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New York may have the cachet, but in places like Nantucket; Franklin, New York; and Washington, D.C., a score of designers both new and established are proving that good style (and strong followings) can crop up anywhere. Take a figure like JBD Apparel’s Saudia Islam who, despite Manhattan’s seductions, has stayed put in her native Philadelphia. “The pandemic made me realize that I’m able to run a business in a place that I want to run a business from,” she says, speaking for many young entrepreneurs. Over in Wilmington, Delaware, Asata Maisé who moved back to her home state more than a year ago feels much the same way. By collaborating with local creatives, she says, “we create our own sense of community in our own hub.”