about
a native of northern california, christine grew up in a creative household. following her bachelor degree in psychology at johns hopkins university, she pursued her dream of working in the fashion industry. her experience began at women’s wear daily and moved her to new york as a buyer for ralph lauren and abc home.
feeling the call back to california and wanting to hone her business skills, christine then moved to los angeles to complete an mba at the university of southern california. she continued as a buying director at nike before deciding to explore her dream of creating her own line.
in 2012 christine created boy+girl, a luxury children’s line rooted in her passions of sustainability, beautiful materials and clean design. designed in venice beach and produced entirely in downtown los angeles, boy+girl quickly grew to include over 50 domestic and international wholesale accounts including barneys new york, heath ceramics, smallable, steven alan, isetan, fred segal japan. the brand also received numerous industry accolades from vogue, goop, elle, details, la times, refinery29 and more. in response to retailer demand, boy+girl grew to include men’s and women’s collections as well as white label collections for gilt and amazon and a men’s collaboration with reef.
christine opened the boy+girl storefront in venice in 2018. it featured the boy+girl collection as well as curated homewares and was lauded in louis vuitton’s city guide as one of the best shops in los angeles.
how we can work together
whether you are a large corporation, an independent designer or brand, i can help you navigate many different projects such as:
/ wholesale and sales strategy
/ lookbook art direction, styling and production
/ design direction and collection editing
/ merchandise buying and curation for stores
/ branding strategy
/ sample development through full production in LA