Her Introductory into the Fashion world with Humble Beginnings

Larissa Muehleder of the Muehleder label has seen her designs in Vogue, Glamour, InStyle, and People magazine. Her take on neoprene has captured the attention of over 100,000 women plus some Hollywood darlings, including Issa Rae, Zendaya, and Angela Simmons, who’s been a supporter since almost day one. Larissa, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, is of mixed race with roots in Vienna, Austria, and Nigeria. She’s an immigrant who shortly lived in Paris before her mother Margaret Muehleder relocated them to the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. As a child, frugality came naturally after recognizing that Goodwill was her Limited Too. Name brands weren’t an option in her household, and neither was work due to issues with her government work visa that had unfortunately expired while she was a student at The High School of Fashion Industries, where she learned how to sew.

These realities, plus an early introduction to entrepreneurship via her parents, birthed a love for design. To this day, her only job has been design, and it all started with her making custom clothing for Proms, Sweet Sixteens, and Bridal parties. After high school, she took her craft a step further when she decided to study Fashion Merchandising & Marketing at FIT. In 2014, after a few name changes, industry racism, and the hustle of getting her brand into consignment shops, wholesale showrooms, and retailers, she launched Muehleder. It’s been eight years, and the girl who found her confidence, community, and identity through fashion and style is only getting started.

Here are some of her featured Designs Below: