D.Webb Designs is a female-owned NYC slow fashion brand creating ethical, body-positive apparel that blends style, movement, and individuality.
D.Webb Designs is a female owned and operated, ethically made alternative lifestyle apparel brand that is exclusively sourced, designed and manufactured locally in NYC. All of our designs are dedicated to body positivity for ALL. We produce in small quantities and proudly call ourselves a Slow Fashion brand. Our styles come in a wide range of sizes, that actually look good in all sizes. D.Webb styles are designed by the founder, Debbie D Carstos, a second generation designer and pattern-maker by trade.
“For me D.Webb means freedom in movement and freedom in style, as non-conforming and individual as the people who wear them.”
Debbie D. Cartsos she/her: Founder, CEO & Designer
Debbie is an award winning, second generation designer and pattern maker. She studied apparel design and pattern making at Veloudakis Private Institute of Design in Greece. After graduating she moved to New York where she continued her studies in fashion specializing in merchandising and intimate apparel design at NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology. At FIT she received the Jean Yu Critic Design Award and the Intimate Apparel Council Merit Award.
Debbie spent 9 years designing in the intimate apparel field. Along with her love of fashion and design, she is also an avid lover of dance. Her personal exploration into dance helped her discover that there was a way to merge her two passions into one: D.Webb Designs - a well made, versatile lifestyle apparel brand that not only feels good but also looks really cool on and off the dance floor.
Debbie handles product development, sales, pattern making, styling and many other things. Despite the challenges of being a small business owner she looks forward to starting her day in her design studio and when she is not in D.Webb Mode she is either dancing or spending time with her partner in life Len..
Donna Manalo (she/her): Graphic Designer / “Godmother of Goods” / Ambassador Liaison / UX Consultant
Dancer and Designer Donna Manalo is a storyteller by nature: she seeks to uncover the magic hidden around us. Although Donna and Debbie first met on the dance floor, their bond was forged in the heart of the Garment District. During D.Webb’s early days, Donna worked as a fashion designer, creating licensed children’s apparel and swimwear. The two would shimmy over for a coffee, lament the machinations of the fashion industry, and dream of better days.
Donna believes that every item that D.Webb presents is special: these are high quality, well-made garments designed by a truly skilled artist. Each piece has its own story to tell. Perhaps there is one here that can help you tell yours?
You can catch Donna online as she dances her way across the internet - she is currently working her way through the Salimpour Institute and will soon have many more stories to share.
