Clarity Group
Gerry Building Suite 708 (213) 623-9693
Longtime sales reps Stacia Diamond and Hayley Hood pride themselves on finding— and filling—what’s missing in the market.
“We develop our lines—they don’t just come to us,” Diamond said. “We develop what’s missing in the market.”
Diamond and Hood are partners in the 7- month-old Clarity Group, a light and airy space on the Gerry Building’s seventh floor.
Diamond and Hood were in-house sales reps for Hot Kiss’ contemporary labels Jak & Rae and Emphasis. In December, they took over the Jak & Rae space when the Los Angeles juniors manufacturer shuttered the line to focus on Emphasis. The two kept Emphasis, a contemporary trend-based collection that is wholesale priced between $38 and $88. The two picked up four more Los Angeles–based contemporary collections. Erato is a new collection of hand-beaded tops, tunics and dresses that has wholesale prices between $100 and $230. “No one else is doing sexy in a classic way,” Diamond said. Holly Morgan is the new collection of flirty and feminine dresses by Holly Fiene, former XOXO designer. The line includes baby-doll, bib and halter styles that are wholesale priced from $120 to $250. Mr. Winter is a graphic T-shirt line that recently expanded to include Mr. Winter tees for kids. The main collection’s tees are wholesale priced from $24 to $150, and the kids’ styles are priced from $17 to $30. Tara Holley is the showroom’s accessory collection of luxury handbags in embossed crocodile, patent leather and woven lambskin. The oversized, architectural bags are embellished with custom-designed hardware and rose gold, silver and Swarovski crystals. Wholesale prices range from $175 to $425.
“When we opened, we wanted to find out who is going to be destination shopping with us,” Diamond said. “Our people are better A doors who come here to get a break from the other buildings.”—Alison A. Nieder
