Stacy Morgenstern Igel is an American

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, author, founder and

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of the fashion line Boy Meets Girl.

Early life

Igel was born in

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. She attended the

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, where she majored in retailing, with concentrations in design and merchandising, and secured a certificate in business.

Personal life

Igel, born as Stacy Morgenstern, is of Jewish heritage. She is married to Brian Igel. On October 4, 2014, Igel gave birth to her first child Dylan Reid Igel. Igel currently resides in

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Career

Igel held internships with several designers, including

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and

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, as well as on-air icon,

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. Igel then secured a position at

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, and then

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. In 2001, Igel launched her brand “Deesh” which featured boy/girl silhouettes. In 2006, Igel officially dropped the brand name Deesh and marketed her brand exclusively as Boy Meets Girl. In 2010, Igel partnered with The Moret Group and launched the first Boy Meets Girl New York Fashion Week (NYFW) show, titled “Intrepid Traveler”, featuring a musical performance from The Neon Trees. In 2015, Igel purchased the Boy Meets Girl brand and company under private ownership. The brand, Boy Meets Girl (BMG), has been worn by celebrities including Rosario Dawson, Rachel Bilson, Nina Dobrev, and Kendall Jenner. The Boy Meets Girl brand’s boy and girl silhouette logo has been featured in publications including

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, Lucky, Seventeen,

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, and

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. The brand is currently sold at

Nordstrom Nordstrom, Inc. () is an American Luxury goods, luxury department store chain headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin in 1901. The original store operated exclusively as a shoe store, and a seco ...

. In March 2023, Igel became a published author when her first book, Embracing the Calm in the Chaos, was published.

Charity

Igel is involved with the Young Survival Coalition (YSC), a charity that focuses on helping young woman who are diagnosed with and have survived

breast cancer Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a Breast lump, lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, Milk-rejection sign, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipp ...

. Starting in 2008, Stacy Igel, on behalf of Boy Meets Girl, sponsored and co-chaired the Young Survival Coalition’s (YSC) annual In Living Pink Gala to raise money for breast cancer research. Igel collaborated with

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in 2009 to create Boy Meets Girl x YSC clothing and accessory products that have raised over $20,000 for the YSC. In addition, since 2009 Igel, on behalf of Boy Meets Girl has worked with the BullyBust Campaign, on behalf of the National School Climate Center (NSCC), to raise awareness to help stop bullying in schools nationwide. Igel partnered with teen celebrity,

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, to educate teens on how to stand up to bullying. Igel created a Boy Meets Girl t-shirt, which sold exclusively at

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, to raise money for the anti-bullying movement. Igel has sponsored various BullyBust events, including the annual fundraising gala, to continue help raise awareness.

References

External links

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Boy Meets Girl USA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Igel, Stacy Living people American fashion designers American women fashion designers Jewish fashion designers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women