The Talent Studios Successfully Closes Two Executive Searches for Design Leaders, Roots and Mizzen+Main

The Talent Studios was recently engaged and has successfully closed two executive searches for Design leaders at apparel brands, Roots and Mizzen+Main. Roots is an iconic 50-year old Canadian brand and a Searchlight Capital portfolio company. Mizzen+Main, founded in 2012 is a native digital direct-to-consumer performance fabric menswear brand, and a portfolio company of L Catterton.

Denis Lates as Director and Head of Design at Mizzen + Main. Denis holds twenty years of experience in contemporary fashion design leadership. After early formative experience at Urban Outfitters and Abercrombie & Fitch, Denis led Men’s private label design at Nordstrom prior to growing the Men’s franchise at Old Navy. Lates will work closely with Mizzen+Main’s President and its SVP-Merchandising to continue to grow the brand as a leader in classically styled modern performance wear across active, dress and formal categories.

Bea Nam as Head of Design at Roots. Nam brings two decades of fashion design, product development and brand strategy experience. She formerly led Design at women’s activewear brand, Athleta, and has over two decades of experience from Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Alexander Wang. She will work closely with the Roots senior leadership and product teams to ensure product design that maintains the brand’s integrity by preserving its rich heritage, and focused commitment on quality and craftsmanship and product innovation.

Heather Porter and Jeremy Cohen led both searches for The Talent Studios.