Ivey Abitz VoicesWe produced our 2025 Summer collection video well before the look book was complete. But even then we knew exactly what this collection would feel like. In the 30 seconds it takes to view this video, you’ll catch our drift.
Want more? Explore the look book for the Ivey Abitz 2025 Summer Collection.
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Travel is the theme for bespoke clothier Ivey Abitz in its Summer 2025 collection.
This summer Ivey Abitz wants clients to feel that no matter the destination, they can feel like themselves within the comfort zone of their Ivey Abitz bespoke clothing. Because it is made just for them, Ivey Abitz is like a second skin, unlike anything anyone else is wearing. Such authenticity in dressing leads the way for authentic living.
Ivey Abitz clothing is defined by intentional design. Various garments within the collection are meant to complement one another. This is not the way most people dress these days. And that is the point. Ivey Abitz wants to make humans feel special by adding dignity to everyday life. Thoughtfully designed garments of beauty are just the ticket. Dressing well in bespoke clothing communicates a sense of caring that simply cannot come from mass produced fashion.
As in every one of its previous 77 collections (2025 Summer is the 78th), Ivey Abitz leads with a look book full of dress forms artfully clothed in garment combinations worthy of a museum exhibition. From this look book, clients discover either full looks or individual garments to order made just for them.
The summer look book has 5 groups of looks centered around travel destinations: garden, city, country, water, and home. Behind the dress forms are scenes from vintage photographs that evoke the nostalgia of summer travel. A cottage on a dune overlooking the sea. A Brooklyn Bridge view from atop the east tower. The gardens of Versailles. The quaintness of a stone cottage under a thatched roof. Unbound imagination helps the client connect with their own feelings for a travel – or stay-at-home – wardrobe.
All Ivey Abitz garments are crafted in New York using high quality fabrics from well established, ethical mills in Europe and the United States. Given that less than 2% of garments sold in the USA are actually made there, the Ivey Abitz production model is a rarity. Even in the face of dominance by the fast fashion industry, Ivey Abitz is celebrating 20 years of business in 2025. Its longevity is owed to the desire of clients to feel unique and special in a world of sameness.
Ivey Abitz is sold exclusively through the designer’s website at IveyAbitz.com.
Announcing the new Ivey Abitz summer collection for 2025!
This collection is all about travel…and staying home. And feeling at home no matter where you find yourself. It is about feeling at home in Ivey Abitz bespoke clothing.
There are 5 groups of looks within the look book. Each group features a different color set and travel destination: city, country, water, garden, and home.
No matter your destination, you’ll feel at home in your Ivey Abitz.
Find it all at the 2025 Summer Look Book.
What: Ivey Abitz 20 Year Retrospective Art Exhibit
Where: In the beautiful Hudson Highlands at the Historic Highland Falls Library Gallery
When: Now through February 25, 2025.
Twenty years in the making, the Ivey Abitz 20 year retrospective is a testament to a clothing designer with vision and fortitude. For two decades, Cynthia Ivey Abitz has been offering designs that can best be described as regalia for everyday wear. The exhibit tells the story of how Ivey Abitz survived tough times when other designers folded, such as the 2008 economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. It celebrates made-in-America with tributes to tailors. It takes you to the red carpet, where you can see up close couture gowns that have graced Hollywood events. The most special part of this exhibit is the immersive feeling of being surrounded by over 50 Ivey Abitz ensembles. Each with a distinct look, yet with that recognizable, life-affirming Ivey Abitz aesthetic. It’s 20 years of design wrapped into one room you’ll never forget.
Highland Falls Library
298 Main Street
Highland Falls, New York 10928
Gallery hours:
Sunday Closed
Monday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Accommodations:
Historic Bear Mountain Inn is a short 9 minute drive from the gallery.
The Thayer Hotel at West Point is a 12 minute walk from the gallery.
The first sold out fabric of Collection no. 76 is…
Don’t despair. There are other beautiful colors to choose from:
An introduction to the 76th Ivey Abitz bespoke clothing collection.
