2. Azede Jean-Pierre (Haiti/USA)
Azede Jean-Pierre is perfecting the marriage between art and commerce as she creates clothing women want to live in. The New York-based, Haitian designer has been highly praised by publications such as Elle, New York Magazine, and Man Repeller since her NYFW debut in 2013. Jean-Pierre’s designs, “fundamentally about cut, color, and proportion,” have garnered fans such as Solange Knowles, Lady Gaga, and Michelle Obama. It’s truly “a label for the intellectual, quirky, and sophisticated free-spirit.”