Parsons graduate Maryam Nassir Zadeh opened her eponymous store in Manhattan in 2002. Quickly becoming synonymous with emerging and on-point designers, Zadeh then debuted her own collection in 2008, before expanding to include menswear in 2021. In MNZ’s own words, the brand is “a building block of basics” – celebrating the New York surrounds where it is designed with Middle Eastern and European influences.