Luxury Next Season / About
A personal point of view. A world of connections.
Founded in New York by Penny Pinar Karabey, Luxury Next Season brings a distinctive fashion perspective to private sourcing, brand opportunities and relationships between Europe and the United States.
Where It Started
Retail built the foundation.
Luxury Next Season began in New York as a luxury retail and sourcing platform with a highly edited point of view. It became known for current-season designer pieces, hard-to-find requests and direct relationships across fashion.
We fell in love with bags together. We carried them, styled them in our own ways, shared our photos and tagged one another. Through that shared love, we built a community. Seeing a bag I had chosen become part of your life was one of the greatest pleasures of Luxury Next Season.
My rule was always personal: I never offered a bag on this platform that I would not proudly carry myself. Quantity never mattered as much as quality. The craftsmanship, the character and the way a piece made you feel mattered far more than how many pieces we could offer. Every selection had to be something I could stand behind.
That chapter built something more valuable than inventory: judgment, access and a network developed through years of working with brands, clients and the industry.
The retail history remains part of Luxury Next Season, but it no longer defines the business.
Luxury Next Season Today
A more selective platform.
Today, that retail experience informs a broader practice: introducing European labels to US buying teams, developing brand presentations and events, and creating opportunities across fashion, sport and culture.
Some projects begin with a brand entering a new market. Others begin with a collection ready to meet relevant buyers, a showroom presentation, a trunk show or a carefully considered introduction. The scope is shaped around the brand, its audience and what the project needs to achieve.
The work has evolved; the attention to the product and the person remains. Penny’s founding principle still guides Luxury Next Season: a personal point of view, an eye for individuality and a reason behind every selection and connection.
Founder
Penny Pinar Karabey
A Turkish-American entrepreneur based on New York’s Upper East Side, Penny combines a background in computer engineering with an instinct for fashion, interiors and the details that give something character. She leads the creative and commercial direction of Luxury Next Season.
Her style brings uptown luxury together with downtown edge and a European sensibility. Bright color, bold patterns and unexpected accessories are signatures; her preference for color over New York’s familiar black uniform has become part of her public identity.
For Penny, an accessory is often the starting point of a look. A bag, a piece of jewelry or an unusual texture can make familiar clothes feel entirely personal. That belief runs through her buying choices, editorial work and the creation of National Accessory Day.
Outside the business, her life moves between New York and Southampton with her family. Polo, fitness and a love of coffee are part of that rhythm; she is also a certified fitness instructor.
Editorial & Recognition
A voice beyond the collection.
Penny’s style, entrepreneurship and fashion perspective have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Business of Fashion, Forbes, Vogue China, L’Officiel, Marie Claire and Yahoo Style. In 2021, NYC Journal included her among its 30 Top Inspirational Women.
Through Luxury Next Season’s Observations, Penny shares her reading of runway collections, personal style and the cultural shifts shaping fashion.
National Accessory Day
November 3. Make it personal.
Penny founded National Accessory Day through Luxury Next Season in 2019, celebrated on November 3. It grew from her love of the pieces that express individuality and change how an outfit feels.
Handbags, jewelry, scarves, hats, watches and even the smallest detail can tell a personal story. The invitation is simple: wear the accessories that feel most like you and celebrate the confidence and pleasure they bring.
Thank you for being part of this story since 2019. You brought these pieces into your lives and made them your own. For us, accessories have always been personal—a little color, a little attitude, something unmistakably ours. They say something about us before we say a word. You know me: it often starts with the bag.
Share your interpretation with #NationalAccessoryDay and tag @luxurynextseason and @penny.
Community & Purpose
Connections that serve a wider purpose.
Shero Collective
Penny founded Shero Collective to help women and girls find support, resources and meaningful connections. Its roots lie in the community she began building during the pandemic, with women in fashion and business helping one another move forward.
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Fashion Fights Cancer
As a board member of Fashion Fights Cancer, Penny supports the organization’s work with cancer patients and survivors through fashion, design and creative expression.
Practical support
Her past community efforts have included distributing 150 tablets to children for remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and creating fundraising initiatives for earthquake victims in Turkey.
Shero Collective and Fashion Fights Cancer are independent organizations, separate from Luxury Next Season’s commercial services.
Professional Community
Women building businesses.
Penny’s professional communities have included Women Entrepreneurs NYC, Female Founder Collective and Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW). These connections reflect her interests across entrepreneurship, fashion and beauty, and her belief in women sharing knowledge and opening doors for one another.
