readership composed largely of retailers, designers, manufacturers,...
, Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
, Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
, Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
, Nylon
Nylon (magazine)
Nylon is an American magazine that focuses on pop culture and fashion. Its coverage includes art, beauty, music, design, celebrities, technology and travel...
, Lucky
Lucky (magazine)
Lucky is a shopping and style magazine which calls itself the " Ultimate Shopping Guide " and " The Magazine About Shopping ." Lucky "showcases what to wear and how to wear it, making fashion and beauty fun and accessible." Available by subscription, issues are published once a month and offer...
, InStyle, Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue magazine began as a version of Vogue magazine for teenage girls. This US magazine focuses on fashion and celebrities and offers information about the latest entertainment and feature stories on current issues and events.- Description :...
, Seventeen
Seventeen (magazine)
Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the...
, People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
, Daily News (New York), New York
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
, Gotham
Gotham (magazine)
Gotham Magazine is a regional magazine published by Niche Media, LLC since 2001 and primarily targets New York's most affluent residents and visitors. According to a survey commissioned by the company, 56% of Gotham Magazine readers are male, with 51% married, and some two-thirds within the age...
and others. Japanese press has also covered the label, as the designer has a small cult following in the country. A few of those press outlets are Glitter, Pinky (magazine)
PINKY (magazine)
Pinky was a Japanese fashion magazine published by Shueisha.Launched in 2004 as a sister magazine of Seventeen, Pinky was targeted at teenagers and young women in their early 20s or early 30s...
, Glamorous, Boao, Sweet, Elle Japan, Bijin Hyakka, The Cover, Non-no
Non-no
is a Japanese fashion magazine published by Shueisha. Like CanCam, non-no has a comparatively longer history than other Japanese fashion magazines e.g. Cawaii!, Olive and so forth. The magazine is targeted at teens and young women in their early 20s....
, Popteen
Popteen
is a monthly teenage fashion magazine published by the Kadokawa Haruki Corporation in Japan. The first issue was published on October 1, 1980 by Kadokawa Shoten. Later issues were published by Asuka Shinsha who bought the magazine for 200 million yen...
, ar, and CREA. The designer has an avid celebrity following as well. Celebrities such as Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack . Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel...
, Leighton Meester
Leighton Meester
Leighton Marissa Meester is an American actress and singer. Meester first garnered attention for playing Blair Waldorf in the CW television series Gossip Girl...
, Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes is an American actress.She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of minor roles and performances in several smaller films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut , she broke into the mainstream, appearing in leading roles in Hollywood...
, and many others have worn the designer label.
The collection is shown at New York Fashion Week. In 2009 and 2010, the runway collections were styled by Kate Lanphear the well-known style director of Elle (magazine)
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
Previous season collections can be seen at Elle.com.
In September 2010, Haus and Alkire opened their first retail flagship in the SoHo
SoHo
SoHo is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, notable for being the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, and also, more recently, for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international chain stores...
shopping section of New York City. The boutique is located at 458 Broome Street near other such designers as Alexander Wang (designer)
Alexander Wang (designer)
Alexander Wang is a Taiwanese-American fashion designer.At age 18, he moved to New York to attend Parsons The New School for Design to study fashion design. After dropping out in his sophomore year, he launched his first women's ready-to-wear collection in 2007...
, Rag & Bone
Rag & bone
rag & bone is an American fashion label founded in 2002. Currently the brand is based in New York City and is headed by business and design partners David Neville and Marcus Wainwright.-Background:...
, Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino is a fashion designer. She was born in Grenoble, France and now works in New York City as well as in Paris.-Profile:...
, Isabel Marant, and Phillip Lim
Phillip Lim
3.1 Philip Lim is Lim's fashion label. It is projected to have sales of 60 million USD in 2011.-Collections:For the line's fall 2006 collection, Lim aimed to "inject some 'street elegance'" into his designs...
. The Julie Haus flagship also retails one-of-a-kind items as well as collaborations with up-and-coming fashion accessory designers.
Currently the collection can be found at high-end retailers around the world as well as juliehaus.com.
Interesting Facts
- The custom fabric prints in the collection are designed by Jason Alkire. He uses graphic design and actual photographs from his portfolio as the basis for the designs.
- In 2008,Texas MonthlyTexas MonthlyTexas Monthly is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Austin, Texas. Texas Monthly is published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. and was founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the environment, industry, and education...
named Julie Haus to the No.3 spot on their Industry12 list of fashion leaders in the state.
- In 2011, one editor compared the design duo to other famous design partners Isabel ToledoIsabel ToledoIsabel Toledo is a Cuban-American fashion designer based in New York.-Personal life:Isabel Toledo was born in Cuba and moved to New Jersey where she attended high school and met her future husband and collaborator, Ruben Toledo...
and Ruben Toledo, and Max AzriaMax AzriaMax Azria is a French fashion designer of Tunisian Jewish descent who founded the contemporary women's clothing brand BCBGMAXAZRIA. Azria is also the designer, chairman and CEO of BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP, a global fashion house that encompasses over 20 brands...
and Lubov Azria, and Maria Cornejo and Mark Bothwick.
- The designer established a handbag line prior to developing the ready-to-wear collection. The handbags were sold in boutiques and retailers such as TakashimayaTakashimayais a large Japanese department store chain.Founded in 1829 in Kyoto by Iida Shinkichi as a retailer of used clothing and cotton cloth, the store now has outlets throughout Japan and also in Taipei, Paris and Singapore....
, Henri BendelHenri BendelHenri Bendel is an American upscale women's specialty store based in New York City that sells fashion accessories, cosmetics and fragrances, gifts and gourmet foods...
, and NordstromNordstromNordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
.
- The label is a two-time semi finalist for the Ecco DomaniEcco DomaniEcco Domani is the brand of an Italian wine company selling in the United States, Canada, and Northern Europe, with marketing and distribution by E & J Gallo Winery.It was founded in 1996 and is led by Fabrizio Gatto...
Fashion Foundation Award.
- The label is a two-time semi finalist for the CFDA/VogueVogue (magazine)Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
Fashion Fund (Council of Fashion Designers of AmericaCouncil of Fashion Designers of AmericaThe Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. is a not-for-profit trade association of over 350 of America’s foremost fashion and accessory designers. As of 2009, Diane von Fürstenberg is the group's President and Steven Kolb is the Executive Director...
).
- In the late 1990s the couple founded Spoon magazine, a high-end lifestyle publication. Time Warner distributed the magazine.