Apparel design is more than a profession.

 

It's a craving that determines the lens through which I perceive everything around me and has been at the core of my career aspirations since I can remember. Spending long weekends with my grandmother splurging at garage sales and rummaging through the attic of the home she grew up in (which housed almost a century of treasures - unbeknownst to me at the time) are some of my oldest and most fond memories, those of which sparked a fascination with vintage and designer clothing from an early age.
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In my teen years, building confidence in others was seemingly novel at that age, which made me feel different, inevitably lending art and fashion to become my most authentic outlets of self-expression.  As time went on, through discovering my own identity and fervor for empowering others, I realized just how powerful a needle and thread could be.  
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My professional journey began while earning my BA in Marketing and Consumer Science at the University of Tennessee before receiving my BFA in Product Development from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.  Soon thereafter, I found myself taking my love for dressing women bicoastal and co-founded a women's boutique in Tennessee in 2013 - in which branding, replenishing inventory and digital marketing remotely became my secondary itch, while I worked my way up in the fashion industry on the West Coast.
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Aside from working on the design floor for some of my newfound and all-time favorite labels over the years, my other passions include traveling abroad, attending music festivals, volunteer work and all things graphics-related.
 
By whichever means possible, I'm continuing to live out my creative journey and lifelong aspiration of collaborating with likeminded individuals to explore and evolve our global footprint initiatives in an impactful way, while remaining a visionary in this ever-changing and technologically-driven orbit.