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MK: What inspires you about being a business owner? CJ:The inspiration originated from simply wanting to be an artist. From there it transcended to branding what I do, and making me my business. As I grew from styling to designer, it increased my team and essentially expand my business. As an outlet for an endless desire to excel in my art, I?m faced with the reality that I?m the largest factor in the success of my business, and this drives me more than anything.
MK: What got you started as a designer? CJ: I?ve been designing as a stylist for many years. What moved me to start a collection was a culmination of several things. As apart of the original production of the first Caribbean Fashion Week in Kingston (2000), I developed a network of designers and clientele that I was consulting. As I began to develop an exclusive cliente of well traveled women in this region, I began to see an opportunity for the island aesthetic transformed to appeal to metropolitan women wanting to shop the luxury market. As I shopped for these women, I realized the task to be ?chic in the heat?, and thought quite naively I could do it!
MK: Tell us the story behind your line? CJ: The first collection came about as an opportunity from my mentor Jeff Grubb who was consulting the buyer for Escape at the Paradise Atlantis Boutique in the Bahamas. It was a capsule of swim cover ups in some traditional shapes but amazing silk prints. The silhouettes I was drawn to was the poncho and the cape. At the time, before capes exploded in fashion, I thought how we we?re accustomed to these items as winter goods, but rarely see them in silk and chiffon. My love affair with the cape is how it instantly makes you feel. You move a different way with this flow following you, so even if you feel like crap, you instantly become a royal superhero. This led to the realization of what I was aiming to achieve, designing a resort line in a concrete jungle as New York. It occured to me, that I wanted that metropolitan woman on vacation who may have picked up my piece in some hotel boutique, to be able to rock that piece when she got home. This blew the lid off of designing for any specific region, because I realize that resort isn?t a destination, it?s a Feeling!
MK: What has been your personal observation concerning the fashion industry? CJ: It?s changing as fast as trends.
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MK: What are your inspirations that define your fashion designing? CJ:My inspiration comes from all the different bodies I?ve styled during the years. I?m aiming to have at least one silhouette that works for each body type. This way women will always find something that works for them.
MK: Tell us about some memorable moments as a designer? CJ: I?ll never forget my first fashion show where so many things transpired. It was Summer Sizzle BVI, a show I previously styled, and it became the launchpad for me to present my collection. In preparation, I created something for myself to wear, the gender-fluid wrap-pant, which has now become my biggest seller, but also the thrill of seeing the collection altogether, and received so well simply fueled me to do more. Another highlight was being the first American invited to show at Harbin Fashion Week where I received an award amongst over 130 designers for Most Marketable Brand.
MK: Why did you agree to be featured in Mkovah Magazine? CJ: I like the concept of reinvention, and appreciate those who recognize the effort involved.
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