Our 76th collection of limited edition bespoke garments is a nod to designers Mary and Russel Wright. Together as husband and wife, they designed pottery and casual everyday china in the 1940’s. It was meant to give people an individual look by mixing and matching different hues within a collection of tableware. Every meal could look different, just by combining the various palettes.
Decades later, we connect with their design philosophy — proof that authenticity is always relevant and in style. Since our first collection in 2006, Ivey Abitz has celebrated individuality and given the wearer many options within their wardrobe.
The Ivey Abitz main studio is near Russel Wright’s home and studio in the Hudson Highlands of New York. It is a special coincidence as we didn’t even know about it until after we moved here. Perhaps artists with similar callings are drawn to this area to create? The home and studio, now a museum, is called Manitoga, which means “place of great spirit.” It was built into rock overlooking a waterfall and pond with the Hudson River in the distance. This 76th collection of Ivey Abitz bespoke clothing is inspired by both the Wright pottery and the one-of-kind studio setting at Manitoga.
The 76th look book is a celebration of bold hues and infinite ensemble possibilities. We feature 76 ensembles to represent this, our 76th collection. You can mix and match for years to come with this visually striking and pleasantly casual new collection. May you always celebrate everyday life through meaningful design. We believe to our core that good design brings joy to each and every day.
Shop the Collection no. 76 Look Book here.
Read the Collection no. 76 press release.
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Look out, dry skin! Bespoke Balm is a new micro-batch moisturizer coming to revitalize and refresh like never before. Made by bees, trees, and flowers, this organic balm is the latest offering from Ivey Abitz Apothecary.
A new all-natural micro-batch moisturizing balm for men and women called Bespoke Balm has hit the apothecary market.
Created by bespoke clothier Ivey Abitz, Bespoke Balm is made in micro batches when a customer orders. The bespoke concept assures freshness and eliminates the need for preservatives.
Because its scent is all natural and free of perfumes, it’s the perfect unisex moisturizer for couples to share.
Cynthia Ivey Abitz, the artist designer of Ivey Abitz, says the origin story of Bespoke Balm began with her own dry hands.
Ivey Abitz said, “As the artist of Ivey Abitz clothing, I handle a lot of fabric and paint. I’m always working with my hands, and the artwork takes its toll on them. My skin used to crack and bleed every winter.”
Many years ago a friend of the designer, Cindy Sauers, an expert gardener and herbalist who owns Saturday Farm, whipped up some of her all natural moisturizing balm and sent it to Ivey Abitz as a gift.
Ivey Abitz recalls, “It made me feel so special to use something so natural and so fresh. Best of all, my skin was soothed and healed! I started using it everywhere — especially on my face. I went from using multiple creams and lotions to using just one high quality balm. My skin has never been healthier or happier.”
Ivey Abitz asked Sauers to create the balm for the new Ivey Abitz Apothecary. She now makes it in her Cape Cod lab in micro batches for the ultimate in quality control.
Bespoke Balm is made of 5 all-natural ingredients. It contains no preservatives or fragrances.
The vibrant golden hue is from the beeswax and freshness of the calendula.
Bespoke Balm is designed for use every single day on every single part of the body that needs moisturizing. It is safe and natural.
Sold exclusively at the Ivey Abitz website, https://IveyAbitz.com/balm.
THE BESPOKE BALM STORY:
As the artist of Ivey Abitz clothing, I handle a lot of fabric and paint. I’m always working with my hands, and the artwork takes its toll on them. My skin used to crack and bleed every winter. Then a dear friend, who happens to be an expert gardener and herbalist, created some all natural moisturizing balm, made just for me. It made me feel so special to use something so natural and so fresh. Best of all, my skin was soothed and healed! I started using it everywhere — especially on my face. I went from using multiple creams and lotions to using just one high quality balm. My skin has never been healthier or happier.
We have been using this incredible balm daily for almost a decade now. It has been time tested by Ivey Abitz.
Now, we want to share this treasured balm with you!
— Cynthia Ivey Abitz
Bespoke Balm can be purchased at IveyAbitz.com.
New Art Movement Values Clothing and Paintings Created by Humans Over Computer Design and Mass Production
I want to live within an idyll of peace each and every day, and every one of my garment designs strives to create such a place.”
