LA Fashion Awards

On October 26th, 2007, J Brand was awarded the "Supima Denim Designer of the Year Award" at the Los Angeles Fashion Awards. Already in it's third year, The Los Angeles Fashion Awards recognize designers "that have significantly impacted the national and international fashion market place, and enhanced the identity of LA fashion". The goal of the award show is to increase awareness of LA as a global fashion center that contributes influence on contemporary styles worldwide. Co-founders Jeff Rudes and Susie Crippen accepted the award on behalf of J Brand. Both were very excited and took time to celebrate with their company, however Jeff was quick to inform that, "it's back to business as usual." Susie and Jeff recognized that with the honor of this award comes responsibility to continue to be a top name in LA fashion. Susie Crippen stated, "We plan to honor this recognition by continuing to create designs that our customers love and rely on.”