Some fashion world crossovers are to be expected. These days, it seems a hot young singer or actor is required to announce the launch of an eponymous ready-to-wear collection within twenty-four hours of their first album or summer blockbuster. But in the case of 26-year-old Nebraska native Timo Weiland, resettlement in the fashion world meant packing up a desk at Deutsche Bank Securities and explaining to coworkers that theatrical neck ware — and not finance — was his true life calling.
     Weiland’s timely pre-crash Wall Street exodus was fortuitous in producing his first accessories collection, Timo, which featured the ultra-slim neckties and poufy Edwardian satin collars that remain the brand’s signature accents. Business partner Alan Eckstein, 24, supplied the marketing and retail wisdom that got Weiland’s hip frills wrapped around the necks of Chloe Sevigny and Josh Hartnett. Since then, the duo have enjoyed an enduring “downtown darling” status, filling necktie orders for high-profile club-goers and style icons, all the while working toward the launch of a comprehensive Timo Weiland collection for men and women.
     Their plans came to fruition this fall at New York Fashion Week, where Weiland and Eckstein unveiled a fully realized — and startlingly directional — Spring 2010 debut collection saturated in their characteristically androgynous Edwardian flair.