WhitleyKros is an emerging fashion label by Marissa Ribisi and Sophia Banks that debuted her line at LA Fashion Week 2008. The label name is a blend of two cultures, US and Australia. "Whitley" is named after a street in Los Angeles and "Kros" is a street in Sydney.Whitley Kros is a gypsy child. That's how we've always seen her. With eyes just above the tall grass, a wanderer, a nomad, an inspirer of greatness in all she meets. Comfortable in cafes, or standing at the sea, or stretched out on foreign rooftops under long bolts of purple sky Whitley Kros moves through life like a magical spirit. Whitley Kros is one you yearn to touch.
She's always been that way. Nothing any of us could do. No talking down a dreamer. Just the same as all of those who came before her, Birken, Korrina, Guggenheim, Bowie. Whitley communes with each of them. Leaves her tiny handwritten poems and grainy black and white photographs slipped between the pages of old classics. She is not here collect, she is here to inspire. All she keeps is that which fits inside her satchel. Her trusted suitcase. Pick up. Move along. Discover. Impact.
And that's what this is; our attempt to impact, our attempt to share. Whitley Kros is nothing if not an ideal. An example of what true beauty can be. She is what we picture when we discuss a natural, a muse. She is indefinable in so many ways, and she is here. Our gift to you.
from WhitleyKros.com
