Alice Roi (born Alice Roy Blumenthal in 1975 or 1976
) is an American
fashion design
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er. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Bazaar, Elle, Nylon, and in stores like
Henri Bendel
Henri Bendel, Inc. (pronounced BEN-del), established in 1895, was a women's department store based in New York City which in its later history sold women's handbags, jewelry, luxury fashion accessories, home fragrances, chocolate and gifts. Its ...
(New York), Beauty Buy (Paris), and Joyce (Hong Kong). She was nominated for the
CFDA Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear in 2001.
Education
Her father, Jerry Blumenthal, died when she was 12. Her mother Naomi runs The Inn at Irving Place. She developed her love for fashion as a young child, putting on fashion shows for family and friends and putting together outfits.
After graduating from
Friends Seminary
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, she earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from
New York University
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, and went on to continue her studies at
Parsons School of Design
The Parsons School of Design is a private art and design college under The New School located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhattan art ...
.
Career
Following a stint at ''
Elle
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Arts, entertainment and media
* Elle (magazine), ''Elle'' (magazine), a fashion publication
** Elle Style Awards
* Elle (India), ''Elle'' (India), the Indian edition
* Elle (film), ''Elle'' (film), a 2016 French film
* ''Elle: ...
'' magazine, she worked as a
fashion consultant
Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion designer ...
. Wanting to be more creative, she set up her own design house and launched her collection in New York 1999. Roi's collection was quickly picked up by Kirna Zabete in New York.
Her "punky yet girlish" look developed a following.
Cathy Horyn
Cathy Horyn (born September 11, 1956) is an American fashion critic and journalist who worked for ''The New York Times'' from 1998 until 2014 where she had the highly noted and provocative blo''On The Runway'' In 2015, she was appointed critic- ...
of ''
The New York Times
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'' praised her for the "unique world" created by her "a delicious sartorial joke sense that has grown more and more sophisticated".
In 2007, she worked with Japanese retailer Uniqlo. The following year, Roi, Laura Poretzky and
Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (born May 29, 1975) is an American writer and fashion designer and the founder and creative director of the fashion label Shoshanna, which was launched in 1998.
Career
In 1998, with a loan from her father, Zach Lonstei ...
collaborated on a
Supergirl
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line for
Warner Brothers
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.
She has dressed celebrities such as
Liv Tyler
Liv Rundgren Tyler (born Liv Rundgren; July 1, 1977) is an American actress. She began her career as a model before making her film debut in '' Silent Fall'' (1994). She went on to receive critical recognition and attention after her starring ...
and
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub () is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series '' 24'' and Gail the Snail in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''. Rajskub was a regular cast member on HBO' ...
of ''
24''.
She continues to design in her Manhattan studio.
References
External links
Website*
Alice Roiat
style.com
Style.com was best known as a website owned by international media company Condé Nast. Under Condé Nast, starting in 2000, Style.com was the online site for fashion magazines '' Vogue'' and ''W''. It featured online versions of some of the maga ...
1970s births
Living people
American fashion designers
American women fashion designers
New York University alumni
Fashion designers from New York City
Friends Seminary alumni
21st-century American women
Year of birth missing (living people)
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