Liesl Gibson, company founder and chief designer, trained at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology and has worked as a designer for top international fashion brands. She teaches popular sewing classes in New York City and also authors the well-known blog, disdressed which covers sewing, design, parenting and daily life.
When Liesl’s daughter was born, she was eager to use her passion for sewing to create stylish, fun, and unique clothing for her little girl. As she shopped for sewing patterns, she was disappointed with the selection and fit of children’s patterns. Frustrated and wanting more, Liesl created Oliver + S.
Brooke Reynolds does all the visuals like our logo, package designs, website, tradeshow booth, and anything else that needs to look nice (when she’s not busy chasing after her young son and daughter).
Dan Andreasen illustrates our paper dolls.
Justin Heideman does the custom programming for our website.