For more than 30 years, Alexa Pulitzer has brought her distinctive wit, artistry, and New Orleans sensibility to the world of stationery, paper goods, and design.

Highly sought after for her custom stationery and private-label collections, Alexa’s designs have been sold in more than 1,000 upscale retailers around the world. She has also created proprietary collections for such iconic names as Bergdorf Goodman, Tory Burch, Anthropologie, The National WWII Museum, The Four Seasons, The Biltmore, Love Shack Fancy, Pottery Barn, and many more.

Throughout the company’s history, Alexa Pulitzer, LLC has proudly manufactured its products in the United States, growing from its New Orleans roots into one of the city’s most distinctive exports.

New Orleans is more than Alexa’s home—it is an enduring source of inspiration and a community she treasures deeply. Giving back to the city that has given her so much is an important part of both her personal and professional life, and she is proud to support local organizations, cultural institutions, and causes that help keep New Orleans vibrant.

An artist and designer at heart, Alexa is happiest when creating something memorable—whether creating a new collection, designing a bespoke commission, or hosting one of her beloved jazz salons.

When she isn’t creating, giving back, or entertaining, Alexa can usually be found shaking her tail a and enjoying life in New Orleans with her husband, Seth, and their two children.

Alexa forever incorporates her roots of classic Italian aesthetic with her hometown joie de vie and playful sophistication into her artistry and daily life.

From Textiles to Paper

Alexa’s design education began long before art school. As a teenager, she accompanied her father, Arthur, on design and buying trips to Lake Como, Italy, for her family’s neckwear companies, Wembley and Countess Mara. Fun fact: Alexa designed her first necktie for the mass market at just 16 years old.

After earning her BFA, Alexa returned to Como, Italy to apprentice at Ratti S.p.A, the esteemed Italian textile house and printer whose storied clientele has included Hermès, Versace, Ferragamo, Léonard Paris, Lanvin, and Ralph Lauren. Further apprenticeships in Paris and Milan followed, where she refined her instinct for color, pattern, and sophisticated design.

Returning home to New Orleans, Alexa joined Wembley, designing and merchandising neckties and men’s boxers for brands including Countess Mara, TABASCO®, ESPN, and The Beatles. But it was an unexpected creative outlet inside Wembley’s print shop that would ultimately change the course of her career. Frustrated by the artistic and corporate constraints of designing licensed novelty products, Alexa began turning her discarded designs into notepads. Around the same time, she created a collection of postcards as thank-you notes for her former employers in Italy. A friend encouraged her to show them to a local stationer, who promptly placed an order. And quite unintentionally, Alexa Pulitzer stationery was born.

For much of her 10 years at Wembley, Alexa worked two lives—designing for the family business by day and creating stationery and filling orders at night and on weekends. Alexa would ultimately become the last Pulitzer to work within the company her grandfather, Sam C. Pulitzer, and his brother, Emanuel, founded. While her career eventually led her from textiles to paper and into a business entirely her own, that heritage remains woven into her work.

Today, Alexa continues to marry the classic Italian aesthetic of her early design years with the joie de vivre, irreverence, and playful sophistication of her native New Orleans—a combination that has become the unmistakable signature of both her artistry and her life.

Devoted to New Orleans

New Orleans is more than Alexa’s hometown—it is her muse, her community, and an enduring source of inspiration. Giving back to the city she treasures has always been an important part of her upbringing and life.

Following Hurricane Katrina, Alexa donated her design services to rebrand the City of New Orleans’ Office of Recovery & Development, helping the city communicate and rebuild during one of the most consequential chapters in its history.

In 2018, Alexa was chosen to create the official logo for New Orleans’ 300th Anniversary, a particularly meaningful commission for a native New Orleanian whose work has been so deeply shaped by the city.

 

Praise for Alexa from Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans

 

Alexa’s devotion to New Orleans extends well beyond design. Driven by the infectious rhythm of the city—and a firm belief that what goes around comes around—she is a passionate host, connector, and champion of the people who make New Orleans unlike anywhere else.

Named to the Salonnière 100 list twice—recognizing America’s Top 100 Hosts—Alexa delights in bringing interesting people together, introducing like-minded creatives, and giving visitors an insider’s perspective on the artists, music scene, food, writers, characters, traditions, and joie de vivre of her beloved Crescent City.

Whether she is lending her talents to a local cause, hosting one of her jazz salons, connecting kindred spirits, or sharing her favorite haunts, Alexa believes the best way to love New Orleans is to participate in it—and to give back to the city that has given her so much.

 

Download Alexa’s Guide to New Orleans (aka NOLA)