I’m so thrilled to announce the launch of Isaac, my very first collection of 2015.
I’m always striving to combine fashion with comfort, and when I saw the Carlyle collection of fibers by Isaac Mizrahi & Premier Yarns, I knew I had to create a collection around it.
A few days later, I had a few prototypes and they turned out better than I ever could have imagined. It just so happened that my friend, Emmy winning actress and best selling author Kristen Johnston was in Chicago filming a movie at the time, and I couldn’t wait to tell her about it. I brought an Isaac hat to give her as a Christmas gift.
I had NO idea she happened to be good friends with Isaac!
Kristen says:
“I’ve been a huge fan of Michele’s extraordinarily chic and insanely comfortable knitwear for a few years now. (I’m obsessed with her ponchos.) One evening at dinner, she gave me a stunning hat as a gift. As I was oohing & aahing over it, I almost didn’t hear what she was saying. When she said “Isaac Mizrahi has a new line of yarn and it’s the most incredible stuff I’ve ever seen! I’m thinking of doing an entire line, just using his yarn,” she finally had my full attention.
(Okay. I’ll admit it. I shamelessly name-dropped.)
“Michele, Isaac has been a good friend of mine for years! I’ll email him about you…he’ll love it!”
(Is it name-dropping if it’s true?)
At any rate, I emailed Isaac, and included a picture from that night.
He LOVED it! He truly loves creative people, and he was thrilled Michele has made his yarn look so stunning.
I asked if he’d be interested in emailing with her, and he immediately agreed…
As a proud owner of an Isaac hat & scarf, I get constant compliments on them.
Fingerless gloves, you’re next.
Kristen”