Top of the Town 2012

In just two short years, fashion creative director and owner Gregory Garman has developed his ground-up label, Cartel Noir, into a full-scale women’s clothing collection. The line features wardrobe essentials with an edgy twist, such as a black jersey dress with back cutouts, a tuxedo jacket with leather lapels, and semisheer T-shirts for layering. With Cartel Noir having been picked up by our Women’s Clothing winner, Goldyn, and also having appeared in Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Garman is already looking to broaden his fashion reach across the rest of the United States and into Europe. cartelnoir.com; available at Goldyn, 2040 W. 30th Ave., 720-489-0580, shopgoldyn.com