I dislike the term “disrupted” because it calls to mind Silicon Valley and excessive, millennial-branded startups. It seems like everyone is “disrupting” something these days.
And yet, Telsha Anderson really is disrupting the NYC retail scene. Mere months after Barney’s went bankrupt and Opening Ceremony shuttered its doors, Anderson made an almost-unthinkable move when she opened a brick-and-mortar fashion destination in the heart of the Meatpacking District (in the middle of the pandemic, no less!).
But if anyone can make it work, it’s undoubtedly Anderson. The woman knows what she’s doing—and she has the heart, grit, and eye to back it up. Carrying a curated edit of independent, international designers, the store has a bold, architectural, and playful feel. As a twenty-seven year-old Black woman entrepreneur, she’s made it a point to champion marginalized designers with her work and create a space for sartorial-lovers of all backgrounds to feel at home.
Not only is she filling a hole in the retail market and providing the downtown community with a much-needed jolt of creative energy, she’s making fashion accessible. She wants you to know who is making the clothes, where they’re coming from, and the story behind it. She wants you to feel good about your purchase, inspiring us all to get out of our sweatpants and fall in love with fashion again.
