I've always had an eye for fashion.
As far back as five years old, I remember creating my first “piece” out of a white Hanes shirt and corralling my friends to perform a fashion show at our parent’s dinner party. But my real first experience with design came as one of the winners for the 1998 Young Designer of America Competition sponsored by the Ashton-Drake Galleries. I created a design for the 'Gene' Doll which was produced and presented at the Toy Fair in NYC. It was my ticket to Art school and the beginning of my career in several facets of the fashion industry.

It didn’t take long before I quit my retail job as a buyer to pursue my passion and spearhead my first brand to create what women wanted by designing pants that fit like jeans. Several years later, I am still pursuing my dream with every shirt KMJ repurposes. Creating clothing that will empower women to feel even better about themselves while taking part of a movement that the future is female.

I watch my young girls get ready each morning. They put together their outfits and dance in front of the mirror with this sense of fantasy and self-expression. That's the magic I want them to hold onto while dreaming big, and the magic I want women to feel when they put on one of my shirts!