MARK NASON
Mark Nason is an admitted boot addict. According to the designer, whose eponymous men's line launched for fall '04, it's a condition he's succumbed to for the past 25 years. So it's no surprise that he'd want to share his passion with consumers, making boots the center of his new venture.
But while Nason, 43, boasts a personal collection of 60 pairs of Western boots, he prefers rock 'n' roll when it comes to his own designs. "Music is one of the things that is probably common among all of us," he said. "How we feel and how we dress, the type of footwear we wear. It's really the expression of that attitude."