Before there was a stage, there was a stitch. Before there was a venue, there was a vision. And behind both - always - there was Andi.

Andi Rosenstein grew up on Chicago's north side in the 1960s, the daughter of a bandleader who played the legendary rooms of Rush Street. She absorbed rhythm and atmosphere the way most kids absorb cartoons — through late nights, neon light, and the particular magic of a room that's truly alive. It shaped everything she would ever make.

In 1986, she walked into a surfwear rep's office in Chicago's Apparel Center with a résumé in hand. That rep was Steve Rosenstein. He never quite recovered. Two years later, in 1988, they launched Fitigues Clothing Company — and for the next two decades, Andi designed every single piece. Not a capsule collection. Not a collaboration. Every. Single. Garment. Her instinct for comfort, style, and clothing that feels lived-in and loved — pieces that get better over time — built Fitigues into something a Fortune 500 retailer couldn't resist. They acquired the brand in 2006.