About
Meet the mind behind Mastermind
Mastermind is the culmination of Elizabeth Israel’s experiences as an avid equestrienne coupled with her intrepid spirit, indomitable tenacity, and inspired artistic vision. Following a successful career as a senior scientist at a major oil company, she decided to to pursue her long held ambition to forge a path as an entrepreneur in sportswear apparel design and development.
Elizabeth’s initial foray into the sports-fashion world began with designing and developing Domino brand cycling apparel featuring an innovative technology (Leather with Lycra®), for which her designs received several International ISPO awards for Innovative Design in Sports Apparel, and was featured as Mountain Bike Magazine’s Mountain Bike Short of the Year. Eventually she segued into focusing her efforts on creating unique, upscale equestrian apparel and accessories.
Mastermind is the result of Elizabeth’s in-depth research and development process and her devotion to maintaining her artistic vision; namely, to design riding apparel that is deeply rooted in the equestrian tradition, yet juxtaposed by modern touches, innovative materials, and sophistication that, combined, create an element of subtlety and surprise.