Keller is a line of clothes and shoes made by Brooklyn-based designer Kelly Clark.

Keller was created in 2008 with the goal to create pieces that were subtle yet effective—an antidote to fashion excess. Hers are clothes to slip on, love, and wear unbothered. Spare without sparing character, they are made to function—then left alone for the wearer to make her own.

Kelly creates each season freestyle: Designs are felt, not overthought, and constructed with care. This process reflects her training as a multi-format visual artist and designer grounded in the details of construction. A Philadelphia native, she was sewing clothes by the age of 12 after years of watching her mother stitch costumes and her father assemble motorcycles from scratch.

Kelly later attended Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. After stints as a fine art handler, stylist’s assistant, and assistant designer, she went on to manage garment development and production at a small Manhattan studio that consults for major New York brands.

This immersion in—and love of—the back end of the fashion business spurred the launch of Keller. As bigger doesn’t always mean better, she mindfully limits the size of Keller’s collections. They are an honest effort in a business not always known for it.

All Keller garments and shoes are American-made using high-quality materials and craftsmanship.