Tess Giberson

Giberson's parents are artists. Her husband, Jon Widman, is a painter. She went to schools with art poo-bahs at Rhode Island School of Design. It’s no surprise that Giberson has an extremely artistic and decidely “arts-and-craftsy” approach to making clothing.

Tess Giberson launched her eponymous label in 2001.

Every article of clothing created by Tess Giberson is hand-sewn (using anachronistic sewing techniques to boot) with extreme attention to detail: stitching has been described as “calligraphic” and appliques are sewn in a “collagelike” fashion. Some of her pieces have even been painted by her husband. Time consuming? Yes. She sews all of the samples herself so collections can be very small.