A.L.C. is a Los Angeles-based women's ready-to-wear fashion brand, founded in 2009 by

Andrea Lieberman Andrea Lieberman is an American fashion designer and founder of women's ready-to-wear line A.L.C. Career Born in New York City, Lieberman graduated from Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion. During her time a ...

History

Andrea Lieberman began her career as a stylist in New York City, working primarily in the music industry with hip hop figures such as Sean Combs and musicians such as

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and

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.Tungate, Mark. ''Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara''. London: Kogan Page, 2012. 107. Print. Her styling projects included music videos, red-carpet appearances, and music tour costumes. Lieberman worked with Hollywood stars such as

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, Drew Barrymore, Kate Hudson and

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. Her editorial styling work appeared in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle, InStyle and other publications. In 2009, Lieberman moved to Los Angeles and debuted her ready-to-wear collection, A.L.C. The brand focuses on “laid-back luxury” with collections consisting of elegant staples and elevated basics. In 2011, Lieberman was accepted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the following year, she became one of ten finalists in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. In 2014, the brand launched a line of handbags, which are sold at

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, Barneys, Shopbop.com, and Intermix, among other specialty boutiques. In March 2015, Emma Watson wore A.L.C. while participating in a Facebook Live event for

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in which she discussed her work as the

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Global Goodwill Ambassador representing the

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movement. In August 2015, Interluxe Holdings, a New York-based fashion and luxury investment firm, acquired a majority stake in A.L.C. In October 2015,

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wore A.L.C. while attending the Handprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre with her cast members from The Hunger Games franchise. In 2018, A.L.C. opened its first two retail locations in SoHo, New York and at Palisades Village in

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