New York native Stacey Bendet founded alice + olivia in 2002 with the quest to create the perfect pair of pants. The business was an immediate success, and shortly after its launch, Theory founder Andrew Rosen joined as a partner. Since then, alice + olivia has grown into full contemporary lifestyle brand, encompassing a wide range of offerings including the signature collection, eveningwear, the “To Work” and “AIR” lines, footwear and accessories.

alice + olivia matches Bendet’s love of vintage and all things feminine with a mission to make women feel empowered and alluring. Ornamented fabrics, whimsical prints ultra-flattering fits provide today’s modern woman with options for every day and every occasion. It is because of this mission that alice + olivia boasts 30 free-standing stores in locations across the United States and in Asia and the Middle East, from Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Dubai and Kuwait. Additionally, the brand is represented in 800 points of sale throughout the world at the finest department and specialty stores, including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Harvey Nichols, Harrods, Lane Crawford, Isetan, Hankyu and Galeries Lafayette. In 2009, a+o launched e-commerce at www.aliceandolivia.com, opening the “world of a+o” to a truly global customer base.

Full-time CEO and Creative Director Bendet is also a wife and mother of three who makes supporting charity endeavors focused on empowering women and helping children a priority in her personal and professional endeavors. She is a member of the board of trustees of NY-based Baby Buggy, a foundation who provides essentials for children of families in need, and she also supports Ronald McDonald House, which offers assistance to the families of children suffering from life-threatening illnesses. She is also a member of the board of the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, her alma mater.

A devoted Ashtanga yoga student who practices daily, Bendet loves vintage stores and flea markets, traveling and spending time with her husband Eric Eisner and their three daughters. She has been featured on Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List five times and is now in their hall of fame. Stacey splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Stacey Bendet has been a CFDA Member since 2011.