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Alternative founder and Chief Creative Officer Greg Alterman and Design Director Lissa Zwahlen are the talented duo behind the comfortable Alternative collections that we love so much. With every collection, both creative minds turn their inspirations and ideas into reality - most recently with Alternative's Oasis of Color collection. For the spring 2012 line, design guru Lissa dished on her favorite looks while Greg gave us the details on his favorite classic Alternative styles. Below are their top picks!
Everyone knows that homemade gifts are the best gifts because they are thoughtful and individually created for a specific person. This Valentine's Day, we wanted to help our shoppers create an original do-it-yourself tee for their loved one or a special treat for themselves, so we hend a "Love is in the Air" DIY event this past Saturday at our Abbot Kinney flagship store.
Alternative is thrilled to present The Peach Kings, this season's featured artists and the faces of our Spring 2012 campaign. We can't get enough of this rising indie band, made up of Paige Wood and Steven Dies, so we asked them to bring their "gypsydelic" sense of style to our "Oasis of Color" spring collection. Check out The Peach Kings in our new Spring Lookbook and make sure you enter to win our Peach Kings' Top Picks Sweepstakes to take home their favorite spring styles!
Street fashion aficionado and design extraordinaire, Tiffany Ruiz is the latest addition to Alternative’s Los Angeles Design Lab. Coming from a lifelong interest in fashion which led her to a design career, this California girl has what it takes to create super comfortable and fashionable pieces for our brand. As Alternative’s Women’s Designer, Tiffany brings tons of creative ideas to the inspiration board in order to build the brand’s seasonal collections.
Last night, members of the Alternative family gathered together at our headquarters to participate in a competition inspired by the popular fashion design television show, Project Runway. Atlanta and L.A. employees with a wide range of fashion design backgrounds entered into the Project Alternative competition. Some had a head start as they are designers in our L.A. office, while others had a chance to express a rarely seen creative side as members of our Warehouse, Human Resources and Customer Experience departments.
Fashion icon and Hollywood all-star, Charlize Theron, sported Alternative at a recent Lakers game in L.A. The actress looked amazing while wearing our Burnout Deep V-Neck with Pocket tee as she and a friend cheered on their team from the front row. Doesn't she look amazing?
