Jamie Sadock is an action-oriented, international company --- a leader in its commitment to continuously improve the nature and intrinsic value of its offering and products in fashion collections for resort and sportwear.
Retailers benefit from having one of America’s most recognized and respected brand names in the resort fashion industry today. The collection is designed by artist Jamie Sadock so it’s full of life, lively colors, fun patterns, novel silhouettes, and energy.
Since the inception of the company in 1994, sales have skyrocketed annually due to staggering sell-through at retail. Jamie Sadock creates remarkably saleable, elegant, imaginative clothing with elan that are without peer. The runways of Europe, America and Asia... the world’s fashion meccas, are loaded with collections that touch on the connection between sport and fashion. Men and women have been combining their love of sports with a new direction in fashion and have been purchasing clothing that can be worn on and off the playing fields as well as the social fields.
Jamie has been the primary designer at the forefront of spearheading design for this lifestyle. Her collection epitomizes quality and innovation with her line of avant-garde and performance resort sportwear. She has always been highly respected within the fashion industry for her ability to create futuristic concepts using art, unusual colors and silhouettes, and impeccable combinations which have always enabled her designs to break through traditional parameters.
“Corrosion of Conformity” has become Jamie Sadock’s battle cry.
“FEAR NO ART, BATTLE BOREDOM” - THESE ARE ARE MORE THAN JUST PHRASES. THEY ARE THE ARTISTIC PHILOSOPHY THAT IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF “JAMIE SADOCK” - founder and designer, Jamie Sadock
Fourteen years ago, Jamie founded her company and her success, has been nothing less than spectacular... “Jamie Sadock” has continued her long tenure as the rising star in the resortwear industry. Jamie Sadock’s ability to create elegant concepts using unusual colors and design mixes puts her company far above the rest. Comprised of both men’s and women’s resortwear, the range offers a variety of categories from performance golf to a complete collection of resort sportwear.
Yet she hasn’t stopped here. Realizing that there was a total and frantic demand for more products created with her artistic foundation. Jamie Sadock has recently developed additional categories including “COMFORT FOOTWEAR” and an accessories/purse division which premiered to accolades at the recent PGA Show.
Jamie Sadock’s passion for design excellence in everything from furniture and interior design to artwork, leads her to be a perfectionist. Jamie Sadock oversees every stage of production, traveling throughout the Orient and Europe, researching new fabrics and trends and dealing directly with the production facilities to ensure the quality she insists upon go into every garment.
Despite a demanding schedule, Jamie retires to her spectacular post-modern loft in New York, to enjoy a minute or two of solitude. Although physically at rest, her mind continues to visualize her next projects and quoting her husband, Jamie is in “perpetual motion”.
The company’s latest focus and expansion is casual contemporary sportwear, comfort footwear, and accessories including dazzling purses and travel trolleys. The latest collection includes Rex rabbit fur jackets, exceptional silk and cashmere “cover up” swing sweater jackets, gorgeous summer sweaters and versatile separates. These were created with a plethora of textures which range from engineered patterns on double mercerized cotton lisle to silky feeling airy “COOLTRON” shirts to “SUPRASUEDE,” an incredible feeling, lightweight, elegant fabrication.
Many fabrics are exclusively produced for Jamie. “MICRO ELITE” is loved for it’s incredibly plush, buttery hand feel, its exceptional durability, and features a non-wrinkle “pack and play” ability for travelers.
These fabrications allow for softer silhouettes and easy wearability... all demands of Jamie’s exacting standards. Her normal impeccable attention to details enables Jamie, a perfectionist, to come up with extraordinary details which include thoughtful innovative detailing such as sunglasses loops on the shirts, pockets for cell phones and even extra digital camera chips. Many jackets including sweater jackets have sleeves which zip off to give greater versatility to accommodate changing weather (or fashion) conditions. And all of her bermudas have a signature washable leather welt on the “key pocket”... it thoughtfully prevents the pocket entry from getting dirty... Lightweight rayon/cotton blend sweaters with engineered angora accents coordinate elegantly.
Accessorizing the collection is the recent addition of outstanding purses and comfort footwear with fantastic details such as a metal viper on a metallic leather sandal, waterproof golf/casual shoes, Aztec beaded sandals and more... All in all, an outstanding coordinate collection.
JAMIE SADOCK IS A DESIGNER OF THE FUTURE, A TRUE FASHION PIONEER. JAMIE SADOCK STYLE ROCKS, AS SHE CONTINUES TO MAKE HER OWN MUSIC, PUTTING HER ARTISTIC ENERGY INTO MAKING US ALL FEEL SENSATIONAL.
Following graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, with degrees in Psychology and English, Jamie Sadock was heading towards a career other than design. Always involved in the art world in an ancillary way, she accepted an assistant design position with a sportswear firm in New York, the summer before enrolling in a Ph.D. program in clinical psychology. Her life-long interest in art and fashion design accelerated and she realized she’d found her niche.
Design positions with Henry Grethal Menswear, Calvin Klein Women’s Sportswear and others, added experience Jamie Sadock has combined with inborn fashion sense to create her full collection of multifunctional, lifestyle apparel.
After a six year tenure with international company, Le Coq Sportif, where she headed the international design team, she then became partners in IXSPA 2000 (International Sports Products of America) before starting her namesake company which will celebrate its 15th anniversary at the PGA show in January 2009.
Jamie’s philosophy of “FEAR NO ART” also extends to her personal life... FEAR NO LIFE EXPERIENCE, she says.
Jamie Sadock’s personal interests tend towards the adventurous. Within the past few months she did a tandem jump out of a plane at 14,500 feet with the “Golden Night,” the Army’s Elite Division of parachutists.
