Every summer at her Vermont lake house, Kerry O’Brien hosts an annual tomato “style-out” where she lines up the 25 heirloom varieties grown in her garden for family and friends to taste test and vote on. The weakest flavors don’t return, and the winners become next season’s foundation.

It’s a surprisingly perfect metaphor for O’Brien’s life’s work. Commando began as an experiment in comfort (Why settle for restrictive, unflattering undergarments?) and became a multimillion-dollar company defined by invention, buttery soft fabrics and a refusal to do anything halfway. Today, Commando has grown from invisible underwear to visible authority across the ready-to-wear space, with products spanning bodysuits, leggings, suiting, hosiery and everything else you need to anchor a modern wardrobe.

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