I was always inspired by the response I got when I wore things that I made for myself—"That jacket is beautiful!" "Where did you get that dress?" In early 2006 I made the first Tucker shirt for myself. And then I made another fifty to see it in different fabrics. I was completely smitten. I wore a different blouse every day. My friends wanted one—or two or three—and their friends started to come by my place to buy them. And that's how Tucker began.
The first Tucker was and is a very simple blouse with interesting details, beautiful fabric and an untraditionally seductive fit. From that piece the first dress was born. Each piece adapts to the unique body type and personality of the woman wearing it. In short the woman wears Tucker rather than Tucker wearing the woman. Each fabric or print has a short title that reflects the story behind its design or captures a fleeting moment of inspiration: Fox Named Adele, Girl Named Niels, Lucille's Monte Carlo, and Susan Studies Swedish.
My aim is to design beautiful pieces that are made in a way that one senses the human touch behind the clothes. I would rather buy a tomato from a local farm stand than a grocery store conglomerate, and I feel the same way about the clothes I produce and wear.
So far Tucker has had an organic energy fueling the company, and the experience has been more positive and successful than I could have imagined. The line continues to grow with the same intention with which the first piece was made. One silhouette for spring '06 has grown to eighteen for spring '08. One fabulous retailer selling Tucker in 2006 (Barney's NY) has risen to a hundred retailers worldwide. A collection made of fabric found in midtown is now twenty-five fabric choices designed primarily myself.
In the age of disposable everything, Tucker hopes to be the piece you can never part with and always want more of.
Gaby
The first Tucker was and is a very simple blouse with interesting details, beautiful fabric and an untraditionally seductive fit. From that piece the first dress was born. Each piece adapts to the unique body type and personality of the woman wearing it. In short the woman wears Tucker rather than Tucker wearing the woman. Each fabric or print has a short title that reflects the story behind its design or captures a fleeting moment of inspiration: Fox Named Adele, Girl Named Niels, Lucille's Monte Carlo, and Susan Studies Swedish.
My aim is to design beautiful pieces that are made in a way that one senses the human touch behind the clothes. I would rather buy a tomato from a local farm stand than a grocery store conglomerate, and I feel the same way about the clothes I produce and wear.
So far Tucker has had an organic energy fueling the company, and the experience has been more positive and successful than I could have imagined. The line continues to grow with the same intention with which the first piece was made. One silhouette for spring '06 has grown to eighteen for spring '08. One fabulous retailer selling Tucker in 2006 (Barney's NY) has risen to a hundred retailers worldwide. A collection made of fabric found in midtown is now twenty-five fabric choices designed primarily myself.
In the age of disposable everything, Tucker hopes to be the piece you can never part with and always want more of.
Gaby