Founded in 2014 by Alyssa Lau, New Classics Studios is an Edmonton-based multi-brand e-retailer that merges classic and timeless design with social responsibility and environmental awareness through their edit of slow fashion brands. New Classics offers a platform that introduces, benefits and supports the creators and designers who are initiating the way for the slow fashion movement in innovative and unique ways, all the while committing to being as transparent as humanly possible about the brands and products they carry.

Keren Longkumer and Valerie Quant realized their mutual love for unconventional forms and proportions after meeting in Los Angeles while studying footwear design. Hailing from Nagaland and Los Angeles respectively, the friends became partners in 2015 and founded a line of shoes for the modern woman called LOQ. Look for rich hues and textures inspired by India alongside a laidback aesthetic as they aim to redefine the classics.