Founded in 2009, Ernest Alexander is a New York city-based menswear brand known for American made accessories and men’s tailored clothing. Designer and founder Ernest Sabine was recently named 2013 “GQ Best New Menswear Designer in America.” The line is sold through its NYC flagship store in SoHo, as well as Nordstrom, Club Monaco and specialty stores worldwide.

The brand mixes elements of traditional American style with a refined ease. He likes to think of the style as “new American luxury”, blending dapper fabrics with a modern sensibility. Ernest attributes his sense of style and preppy leanings to his early years growing up outside Boston, where he spent summers on Cape Cod and attended an all-boys school with a strict jacket and tie dress code.

Ernest’s grandmother and great-grandmother were both seamstresses. Growing up in a household filled with old sewing machines, patterns and samples was big influence on his career.