M. Martin

Legacy. When Alex Gilbert began daydreaming about launching a new sportswear brand, she had legacy on her mind. Her own legacy, as a founder of the seminal Paper Denim & Cloth. The legacy of her family: Gilberts grandparents, Martin and Minna, started their own fashion business in the midst of World War II. Then there was the legacy of American sportswear itselfthe un-fussy yet authoritatively soigne look of Bonnie Cashin and early Calvin Klein. M. Martin carries all those legacies into the future. Launched with Gilberts friend and fellow fashion-lifer Jennifer Noyes, and named in honor of Martin and Minna, M. Martin updates the midcentury American sportswear aesthetic for a new generation. These are clothes for grown-ups, confident women who express elegance through a sense of ease. Durable, modern-day staples--the belted denim coat, the perfect crisp button-down, the fluid pajama pant and cozy, oversize knitthat can be worn and re-worn any which way. Every M. Martin piece is ma...