"Only an auspicious few are born at the right time, In the right place, with the right talents and Crown Atelier's designer seems to fit the bill. "For me fashion is flexibility", says Tigerlily Hill, The Caymanian designer with British and Jamaican ties. "I feed my creativity with extensive global travel, but my hometown of the Cayman Islands provides the backdrop for my current fashion inspiration."
With an education in fashion and finance, she launched Crown Atelier in mid 2005 with actress and part time production manager Red Sturgeon. At the insistence of a music video director who commissioned the designer to make a few items for his upcoming project, Hill and Sturgeon (best friends and college mates) went straight to work. Those items birthed Crown Atelier's first collection and have become a certain chic feminine finery that is intended to be worn from the streets to the office and then onto the red carpet.
The collection merges delicate-looking fabrics with silhouettes that have a certainty of strength and cool avant-grade; it is clever up-to-the-minute elegance without the usual 10-minute espiration date. The delectable collection has been seen in Hollywood - Taryn Manning, Keira Knightley, and newcomer Haley Bennett were all spotted wearing the label's must-have blouses and dresses at very opportune moments. Designs are stocked in L.A key boutiques such as Sienna, Sugar On La Brea and Sharon Segal.
With an education in fashion and finance, she launched Crown Atelier in mid 2005 with actress and part time production manager Red Sturgeon. At the insistence of a music video director who commissioned the designer to make a few items for his upcoming project, Hill and Sturgeon (best friends and college mates) went straight to work. Those items birthed Crown Atelier's first collection and have become a certain chic feminine finery that is intended to be worn from the streets to the office and then onto the red carpet.
The collection merges delicate-looking fabrics with silhouettes that have a certainty of strength and cool avant-grade; it is clever up-to-the-minute elegance without the usual 10-minute espiration date. The delectable collection has been seen in Hollywood - Taryn Manning, Keira Knightley, and newcomer Haley Bennett were all spotted wearing the label's must-have blouses and dresses at very opportune moments. Designs are stocked in L.A key boutiques such as Sienna, Sugar On La Brea and Sharon Segal.