Allison Melone

Before debuting the internationally recognized women’s ready-to-wear boutique athene on the North Shore in fall 2016, Ashley Quicksilver thought of fashion as a creative outlet, one rooted in childhood shopping trips with her grandmother. “I would style entire seasonal wardrobes for both of us,” says Quicksilver. “I was good at it, and that gave me

How many of us can say we still apply—or even remember—the skills we learned in school to our careers now? For artist Zak Rose, the classes and coursework he took at Kenyon College still drive the design work he does today—even though his degree is in English. “Near the end of my time at Kenyon,