Rene Gerrior sits in her bright, second-floor studio in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The elfin and a bit eccentric Rene is perched on a stool, sipping coffee at her drawing table. The Massachusetts-born designer is the woman behind the name ReneFrancesG—the luminary label that has come to represent sustainability, labor rights, and great style.

View more of on ReneFrancesG’s collection in the gallery extra above.