Alan Bilzerian Newton

Alan Bilzerian was first established in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1967, bringing the finest technical and aesthetic expressions in fine clothing to New England. The Bilzerian family continues to develop new ideas in design with European and Japanese partners, complementing their own collections of knitwear, jewelry, shoes and menswear, in both the Boston and Newton Centre locations.

Alan Bilzerian opened his first shop, Body Shop, in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Stocked with printed corduroy trousers, bellbottomed Landlubber jeans and velvet Western shirts, these ideas were offered to conscientious patrons from all over the world who wanted to creatively express the new freedoms promulgated by the major social changes taking place at the time. This cultural upheaval empowered a new and ready group of designers, buyers and retailers to develop new ways of making, designing and selling clothing and accessories. Setting aside old-hang-ups about dressing and mining the imagination for new narrative directions led many designers and retailers to push the European factories to develop new methods of producing these fantastic creations.