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“Don’t get
discouraged and
keep working at
it because you’re
not too far from
hitting gold.”
Kyler Baltimore is an 11-year old fashion designer and owner of
Kyahana Refined. She designs couture and every day clothes for
women and kids. She got tired of seeing people showing too much
skin so she decided to create her own fashion line where people could
feel beautiful yet not show too much skin and give off the wrong
impression. The next steps for Kyler go far beyond fabric and sewing
supplies. She’s thinking large scale production and storefront
distribution.
Kyler Baltimore
CG: Kyler, how did you start Kyahana Refined?
by Iyahana Baltimore
We sat down with this genius kid entrepreneur to hear why she
decided to start her fashion business at such a young age.
Kyler: I love how certain clothes fit people and how the movement of
materials and different fabrics work together. I see new designs in my
head and start sewing them together.
CG: Ah, so you also sew your own clothes?
Kyler: Of course. My mother says that if I want to be a real fashion
designer, I need to learn how to sew. Once I started, I truly fell in love.
Now I sew all my own clothes and it helps make my design ideas
come to life faster and better than before.
CG: What struggles do you have with running your own fashion line?
Kyler: The biggest struggle I had was sewing a straight line. I’m sure
a few of my patterns would be considered a straight line in some weird
country. I was terrible. But I practiced and practiced until I became
really good at it.
CG: Did you have an AHA moment? That moment that everything
seemed to becoming together for you?
Kyler: I knew that when I began sewing every day and didn’t want to
stop regardless of how it turned out, that I was hooked on the world of
a fashion. It’s my true passion and I can’t stop now.
CG: What’s the most important thing for any company or fashion
designer to reach success?
Kyler: You need to have the determination to do something and finish
it to the end otherwise what’s the point of doing it in the first place.
Have persistence.
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