— Artist Designer Cynthia Ivey Abitz
New York designer Ivey Abitz introduced original paintings into its new Autumn Winter collection of bespoke clothing for women titled, “A New American Art Movement.”
The paintings are by the collection designer, Cynthia Ivey Abitz, a visual artist and clothing designer now in her 18th year of designing for the company.
Both the paintings and the new clothing collection were inspired by the first art movement in the United States started by the Hudson River School. That first movement began in the early 1800’s with a group of New York painters who were moved by the landscape around them. Ivey Abitz pays homage to the bucolic and majestic landscapes of New York’s Hudson Valley that inspired these artists two hundred years ago.
For her new collection, Ivey Abitz set out to examine what Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole and his contemporaries found of value within the landscapes they painted. She painted landscapes of New York’s Hudson River Valley and the Great Lakes Region, just as they often painted. She set her brush to canvas within the actual landscapes, with her own visual language, to further connect with the ideals the Hudson River School conveyed so long ago.
“I gave myself a timeframe for each painting I created, finishing each painting in the amount of time it takes us to create one Ivey Abitz garment from start to finish,” Cynthia Ivey Abitz said.
Ivey Abitz’s creative process led her to ask questions: What is the difference between painting a landscape and creating a garment to wear? If they take the same amount of time to create, are they of the same value? Is one more valuable than the other, simply because it hangs on a wall? Or is a garment more valuable because of its everyday usefulness?
In today’s culture of throwaway fast-fashion clothing, it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that a painting is far more valuable than a garment.
Designer Ivey Abitz said, “As an artist who creates both paintings and garments, I challenge all of us to rethink the value of garments. Paintings, too, for that matter. In a world where mass-production churns out so much substandard clothing and so many incidental images that it makes my head spin, it’s easy to overlook the specialness and profundity of something made by hand with thought, care, and time. In a world being overtaken by artificial intelligence, what does it mean to have someone’s spirit guide each stitch and every brushstroke?”
Cynthia Ivey Abitz says the landscape she lives in—the Hudson Valley–inspired her to create the new Autumn Winter collection of Ivey Abitz garments.
“The Hudson River School’s intent was to celebrate the idyllic qualities and hopefulness of a landscape,” Ivey Abitz explains. “I connect with this purpose in such a deep way, as this is at the core of every collection of garments I create. I want to live within an idyll of peace each and every day, and every one of my garment designs strives to create such a place.”
The design house Ivey Abitz has long been a proponent of creating from ideals, and that is what’s behind its new art movement. The movement values art and products created by the human hand over mass production. Ivey Abitz tries to create quality and meaningful things within a world that it says has become banal and saturated with mass-produced sameness. This new art movement values what is created by the human spirit and mind over computer algorithms and artificial intelligence.
Cynthia Ivey Abitz says she put this collection of ideals out into the world believing that there are others who seek to invest in something of quality, made by hand. She hopes that those who are seeking unique clothing and authentic art will find it.
Ivey Abitz adds, “If you believe in this new art movement, too, I hope you will embrace yourself with a lifetime of Ivey Abitz garments.”
Ivey Abitz is a New York based clothing design company specializing in bespoke clothing for women. It is sold exclusively through the company’s website IveyAbitz.com. The Autumn Winter collection also offers for sale giclée prints of the original Ivey Abitz landscape paintings.
Some links to this article from around the web:
Clothing Designer Uses Paintings To Declare A New American Art Movement | MENAFN.COM
Clothing Designer Uses Paintings to Declare a New American Art Movement (abnnewswire.net)
Medieval Puckered Stripe – An Ivey Abitz fabric for bespoke clothing, as seen in the Summer 2023 Look Book.
I’m going to get gushy. I hope you don’t mind.
There are some weaves that evoke the best memories of summer that they make my eyes wet in the best of ways. This is one of them.
It reminds me of the sweetest summer cottage by the lake or an ancient stone villa overlooking the sea.
It’s as if the warmth of the summer sun is woven straight into it, enveloping me with its hope and brightness.
How can we not have a great day whilst wearing this weave in our favourite Ivey Abitz design?
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See more fabrics and bespoke clothing at https://iveyabitz.com