Sam Shipley

Sam Shipley is an American fashion designer. During his senior year of college in 2002, he launched together with some Californian friends John Whitledge, Jeff Halmos, and Josia Lamberto-Egan, a capsule men’s collection under the name Trovata. They made their New York runway debut three years later, introducing women’s apparel as well. After just five years he left Trovata together with his business partner Jeff Halmos. After leaving Trovata they started working on their own brand Shipley & Halmos in 2007. For the first six months before they moved to New York, they worked out of Sam’s apartment in Long Beach, California. Through various internal divisions, the company designs and produces everything from men’s and women’s clothing collections and accessories to books, furniture, and art materials.