Stacy Josloff
For a soft-spoken, tiny woman, Stacy Josloff, owner of Inca clothing line, packs a mighty punch. She moves around her boutique inside of the Gansevoort South in Miami Beach with purpose, cleaning up small messes left behind by clumsy passersby. But what else can you expect from a Jersey girl who invented a fashion major at a university that did not have one. “I went to University of Michigan to study art, but fashion was the thing for me, so I convinced a few professors to help me, and I created a program that didn’t exist before,” she says.
Like many Jersey girls before her, Josloff looked towards New York with longing for possibilities only the Big Apple can offer. Soon she was living her own version of Sex and the City, her days filled with the arts, fashion, and the high life. Under the tutelage of her then-husband Donny Deutsch, an ad man extraordinaire and TV personality, Josloff’s fervor for the arts grew. Her career, which included stints at Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, and Max Mara, not so much. “I became exposed to things at a young age many can only wish for,” reminisces Josloff. The home she shared with Deutsch was filled with Basquiats, Warhols, and Ruschas. But as her appreciation for the arts increased, a compromise to keep a happy home stagnated her career. “I’m not one to be a housewife, or spend time at the gym, or be a lady who lunches,” she explains. Predictably, her marriage was coming to an end when Josloff’s professional ambitions took off again. She got together with a friend, and Inca, a resort collection, was born.
Today, Josloff enjoys the balance her successful fashion line and a healthy new marriage and two daughters provide. She moved to Miami from New York to open Inca boutique and gained a new perspective on life in the process. “Your armor here falls off, you breathe better. It’s OK to slow down a little and to actually have a hobby,” Josloff says ironically as she readies to open a yet-to-be-named concept store inside of the W South Beach. “It will be in itself a piece of art, with hair, jewelry and clothing salons,” she adds. Never too far from her favorite pastime, Josloff, currently indulging her appetite for photography, is eyeing a pièce de résistance to display in her new store. “I’m thinking Herb Ritts’ Rachel Holding Sphere,” she concludes and checks her watch for time, which she seems to have little of.
