Sterlingwear of Boston will hold its Grand Opening on Saturday November 7th at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, NH from 12 noon to 3:00 PM. Win a free peacoat. 15% off your purchase. The River radio station personalities will have prizes, music, and more.
May Aye joins Sterlingwear as head designer
November 5, 2009 – 2:05 am
May Mon Aye is a recent alumni of the prestigious design school “Massachusetts College of Art and Design”, where she earned a Bachelors Degree with “honors distinction” in Fine Arts for Fashion Design. May Mon Aye received a scholarship for $10,000 for winning first prize in “The Catholic Charities’ Laboure’ Design Contest for her design interpretation of “The Little Black Dress”. A full-page article on September 28, 2008 was written in the Style section of the Boston Globe about the Laboure Design Contest winners, focusing on May Mon Aye and her winning Little Black Dress design. May is currently the head designer at Sterling Wear of Boston, where her variations on their “pea-coat” designs are being produced and sold in their store.
May Mon Aye has always loved fashion and everything about fashion since she was a little girl. She began with designing for two-dimensional paper dolls, moving on to three-dimensional designing for Barbie dolls. As an adult, May Mon Aye has been on a dedicated and relentless mission to acquire knowledge and skill in the creative and technical design aspects of fashion. It is May’s commitment to technical precision and fit that allows monaye designs to create tailored, professional garments down to the finest detail.
May was born in Myanmar formerly known as Burma. The Burmese culture is what defines May Mon Aye as a person as well as a designer – continuously drawing inspiration from the many unique characteristics in Burmese culture which is supplemented with inspiration from the vast reservoirs of earth’s natural beauties found around the world. May Mon Aye possesses unyielding love for the entire fashion design process of bringing her illustrations to life and seeing the joy it brings to others when her designs become a part of their life!
Sterlingwear Opens Retail Store in Nashua NH
May 5, 2008 – 10:52 am
Family-owned and operated East Boston MA apparel manufacturer, Sterlingwear of Boston, has opened its first retail store in Nashua’s Pheasant Lane Mall. Ten people are employed in the new 3,388 square foot store that carries Sterlingwear’s well-known pea coat line along with a newly designed selection of contemporary outerwear for all seasons.
Company President and CEO, Frank Fredella, stated that while Sterlingwear of Boston is the only manufacturer of the Navy pea coat for the US Government, the garment has long been sought after for both function and fashion. Pea coats are a winter staple nearly always included on lists of must-have fall and winter fashion items. For several years, the company has offered a commercial line of pea coats that includes an ‘AUTHENTIC’ model that is made to military specification, along with more stylized versions in a wide range of sizes and colors.
Sterlingwear’s Nashua store carries outerwear for the entire family and every occasion with new lines for men, women and children that have not been available until now. Designer May Aye has joined the company to create fresh, contemporary fashions, expanding on classic military styling. Read More