Timo Weiland

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Born in rural Nebraska and raised between New York City and Jacksonville, Florida, Timo Weiland’s influences reach from the urban to the pastoral. Training from his mother at an early age in sewing coupled with an understanding of fabric, sparked Timo’s early interest in fashion. Timo always demonstrated an inclination towards the arts via ongoing sketching, painting, and photography. However, he majored in Economics, Spanish Literature, and Business Management and minored in Vocal Performance at Vanderbilt University before returning to New York to pursue a career in fashion and to ultimately launch his namesake brand.

The Brand
After brief internships in the fashion industry, Timo and Alan met and quickly developed a compelling dialogue, which ultimately led to a design partnership. Their mutual interest in European history, travel and a flair for dapper dressing promoted an engaging creative exchange. Debuting their first ready-to-wear men’s and women’s collection for Spring 2010, the collection firmly established their romantic, yet modern edge to dandy downtown dressing. Retailers such as Pas De Deux in New York as well as Barneys New York and Takashima in Japan have showed their support for the brand.

Anna Sheffield of Bing Bang Jewelry collaborated with the designers on an exclusive range of styles for Summer 2010 based on the New Romantics inspired jewelry in their Spring/Summer 2010 presentation. Their evolution of the brand lead to further collaborations for Fall 2010 with a turban inspired collection with milliner and CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist Albertus Swanoepel and two men’s boot styles with George Esquivel. The lace up and Chelsea side-zip style boots were the first menswear footwear collection to be carried at Opening Ceremony Japan. In July 2011, Timo Weiland was selected as an inductee to the 2012-2014 CFDA Fashion Incubator Program, an initiative to encourage emerging designers and their businesses. The Timo Weiland collection reflects their personal aesthetic sensibilities and broader desire to spur a return to the art of dressing.

For more information, please visit www.timoweiland.com.