Full-Time
Associate Design Director: Women's Wovens and Denim
Posted on 1/16/2025
Buck Mason
201-500 employees
Direct-to-consumer menswear brand selling timeless apparel
Compensation Overview
$125k - $150k/yr
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- You bring 7+ years of applicable working experience with an apparel based brand
- Expert knowledge and understanding of woven's concept, design, fabric, fit, and construction
- Expert knowledge of denim wash and processing
- Expert knowledge of vintage clothing and archival details
- Ability to be both creative and highly technical
- Ability to work collaboratively and manage staff directly
- Strong sense of personal taste, historical knowledge, and design instinct
- Organized with the ability to manage several projects at one time with a fast turnaround
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent project and time management, written/verbal communication and leadership skills with exceptional attention to detail
- Experience articulating creative intent to others and translating high-level creative direction.
- Ownership of design in women's woven categories including tops, bottoms, denim, and outerwear
- Develop product design ideas from concept through completed garment
- Develop ideation from fabric, fit, trim, construction, and detail
- Follow brand standards and actively evolve brand taste and quality
- Ability to present seasonal product concepts to the leadership team
- Work closely with vendors and cross-functional teams
- Ability to build timeless, quality, classics with a refined eye and a focus on details.
Buck Mason is a direct-to-consumer menswear brand that designs and sells high-quality, timeless casual apparel such as tees, jeans, jackets, and shirts. Its products are built for durability and everyday comfort, with a modern-meets-classic American aesthetic. The company sells online and through brick-and-mortar stores in major cities, and it also offers virtual fittings to help customers find the right size and reduce returns. Unlike many competitors who rely on third-party retailers, Buck Mason controls the entire customer experience from design to delivery, enabling better pricing and consistency in quality. The goal is to provide versatile, durable clothing that stays relevant season after season, fostering long-term customer relationships.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$2.6M
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
2013
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Store expansions into Georgetown DC and Sewickley boost physical retail presence.
- Leanne Ford collaboration adds home goods to enhance store traffic.
- Women's sweats expansion including Vintage Interloop targets new premium segment.
What critics are saying
- Zara replicates Interloop Sweat Capsules, crushing DTC sales in 3-6 months.
- Everlane undercuts premium jeans pricing, eroding male customer share in 6-12 months.
- Shein’s AI customization surpasses virtual fittings, shifting DTC to low-cost in 18-24 months.
What makes Buck Mason unique
- Buck Mason designs in-house fabrics using acquired sewing factory and cloth mill.
- Direct-to-consumer model offers virtual fittings for precise men's apparel fit.
- Timeless American menswear blends modern classics like Loomed Linen collections.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 3%1 year growth
↑ 1%2 year growth
↑ 2%Buck Mason launches Loomed Linen Collection.
Buck Mason has expanded its stores and acquired a sewing factory and cloth mill.
Ford is collaborating with Buck Mason, a high-end causal clothing retailer that now offers home accessories at its new location on Beaver Street in Sewickley.
Los Angeles-based essentials brand, Buck Mason, has launched its anticipated AW23 Interloop Sweats Collection.
LA-based Buck Mason is opening a Georgetown store this spring at 3128 M St NW.