In its two decades of existence the Designers Circus has become a destination for women from around the world. Our regular visitors travel from as far away as Brazil, Israel, France, China, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Russia, Kenya, Guatemala, Argentina and many other countries. One customer arrived from Ireland to visit her sister in Cambridge and then proceeded to introduce her sister to the Circus.

Our cultural diversity began with our exposure to indiginous peoples from around the world. We loved the design and weaving of unique fabrics. For many native peoples the production of fabrics are integral to their cultures and beliefs. Thirty years ago we pioneered the use of MAYAN hand spun, hand dyed, and hand loomed cotton fabrics in our own contemporary collections. A rich heavy luxurious cotton that gets better with age. Customers followed. Customers who were highly educated world travellers who shared our original focus and loves.

As a young woman, our founder, known as "KO", routinely traveled to Guatemala four times a year. This was during the time of Guatemalas 20 years of civil war. With her concealed money belt, and her street skills, she would venture into mountains that were ravaged by civil war to visit her MAYAN weavers. On each visit to Guatemala she would carry huge back breaking duffles of clothing for orphanages and she would bring designs and work for her BLANCO NEGRO COLLECTIONS. It was charity combined with creating work.

It was a period of CIA, el jefe, massacres, corruption and turmoil. It was a scary time. Yet, war, danger, jungles, adventure, pioneering, and late night revelries in a time of war, create a certain, je ne sais quoi? Maybe it's a joy for living. Maybe it's a willingness to venture out of bounds where other young women seldom go. And hovering above it all, like a gentle intoxicating warm breeze, was the beauty of Guatemala. Its tropical forests, its volcanoes, its lost MAYAN jade, its lakes, the richness of its people and culture (not to be confused with a first world infrastructure and money) seduces even the most jaundiced if you open your eyes and your mind.

The seeds of the Circus fell from our exposure, our work, our life and our adventures. On one such adventure, "KO" visited with a MAYAN WITCH DOCTOR who lived under a volcano. The witch doctor inspected her hands closely. He looked up dreamily, stared far away at the volcano, thought for some time, and then solemnly informed her that she would meet the love of her life, a "man with a boy". True to the prophecy, within a decade, on a late night revelry at BIBA's after theater, she met up with "WILL" and not long after his "infant SON ". They have been together ever since.

Together, KO and WILL created something unique in this world. They pioneered what is known as the Designers Circus. The Designers Circus is an under the radar clothing event, a sample sale, a warehouse sale, a pop up store, a guerilla store, and an experience in "social shopping" all in one.Thus began another shared journey, the journey of the Designers Circus.