“I’m in with the big dogs, now I just have to prove why I’m here and keep designing shoes that inspire women to wear them.” -Angela ScottĪS: Next move is really expanding the company as a lifestyle brand. It’s a struggle but also such a reward because if I can get this far on hard work and determination, sky’s the limit, right? It’s almost like my weakness has been my greatest strength. I’m in with the big dogs, now I just have to prove why I’m here and keep designing shoes that inspire women to wear them. I look around at their selection and I see YSL, Chloe, Marni, Louboutin and me and I’m flipping out. I’m so lucky to be one of their designers. Now my shoes are carried at Neiman Marcus. I thought, “If I’m going to do this, I need to learn how to make shoes.” I had no mentors and no one came in and told me how to design shoes. I worked at UGG but usually people who start their own fashion brands have worked with fashion brands and have gone to proper art schools. I was going to school to become a teacher since I always loved kids. I thought fashion would be a hobby and a personal expression.
I wasn’t in the fashion industry and I never worked in retail. MR: What has been your biggest struggle in building your company?ĪS: Being solo has been a struggle.
I was that girl who everyone always asked, “Where are those shoes from?” -Angela Scott I’ve had a really strong passion for footwear since I was a kid. When I went to college to study English at UCSB I interned at UGG (thank you big brother Nate) and that was the footwear introduction to the path that would lead me to The Office of Angela Scott. And even though my parents always told me to do what I loved, I just never thought shoes were going to be a career. I was that girl who everyone always asked, “Where are those shoes from?” I always had a new pair of interesting shoes and felt like they were my form of expression. AS: My interest in shoe design originated mostly from my love of footwear.
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