It should be illegal to look as good as Andrea Mary Marshall does on her carefully curated Instagram feed.
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Marshall → look → feed
On Wednesday, the 44-year-old fashion designer — who heads up Salon 1884, a luxury fashion brand that has dressed Julia Roberts, Katie Holmes, and Cynthia Erivo — arrived at New York County Criminal Court for a pre-trial hearing.
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that → head → hearing
In his filing, Bragg alleges that Marshall coerced former employees into working up to 100 hours a week and then gaslit them about payment.
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Marshall → allege → payment
It seemed like a cut-and-dry case of an entitled socialite trying to pull a fast one on hardworking New Yorkers, many of them immigrants striving to feed their families.
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many → seem → families
It was also a shocking fall for the Boston native, who was lauded for both her fashion and art in elite fashion publications like Vogue and Elle, and even dated Kate Moss’s ex-husband, Jefferson Hack.
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who → laud → husband
In a New York Times profile that was even more glowing than her skin, Marshall even confessed that she’d added “Mary” to her name in order to sound more Catholic.
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she → confess → name
But according to numerous former associates, Marshall’s behavior was hardly Pope-like.
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behavior → accord → associates
Former employees, friends, and fellow Vogue-approved designers paint a picture of a brilliant but financially unsavvy woman who — in the words of one allegedly swindled former employee — “believed more money would appear… and when it didn’t, she froze.
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she → approve → employee
She just doesn’t know how to handle this.”
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She → know → this
But Marshall’s lawyers, Anna Estevao and Justine Harris, told The Post that the case is more complicated.
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case → tell → Post
Unpaid promises
“There is so much more to this story,” the attorneys told The Post exclusively in a statement.
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attorneys → be → statement
“Ms. Marshall is a solo female entrepreneur and artist who did her best under challenging circumstances.
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who → do → circumstances
She paid all of her workers above minimum wage, more than she paid herself, in addition to buying them meals and Ubers home when they worked late.
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they → pay → Ubers
To the extent she experienced cash flow issues and fell behind in her obligations, she remains committed to paying her outstanding debts.
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she → experience → debts
Furthermore, they allege that Marshall herself is the victim of theft by “major fashion retailers not paying on time” for orders they’d placed — and that the D.A. is attempting to “make an example of a struggling business owner” with inflated criminal charges.
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D.A. → allege → charges
“She’s getting screwed by a larger system,” says a former Prada fashion executive who now consults for smaller brands.
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who → screw → brands
“Retailers take all your clothes.
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Retailers → take → clothes
They say they’ll pay and then they don’t.
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they → say → ?
And if they declare bankruptcy, like Saks, then you don’t get paid.
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you → declare → Saks
She’s basically broke even though she did everything right.
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she → ’ → everything
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So is Andrea Mary Marshall a hapless fashion victim… or just a common thief whose finger-pointing is obscured by a gleaming gel manicure?
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pointing → obscure → manicure
In June, Bragg and his team presented damning evidence against the former model.
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Bragg → present → model
Allegations leveled against her include wage theft, exploitative working conditions where Marshall withheld employee time cards in order to manipulate overtime hours, and consecutive overnight shifts that sometimes totaled 100-hour weeks.
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that → level → weeks
Marshall now faces counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, Effect of Failure to Secure Compensation, Failure to Pay Wages in Accordance with the Labor Law — combined charges that could carry between 1 and 10 years of jail time.
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that → face → time
As part of their case, the D.A.’s office obtained emotional text messages from former garment workers, many of them vulnerable immigrants.
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many → obtain → them
In one message, a garment worker wrote, “Good afternoon, miss.
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worker → write → message
Please can you pay me something.
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you → pay → something
I need to send it to Ecuador.
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I → need → Ecuador
It’s for my son.
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It → ’ → son
Please, I’m asking you.
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I → ask → you
He’s sick.”
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He → ’ → ?
Another read, “Miss Andrea, please can you pay me half.
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you → read → half
I really need to send money to Ecuador for my children.
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I → need → children
I really need it, miss, please help me.”
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I → need → me
In response to a third, separate text begging for payment, Marshall wrote back, “You are not allowed in my office.
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You → beg → office
Give me your address and I will mail you a check.”
According to the Department of Labor, a check never came.
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check → give → Labor
Lawyers insist some claims from Bragg are misleading, including the allegation that she “allegedly failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law to protect employees in the event of a workplace injury.”
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which → insist → injury
In a statement to The Post, Marshall’s legal team said that “well before she was charged, she secured her manufacturer’s license, workers’ compensation, and disability insurance policies—which remain active today.”
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which → say → license
(These policies became active in 2025, according to public records.)
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policies → become → records
“What she did was wrong,” says a luxury fashion executive with personal knowledge of Marshall’s business.
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executive → say → business
…and 33 more, not listed.
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