Badgley Mischka
American brand founded by Mark Badgley (born in East Saint Louis, Ill., in 1961) and James Mischka (born in Burlington, Wisc., in 1960), who presented their first Collection in New York in 1988, demystifying and simplifying glamour. Their refines afternoon and evening dresses are made in cotton brocade, silk, and wool velvet. Simplicity, wearability and perfect tailoring are their trademark. According to Vogue, Badgley and Mischka created “the perfect black dress, new but without being a novelty.”
For the Oscars they dress both Jennifer Lopez and Laura Dern in black.
The two designers decide not to show their Collections at New York Fashion Week, for the first time in 12 years. Among their reasons, the imminent opening of two new boutiques.
For Spring-Summer 2003, the two designers, included in Vogue’s list of the ten best American designers, propose fashion that is “more accessible.”