The Winter Kate & House of Harlow 1960 companies were founded by Nicole Richie in 2009 in partnership with Majestic Mills (apparel) and Modern Vintage (accessories). Based in Montreal, Canada, both Majestic Mills and Modern Vintage are owned and operated by CEO Rick Cytrynbaum and his co-founder/ brother Brian Cytrynbaum. The Modern Vintage umbrella includes their own footwear label The Modern Vintage as well as Rosegold, MRKT, Heidi Klum’s footwear collection, and the Nicole Richie House of Harlow 1960 collection. Where as Majestic Mills focuses on the apparel business that includes Ernest Sewn, knitwear label Twen-tee, as well as the Nicole Richie Winter Kate collection