All photos courtesy of Jay Maroquin

Laurel Berman, Chief Creative Director for Black Halo Dresses, did not start out to be in the fashion business.  She studied political science, among other degrees, desiring to make her dad happy and learn business, which btw has helped her now in running her business.  However, she soon realized that she wanted to be creative and move on to the fashion world and landed in San Francisco where she first studied fashion and then worked with such denim houses as True Religion and J. Brand and then had a great job at a company that was doing private label for Target.  It was there that she and a friend had the idea to start their own collection and with nudging by her friends and hubby, she began in 2002 with just herself and a pattern maker/sewer.  Ten years have flown by, she now has 30 workers and Black Halo has become a contemporary dress brand that is seen all over the red carpet and in most high-end boutiques and department stores around the country. Read the rest of this entry »