Tailor Made: Interviewed by Aimee Davison

Host & Producer Aimee Davison (Her new project: One hundred jobs)

Tailor.mademtl@gmail.com

Now:

-Creative Entrepreneurial Consultant

-Small Business Consultant

-Creative DIY Educator

-Mentor for Lean Start-up(Montreal/Toronto)

Previously:

-Wardrobe Assistant (TV)

-Fashion Designer

-Fashion Design & Marketing Educator (Lasalle College)

-Mentor for new fashion industry professionals

-Co-Founder of The S.W.A.P team

I Support:

-D.I.Y Makers & creators

-The Maker Movement

-Empowering Young women

My Story:

-Seamstress since I was 11

-My first business was a garage sale(sold my button collection)

-Recycled+reworked vintage finds at 15

-Studied Fashion Design(Lasalle College) at 19

-First business at 24,Second at 26 and Third at 30

(all fashion and/or creative fields)

-Dabbled in costume,non-profit,PR and language fields

-Still like to play: I own a ruby bike,a hula hoop I made,a pair of old roller skates & tap shoes.

-I only wear dresses & skirts(I have one pair of jeans/never worn)

-Love,love,love watermelon any season

Monday, November 8, 2010