NARIS­SA FRAS­ER

As more women con­tin­ue to take charge across var­i­ous pro­fes­sion­al en­vi­ron­ments, lo­cal de­sign­er Ecliff Elie has in­tro­duced a new of­fer­ing that re­flects women’s au­thor­i­ty and in­di­vid­u­al­i­ty. Be­spoke — Tai­lored for Women is now live.

Known for pre­ci­sion tai­lor­ing and gar­ment con­struc­tion, Elie craft­ed Be­spoke through years of pri­vate client work. He said he does not see it as a “new di­rec­tion” but rather, “a con­tin­u­a­tion of work I have done over time, now in­tro­duced with struc­ture and clar­i­ty.”

It in­cludes cus­tom blaz­ers, trousers, skirts and dress­es, all of which are made based on a con­sul­ta­tion-led process “where every de­ci­sion—from cut to fin­ish—is de­lib­er­ate.”

The process of se­lect­ing the right fab­ric will be met with the same lev­el of dis­ci­pline, he added, as the ma­te­ri­als are cho­sen for struc­ture, per­for­mance and longevi­ty to en­sure its stan­dard nev­er di­min­ish­es.

“Each gar­ment is de­vel­oped through a guid­ed process that con­sid­ers pos­ture, move­ment and pres­ence, en­sur­ing that the fi­nal re­sult aligns with how the in­di­vid­ual op­er­ates and presents her­self,” the team said.

Hav­ing been in the fash­ion in­dus­try for over 30 years, Elie said he has al­ways ap­proached style based on in­tent and pre­ci­sion as op­posed to pref­er­ence.

His work has guid­ed clients across many in­dus­tries, so he knows all too well the dif­fer­ence cloth­ing can make in a per­son’s at­ti­tude and man­ner­isms. He al­so knows that it is a ma­jor defin­ing fac­tor in oth­er peo­ple’s per­cep­tions of in­di­vid­u­als.

“When the gar­ment is cor­rect, every­thing changes. You move dif­fer­ent­ly, you car­ry your­self dif­fer­ent­ly. That is the stan­dard,” the de­sign­er said.

And in ad­di­tion to see­ing this ven­ture as “a con­tin­u­a­tion,” he sees it as an ex­ten­sion of knowl­edge and ap­proach from all these ex­pe­ri­ences.

“As more women con­tin­ue to op­er­ate at the high­est lev­els across busi­ness, lead­er­ship, and pro­fes­sion­al en­vi­ron­ments, the de­mand for tai­lor­ing that re­flects both au­thor­i­ty and in­di­vid­u­al­i­ty has grown. This of­fer­ing re­sponds to that shift with a process de­signed to de­liv­er con­sis­ten­cy, clar­i­ty, and con­trol.”

He said he will con­tin­ue to re­fine his ap­proach to fash­ion through crafts­man­ship, at­ten­tion to de­tail and dis­ci­plined ex­e­cu­tion.