Haus and Akire are the designers behind
Haus Alkire. Haus Alkire is a designer ready-to-wear womenswear collection that has presented at New York Fashion Week since 2012. Additionally, the Alkires were the creative figures behind the "Julie Haus" collection as well as the "J/J by Julie Haus" diffusion line. The Julie Haus ready-to-wear collection was first presented to the public in New York in 2006. The line attracted retailers such as
Saks Fifth Avenue,
Barneys New York,
Neiman Marcus,
Harvey Nichols Dubai and Hong Kong, Saks Fifth Avenue Mexico, Plum in Lebanon, Blubird/Boboli in Canada, Via Bus Stop in Japan,
Bloomingdale's in New York and Dubai, The Upper East in Jakarta, and Vakko and Beymen in Istanbul. The J/J by Julie Haus diffusion label is known for developing private label product for
Barneys New York and product for
Anthropologie. The Julie Haus label has been covered in the press by ''
Women's Wear Daily, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Nylon, Lucky, InStyle, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, People, The New York Times, New York Post, Daily News (New York), New York, Gotham and others. Japanese press has also covered the label, as the designer has a small cult following in the country. A few of those press outlets are Glitter
, Pinky (magazine), Glamorous
, Boao
, Sweet
, Elle Japan
, Bijin Hyakka
, The Cover
, Non-no, Popteen, ar
, and CREA''. Celebrities such as
Jessica Alba,
Leighton Meester,
Eva Mendes, and many others have worn the designer label. The Julie Haus collection was shown at New York Fashion Week. In 2009 and 2010, the runway collections were styled by
Kate Lanphear, then style director of
Elle. In September 2010, Haus and Alkire opened their first retail flagship on Broome Street in the
SoHo shopping section of
New York City, near other well-known designers. The Julie Haus flagship retailed one-of-a-kind items as well as collaborations with up-and-coming fashion accessory designers. == Other facts ==