Name:  Shana Tabor
Position:  Big Boss Lady
Home Town:  Concord, NH
Sign:  Pisces
Free Time:  HA!
Favorite thing at IGWT:  This season my fave is the shimmy blouse. Perfection!
About:  Born in Maine, raised in NH, moved to NYC at 18, attended FIT for jewelry design. Then in 2005 I started this shit storm.

Name:  Brooke Backman
AKA:  Tammy
Position:  General Magic Maker
Home Town:  Spokane, WA
Sign:  Capricorn
Free Time:  I like to feel my feelings and make out on the L Train.
Favorite thing at IGWT:  I cant pick just one… I love all the women’s clothing equally, everything is the cuteness!!
About:  I sing songs with my friend Aaron. We are in a duo called Aaron N’  Brooke.

Name:  Alexis Lam
AKA:  PG
Position:  My card says Assistant Designer
Home Town:  Brooklyn, NY
Sign:  Scorpio
Free Time:  Aimless walking, brunch, making things
Favorite thing at IGWT:  The blinged out pyramid studs!
About:  I’m 5’ 2”, but I don’t feel small.  Oh, and I’m really strong.

Name:  Rebecca Mapes
AKA:  Becca
Position:  Jewelry Production Manager
Home Town:  Ithaca, NY
Sign:  Virgo
Free Time:  Biking and painting and watching anything by Hayao Miyazaki, and cooing over any type of dog.
Favorite thing at IGWT:  Pyramid stud earrings in 14kt gold
About:  I recently graduated from Pratt Institute and am moving from the hot and stinky streets of Bed-Stuy to the windy and wonderful streets of Greenpoint asap.  I plan on getting too much sun, and just enough dog walks in this summer.  I hate being away from my family, but I’m going to stick it out in New York and beg for frequent visits. Make my day by stopping in the store with a potty trained canine!

Name:  Annie Chan
Position:  Sample Room Manager
Home Town:  Hong Kong
Sign:  Pisces
(Ed. note:  Annie is far too humble to mention any of this, but she and her wizards are the ones that sew all of our clothing and facilitate our wildest design ideas.  She’s amazing. Just sayin’.)

Name:  Julie Noyce
AKA:  Jules AKA Gigs
Position:  Webmaster
Home Town:  Lawrence, KS
Sign:  Loveable Leo
Free Time:  I like making rock and roll music and going to the beach with my friends. 
Favorite thing at IGWT:  The men’s button-down in extra small.  And my amazing co-workers.
About:  I want to go everywhere.  I love NYC, but sometimes I wish I could go for a hike and see the whole horizon.  I can give a mean haircut.  Some day I want a tiny motorcycle.  I think if I met Alec Baldwin we’d be really good friends.

Name: Catherine Freeman
AKA: too many to list, but my favorite is Catmandu.
Position: I hope to be of some help.
Home Town: 06880
Sign: Aries, some of the time, and Taurus the rest of the time.
Free Time: Pitbulls and pancakes!

Name:  Sofia Klapischak
Position:  Outside Linebacker/ shop girl
Home Town:  Long Valley, New Jersey
Sign:  Pisces
Free Time:  Daydreaming, filming and photographing, mini day trip excursioning
Favorite thing at IGWT:  The grunge dress
About:  I’m an art student on the road to fashion grad school, but sometimes aspire to make nature
documentaries

Name:  Jessica Wolford
Position: Sales Associate/ Jewelry Intern
Home Town: Houston, Texas
Sign: Scorpio
Free Time: Gettin’ crafty, zine creating, MUSIC!
Favorite thing at IGWT: It’s for the birds!
About: Currently attending school for creative writing and women’s studies, I have an appreciation for all things women related. Including girl bands. You can find me spending sunny afternoons under a tree reading, I spend my nights making mischief with a near and dear circle of friends. Long dog walks help me clear my head. Occasionally, I love to return home to Texas for a nostalgic journey filled with tacos and amazing thrift stores.

Name: Georgia Staples
Position: jewelry production
Hometown: Barrington, Rhode Island
Sign: Sagittarius, or a snake, depends on the calendar, i guess
Free Time: playing bass in my bands, working my way through X-Files in its entirety!
Favorite thing at IGWT: when the sun is streaming in the studio windows and good music is playing and everybody is working hard, but still having fun. I love that happy and productive studio atmosphere!
About: i collect crystals and minerals, I’ve moved to a new house every single year for the past 5 years that I’ve lived in NYC, my favorite color is brown, I dream about moving to a farm in Iceland, I ride my bike everyday!

Name:Myra Flynn
Position: Keeper of the shop.
Home Town: I was raised in West Brookfield VT and now live in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Big change. Good change. 
Sign: Leo.
Free Time: I work as a singer and a songwriter. I try my best to crank out industry HITZ and I play shows all over the city so look for me
Favorite thing at IGWT: The Cleo top, because it’s the perfect golden yellow for a leo and it makes me feel fancy when I wear it! 
About: My friends say I’m a very genuine person. While I appreciate nature and outdoor times, I get my energy from people. I will most likely announce that I hope you are having a great day when you come in the store, and you can fully expect me to mean it.

Name: Julia Schwadron
AKA: Schwaddy
Position: Shop Gal
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Sign: Leo
Free Time: What’s that? I mean, painting, drawing, yoga, checking out art, checking out people, going outside, hanging with my peeps, riding bicycles, finding gems hidden beneath heaps of old stuff, dancing to the classics, and playing volleyball! (not necessarily in that order.)
Favorite thing at IGWT: I’m in awe of most of it, and actively coveting all of it.
About: I come from a family of really amazing artists, and I strive to live up to that amazingness. I’m a painter, and have taught painting many places, the most exotic being last year’s residency in Thailand. Being back in NYC, I am on a mission to eat at all authentic Thai restaurants, and my husband and I really want to start our own noodle cart someday soon.

Name:  Erin Weckerle
AKA:  Wecks
Home Town:  Pittsburgh, PA
Sign:  Gemini
Free Time: cleanforgot.tumblr.com
Favorite thing at IGWT: Caper Trench
About: I like to make things and listen to records