Hollywould Company History.

HOLLY DUNLAP, Creative Director and Founder of HOLLYWOULD, began her career in fashion at the young age of 16 as an intern for socialite designer Carolyne Roehm. Although Holly was not paid a salary during her time with Carolyne, she was paid in the next best thing: Manolo Blahnik Shoes. From her first pair of Manolo’s, Holly realized that there were shoes and there were shoes.

From there she attended design school in Paris and landed her dream job working for Christian Lacroix upon graduation. After an amazing couple of years in Paris, Holly moved to London to work for her long-time fashion idol, Vivienne Westwood. Although Holly loved working for Vivienne, London’s dampness did not hold much allure for this West Coast girl. After a year there she chose to move to sunny Los Angeles where she began working on the other side of fashion as a stylist. Holly quickly fell in love with Los Angeles, and her time there continues to inspire her designs.

After a year in LA, Holly was ready to move back to the design side of fashion and won the position of Head Designer at Lilly Pulitzer. Having grown up in head-to-toe Lilly, Holly jumped at the chance to revitalize the line which had been defunct for almost 15 years. She revamped the entire line of Lilly silhouettes and designed her own version of the classic Lilly prints. Her preppy but modern designs made Lilly Pulitzer a household name once again and after a few years as head designer, Holly felt she was ready to start her own line.

Though Holly’s background was in apparel & prints, when it was time to start her venture she was drawn to accessories. HOLLYWOULD’s first collection of preppy but sexy shoes and handbags hit Bergdorf Goodman in Spring of 2000.

Once HOLLYWOULD shoe & bags established a solid cult following, Holly could no longer resist her desire to design clothing. In the fall of 2004, HOLLYWOULD debuted a dress collection, sold exclusively to Saks Fifth Avenue. The silk jersey dresses hearken to childhood memories of her mom donning long, bright dresses while entertaining poolside in the mid 1970’s. The colorful, flirty collection has been embraced by the jet-set crowd and with HOLLYWOULD’s Fall 2005 collection, Holly will introduce a full ready-to-wear line.