Jane Mayle is closing up her 242 Elizabeth Street shop in February.  The designer who receives over $5 million in wholesales a year is just tired of the fashion game. Take note indies, it’s not all fashion shows and model parties, fashion’s a real business.

“It seems like a commercial cul-de-sac in a way that the customer gets tired before the collections even hit stores,” Mayle said. “How I came to this business was all about dreaming and building a wardrobe you would be seduced by. That mystery and remoteness and insouciance have disappeared from fashion in order to accelerate the product. I feel I have just become another cog in that machinery.”