Melody Miller for Ruby Star Society

Melody Miller is the Ruby Star founder and Creative Director. She is driven! Once she makes it clear what she wants to do, she makes it happen. In 2013 she created Cotton+Steel, a new type of company made up of collections and collaborations of five diverse women. For Melody, it was the perfect amalgamation of her past experiences and skills, combining art, illustration, sewing, marketing and branding into one magical, creative venture.

Led by that same intuition, Melody – and the four other founding designers – left Cotton+Steel in Spring 2018, and she began working to form Ruby Star Society. “I had built my dream job. I knew what I could do, and I wasn't ready for it to be over,” Melody says on deciding to create the new brand. And it’s to continue a career path she’s built for herself, sure, but when Melody talks about what she wants for Ruby Star Society, it’s clear that it’s not really about her, but rather, the collection of artists she’s brought together, and the women out in the world they’re creating the fabrics for.