She drives a Formula One car whenever she gets a chance. And her favorite toy besides her camera (she is an avid photographer) are her motorcycles(s). She loves her iron horses as much as she did her real life horses with which she participated in Tri-State shows for 12 years in equestrian jumper events.
Jamie Sadock’s mixed media photography and paintings will be featured in an art gallery in Pennsylvania in October 2006.
“I’m not afraid to take chances or to risk making a statement,” Jamie says, summing up her philosophy. Creating unique clothing is an art form for me."
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I’ve always felt that clothing represents moods and wearable art, and for me, it’s an interesting challenge to be able to design clothing that can help influence people’s emotions. I want them to feel elegant and special. I get the most amazing heart felt emails and letters from people who appreciate what I create for them. I never want to let them down. When I see my designs in action, it’s really like watching paintings come to life.”
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Don’t try to pigeonhole this adventuress,
she defies conformity.
Whether she’s jumping out of a plane, driving a Formula One racecar or enjoying a ride on her Harley Davidson motorcycle, it is Jamie Sadock’s fearless approach to life that defines her pursuits — and her fashions. The diminutive designer with the mane of blond hair has imprinted her unique style on the golf and resortwear industry with bold designs that have inspired a cult following among fashion-starved customers. “I’m not afraid to take a chance or risk making a statement,” says Sadock. Her customers couldn’t be happier. Many refer to themselves as “Jamie Junkies.”
In and industry that until recently was ruled by khaki shorts and traditional, three-button polo shirts, Sadock’s designs definitely break the mold. Her collection includes exotic touches such as Rex rabbit fur, silk, cashmere and leather trim, as well as Suprasuede, a lightweight fabric developed exclusively for Sadock. Thoughtful details such as sunglass loops on the shirts and cell phone pockets are Sadock hallmarks, as well as jackets with sleeves that zip off for greater versatility. Even more traditional Bermuda shorts have a washable leather welt on the key pocket to prevent it from getting dirty.
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A fork in the road
Sadock was introduced to apparel design on a trip to New York, just after she graduated from college with degrees in Psychology and English. Planning to go get her doctorate, she interviewed for a summer job as an assistant designer at a sportswear company. Two weeks later, the company called and offered her the job.
“I had to decide if I wanted to have a very rigid, structured lifestyle for the next four years, or do something more creative and go to New York,” says Sadock, who lived in Pittsburgh at the time. She decided on New York. Knowing no one in the city and without a place to live, Sadock moved into the Barbizon Hotel, one of the earliest residential alternatives for women moving to New York City. “They wouldn’t even allow my father to come up to my room,” says Sadock. You could stand in your room, put your arms out and touch each wall, it was the tiniest thing.”
That was just the beginning. Sadock’s initial job segued to subsequent positions with leading apparel firms such as Sasson Jean Co., Calvin Klein, Henry Grethel and Le Coq Sportif, where she was on the international design team. There was also a stint at Garan, Inc., the company that introduced the Garanimals concept to children’s clothes.
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She then became a partner in IXSPA 2000 (International Sportswear of America). In 1995, Sadock left IXSPA to found her own company, and began designing her distinctive collection of multi-functional lifestyle apparel.
Zest for life
Sadock’s zest for life is apparent in everything she does. She ownstwo motorcycles, a Harley Davidson Sportster Deluxe and a Honda Rebel, which she calls “half a Harley.” She recently drove a Formula One race car at Leguna Seca in California. And earlier this year, she completed her first tandem parachute jump out of a plane with the Golden Knights, the Army’s elite division of parachutists. General Kevin Burns, a five-star general and a personal friend of Sadock’s, arranged the jump with a few other brave souls, including Joanna Cassidy of the hit HBO show Six Feet Under.
“When they lifted the door of the plane, the most intense wind noise came up,” says Sadock. “My instructor shouted ‘one, two…’ and away we went, free falling for 10,000 feet before our parachute opened up. When we finally got to the bottom, I realized my stomach was still somewhere up at 3,000 feet.”
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Creating “wearable art”
Sadock’s creative energy spills over into every aspect of her life. In her spare time, she is an avid photographer and painter. Her multimedia photography and paintings will be featured in an art gallery in Pennsylvania in October. “I’ve always felt that clothing represents moods and wearable art,” says Sadock. “For me, it’s an interesting challenge to be able to design clothing that can influence people’s emotions. I want them to feel elegant and special.”
In some cases, Sadock’s adventurous approach works against her, especially in the more conservative areas of the golf industry, not known for its cutting-edge sensibilities.
“Our line is carried in the top resorts around the country, and some clubs still won’t even look at it, because they think it’s too trendy for their customers,” she laments.
She tells the story of one retailer who came to her booth at the PGA show in Florida. “He said he had to buy a few of our pieces because some of his customers had requested them, but that he didn’t think it would appeal to very many of his customers,” says Sadock. “The next season he came back, and said the sell-through of our line was incredible, and wrote us a $7,000 order.”
Sadock says that’s a common occurrence, and that once a store begins to carry her line, by the second year it’s usually the top seller. “We are the brand that has the least number of markdowns in the stores, because they sell so well. Once retailers see that, they change their minds pretty quickly about carrying our line.”
Expanding beyond apparel
With her designs gaining in popularity at resorts and retailers throughout the country, Sadock is busy expanding her vision to new markets, including a new line of footwear, an accessories and purse division, and a new line of home furnishings. “There is such strong identity with the brand, I thought that if my customers love what I do with clothes, they’ll love what I do in other areas too.”
IMAGE 1: Wearing 91113 and 72303 in Amazon & Sterling IMAGE 2: Wearing 91244 and 62309 in Venezia IMAGE 3: Wearing 91106 and 82316 in Poppy & Terra
