28 years of elegant clothing, unparalleled personal service and confident, well-dressed women
Headquartered in New York City, Carlisle has been providing classic, impeccable fashion to its clients, and entrepreneurial opportunities to its Consultants for over a quarter century.Here are a few key dates in our history:
1981
Opening
Founded by William D. Rondina, Carlisle begins operations with 100 Consultants offering a collection of approximately 85 pieces. Today, more than 1500 Consultants and associates present a new collection to their clients each season. Each of Carlisle's collections (Spring, Summer, Fall and Holiday) are comprised of more than 400 pieces.
1982
FirSt Trunk Show
With the launch of the Carlisle's Spring collection, our Wardrobe Consultants across the country begin setting up their home-based trunk shows, taking appointments, and showcasing the line.1990
Creation of Carlisle's Luxurious Manhattan Showroom
Our NYC-based Wardrobe Consultants have difficulty using their apartments for showcasing the Carlisle line. Bill Rondina envisions creating a sumptuous, penthouse space for our NYC-based Wardrobe Consultants to use for their appointments, and Robert Denning of Denning & Fourcade is commissioned to remodel the NYC showroom. Today, it is a destination shopping location for women around the world who book their appointments weeks in advance each season.
1998
Fabric of Hope
Carlisle decides to focus its philanthropic efforts on one deserving organization: the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Each year thereafter, Carlisle designers create a scarf that is given to all customers who make a donation to our Fabric of Hope program. Thus far, Carlisle has raised over $1.7 million for Komen for the Cure.2001
New York
Distribution Center
Our state-of-the-art, 140,000 square-foot distribution and logistics center opens. This new center provides speedier and more accurate handling and shipping of orders.
2005
Creation of Carlisle's Per Se line
Per Se is an exciting collection for a new generation of Carlisle clients. Like the Carlisle Collection, Per Se allows our clients to express their individuality through unique pieces that have the versatility to be worn in a variety of contexts. Now Per Se offers a variation on style—contemporary, fresh, urbane—that gives our clients even more options, whether they choose to wear the Per Se line on its own or as an accent to pieces from the Carlisle Collection.2009
Carlisle's Per Se line expands offering over 200 pieces each season
The success of the Per Se line demonstrates that women want and enjoy wardrobes that offer even more choices for everyday, elegant dressing. Carlisle expandes Per Se into a full-fledged line with over 200 pieces and now sells the line in our Carlisle showrooms and trunk shows.
