Her Story
About Sarah
I've known what I wanted to do since a very young age. I've been sewing, making my own clothes and jewelry, and selling them to friends and small shops since I was young. I always knew I wanted to work in fashion. Before getting my business and marketing degree, I actually started out in fashion merchandising at UT Austin, which was the only school that had an undergraduate program in that at the time. I decided it would be better to get a degree in marketing first to have a more solid foundation, so I transferred to the University of Colorado for the business degree, knowing I'd go back to school later for fashion. I've been tearing out magazine pages from J.Crew and Lucky Magazine and sticking them up on my wall for as long as I can remember. I always knew I would slowly work my way out towards California and that I wanted to work in fashion, I just didn't know exactly in what capacity. After getting my business degree from University of Colorado, I went to FIT for a program. During that time, I did fashion shows, PR, and dabbled in different internships while working. I've had the opportunity to work at Prana, run my own creative agency for almost 8 years working with various brands, and now I'm at Travis Matthew where I launched their women's business and oversee all creative for the entire brand.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Sarah
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I'm a very big supporter of women supporting women, so I would say, you know, lean on your fellow women in the industry. There's room for us all here, so never see your fellow women in the industry as your competition, but as your support, and we're all really here to lift each other up. I think that's been one of the biggest helps in my own career, having each other to support each other, and when we work as a team, it's done nothing but help my situation and help others. I think it's been really huge, especially in the industry that I work in, where who you know is everything, and creativity is so much based on collaboration. It's not something you can do on your own. So, I think having people and friends and supporters to lean on is really key, and for me, the people that I trust the most really have been mostly women who really support and understand what it's like to be a woman in the industry.
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