MALLORY CURLEE-GREEN

DESIGN SENSIBILITY, operational rigor

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I fell in love with the intersection of apparel and nature in Costa Rica. A study-abroad year there sent me home with a few things: an obsession with beautifully fitting swimwear, a deep respect for the outdoors, and a sense that the world is wide and full of things I had yet to experience. Right out of FIDM, I poured all of it into CurleeBikini, a sustainable swimwear label I ran for six years. It became a self-guided, consumer-tested boot camp in technical design and fit.

Since then, I've built product for brands I believe in, from contract work across the industry to Esby, Huckberry, and now Duck Camp — where I lead product development and production. At Huckberry, I grew the product team from 5 to 12 and managed a 100,000-unit program for one of their best-selling pants. At Duck Camp, I create products rich in fabrication, function, and technical fit — built for performance from the duck blind to the bar.

I've learned that design and rigor aren't opposites. The best products come from teams that care about every tiny detail and the big picture at the same time. I love building product teams, and the supply chains behind them, across countries and languages.

Outside of work, I'm a maker at heart. I paint, I bake (all things gluten-free), I cut flowers for the table, and I putter in our family garden (my husband is the real green thumb). And I mother, unapologetically. I'd rather have a colorful, lived-in home than one that looks perfect, and I bring that same belief to product: things should be made well, loved hard, and worn in.

I write about the making of things (apparel, home, womanhood, and more) over at The Making Of.

I'm always up for a good conversation about product, sustainability, or building something from scratch. Let's grab a coffee.