CAMILLA JAMES
Class of 2009 Interviewed by Cam Henderson | September 2018
The passion we see from our alumni everyday is something that words fail to do justice. Camilla James is one of the many entrepreneurs among our alum community, and the passion she has for her most recent endeavour, The Saltwater Collective, is quite inspiring. As the designer and owner of her own swimwear company, Camilla has set out to change the way that we look at fashion, and the way we look.
Your are the owner and designer of The Saltwater
ed some help with PR and community management
Collective. What does that look like/entail? And is
from another Mulgrave graduate (Christina Pearce) so
this your end-all-be-all, or should we look forward to
that has been an exciting development, and I also have
your future endeavours?
a warehouse that stores my inventory and packs my orders for the summer season.
Yes I am! I must say that at this point, the one consistent part about running this business is that no
I absolutely love what I am doing, but I can’t say yet
two days look the same and I am constantly learning. It
whether it is my end-all-be-all. I think it’s important
is tough to paint a picture of what the job looks like, but
(especially in your 20s) to give it your all, but not to
at this point I don’t have any employees, so I do all of
close off other doors of opportunities. Who knows
the product design, development, marketing, sourcing,
where this will lead me in the coming years?! A con-
finance and the list goes on. I have recently contract-
crete goal I do have for myself is to stay self employed. 39
