Word: el
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think the inspiration for it was that I don’t really like the industry side of [fashion]; I have a much deeper connection with the creative side of it,” says el Habashy, an effortlessly elegant figure in her knee-high boots and gold bangles...
After completing summer internships at Dior and People’s Revolution, a brand marketing and consulting firm, el Habashy had garnered plenty of fashion industry experience, helping editors prepare layouts and push certain brands and trends while learning the ins and outs of the merchandising world...
...summer and term-time involvements led el Habashy to see what she describes as “the need to foster greater creativity” in the fashion industry...
TheCultivate.com is her response to that need: the service will feature the collections of not-yet-established designers—usually five to seven years out of design school, according to el Habashy—in an online store that will collect demographic information from customers and redistribute that information to wholesalers and buyers for boutiques...
...El Habashy and her colleagues—two close friends who are also from Harvard—have initially selected designers through word-of-mouth research, professors at design schools, and fashion writers and editors to identify under-the-radar creators who would benefit from participating. In the future, TheCultivate.com team plans to create an application process for designers...