In 1999, Karen Comerford, a textile designer and Pratt graduate with a background in product development, opened her shop, Comerford Collection in Bridgehampton, New York as a laboratory of sorts-a place in which to experiment with new designs and merchandising ideas. In this refined space, Karen and her colleagues work to define the term “MODERN,” stripping it of its implications of austerity and imbuing it with a comfortable, uncomplicated simplicity.