Allons•y. Let's Go.
Founded in 2024 by Creative Director and designer Caroline MacDonald, Allons•y is a custom, made to order couture clothing company based out of Arlington, Virginia.
Allons•y embraces a new age in fashion through modern reinterpretations of classic silhouettes. Contemporary and vintage design influences signal a nod to the past, while remaining modern in functionality and versatility. Comfort is key, as well as sustainable and ethical production. Allons•y customers should feel good wearing their clothes, as well as feel good about buying them. “Allons-y” in French means “let’s go,” and Allons•y embraces this
phrase with trans-seasonal clothing that can transition throughout the day and look the part wherever it is worn.
Founder and Creative Director
Caroline MacDonald
Originally from Portland, OR, Caroline is a BA candidate for Fashion Design at Marymount University, graduating in Spring 2025 with minors in Sustainability and Studio Art. A former professional ballerina and choreographer, she danced with Nevada Ballet Theatre in Las Vegas before moving to Arlington, Virginia for school. Caroline is the Northwest School Costumer at The Washington Ballet for their 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons and was a Costume Design Assistant at Wolf Trap Opera for the summer 2024 season. Prior to that she worked as an assistant at Kim Schalk RTW in Alexandria, Virginia.
MacDonald was the recipient of the NAMSBE Foundation Arthur H. Taylor Award for Excellence in Menswear at the 2024 Portfolio In Motion fashion show, and showed work at the 2024 Costume Society of America National Symposium. Caroline's research on sustainability in fashion, Environmental and Social Concerns in Fashion Textile Production, can be found in the NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity.
View Caroline's Resume Here.
