Stacey Bendet
American fashion designer
Stacey Bendet Eisner is an American fashion designer who is founder and CEO of the clothing company Alice + Olivia.
Early life and education
Bendet was born in 1978 to Olivia (née Bendet) and Joseph Daniel Wiener. Bendet is of Jewish heritage and had a traditional bat mitzvah celebration. Bendet's father ran a textile import business and was "involved in one of the country's leading lace-manufacturing companies", while she herself was interested in fashion and clothing from a young age. Bendet graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York, and studied international relations and French at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1999.
Career
Alice + Olivia
In 2002, Bendet founded Alice + Olivia. Bendet proposed a jeans-style cut slim at the hip to create the illusion of elongated legs and a lean silhouette. Designer Lisa Kline noticed her walking by and ordered 20 sets of pairs, which provided an opportunity for Bendet to launch a collection based around that concept at the Russian Tea Room. Soon after, the department store Barneys New York placed an order, and Andrew Rosen, developer of the Theory fashion line, offered to finance Bendet's new business.
In 2018 the company filed a lawsuit against the Steve Madden-owned Betsey Johnson label for copyright and trademark infringement.
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