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25 Mar

Michael and Alex Toccin, From Influencers to Entrepreneurs Nurturing

Michael and Alex Toccin, From Influencers to Entrepreneurs Nurturing
Toccin is a small fashion company with a giant appetite for growth at a rapid clip. “On this business, you’ve got to have traction. You never know what’s going to occur,” said Michael Toccin, cofounder and co-owner of Toccin Apparel Holdings LLC, along along with his wife Alex Toccin. They’re 50/50 partners. Launched in 2019, the Toccin women’s fashion brand, which focuses on classic knitwear, dresses, jackets and “essential” styles, currently sells at Saks, Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman, Rent the Runway, on the Toccin website and at other specialty stores. With a mean price point of $495, the highest category is dresses, with bestsellers including tie-front silhouettes that accentuate a lady’s waist, in addition to cheetah prints and dresses with long fringe. Just...
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28 Dec

Matthew Baldwin, Michael Abe Collaborate on Unity Service

Matthew Baldwin, Michael Abe Collaborate on Unity Service
Matthew Baldwin and Michael Abe have been friends since childhood. However it took a pandemic before the 2 Los Angeles-based fashion industry insiders decided to start out working together. And on Thursday, Unity Service, their first collection of upcycled garments, will make its debut. Baldwin and his wife Emily founded the denim brand Baldwin, which was based in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2009 and built a strong wholesale business in addition to a handful of retail stores across the country. But that journey got here to an end in 2020 when the corporate’s investor group pulled the plug, and Baldwin, which had been renamed Bldwn, was dissolved. “Your complete chapter closed up,” he said. Baldwin moved back to his hometown of L.A. and reconnected...
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