Fashion Slow Lane!

Success.     This word means different things to different people.     My idea of ultimate success is doing what you love and being super successful at it.   An entrepreneur at heart, I have always tried to find a way to do what I love and make money doing it.   I have been able to do what I love and make a living doing it, but I have never been able to be make a killing yet.    I have started a few brands over the years but nothing has made it to top.   (I will try again.) However I run into people in real life that are often able to find that passion and make a killing while doing what they love.   One of those uber success stories is my neighbor Annie. For the past few years, I would often run into an attractive young blonde in our apartment building in La Jolla and we would exchange pleasantries.   Our exchanges were always related to fashion because she was always wearing amazing handbags and cute outfits.   She w...

As a fashion designer that works with a lot of different brands I have met a lot of people in the industry.   Many people are afraid to try something new for fear of failure or fear of losing your job.   I have lost jobs and brands so I have gotten over that fear.  There is always another job or chance down the road.  Always.  You are not a failure if you tried and it did not work out.  I think you are a failure if you let fear hold you back and you never try anything.    Some people are so afraid of failure that they don't even try.  I am not one of those people.  I have tried and failed at a couple of fashion start up brands.   The first one was really hard for me to take. However it took me less than one year and I was already planning my next brand.   I did have to take a year off though, just to recover from the utter feeling of devastation after closing my first handbag brand I had worked so hard at for 5 years! ...