Stacey Bendet

Stacey Bendet Eisner is an American fashion designer who is founder and CEO of the clothing company Alice + Olivia.

Early life and education Bendet was born in 1978 to Olivia (née Bendet) and Joseph Daniel Wiener. Bendet is of Jewish heritage and had a traditional bat mitzvah celebration. Bendet's father ran a textile import business and was "involved in one of the country's leading lace-manufacturing companies", while she herself was interested in fashion and clothing from a young age. Bendet graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York,

Career

Alice + Olivia In 2002, Bendet founded Alice + Olivia. Bendet proposed a jeans-style cut slim at the hip to create the illusion of elongated legs and a lean silhouette. Designer Lisa Kline noticed her walking by and ordered 20 sets of pairs,

Other ventures In 2020, she founded and launched Creatively, a networking platform for the creative industry.

Also, in 2020, Bendet co-founded an Instagram campaign called #ShareTheMicNow to bring African-American women's voices to the forefronts of predominately white women's Instagram accounts in an "account takeover" format.

Personal life She married film producer Eric Eisner, a son of former Walt Disney Company executive Michael Eisner, on the Caribbean island of Anguilla in 2008. Scarlet Haven Eisner, and Athena Belle Eisner.

Bendet practices ashtanga vinyasa yoga.

Bendet has appeared on the Vanity Fair Best-Dressed list four years in a row and is in the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame.