We've started the blog!! yay us!!
Arlie here. To those who know us and read this blog, welcome and make yourself at ease. To those who are just getting to know us, we are crazy like that. You'll get used to it. Just sit down and read!
Humm ...where should I start? At the beginning I guess...well for me it started back in June, just after graduation. Like a lot of people my age leaving grad school, I had a few prospects in sights job wise but was not really eager to go out there and start a 9 to 5, corporate America, the whole nine yards.
So I was taking my sweet time deciding what I was going to do with the rest of my life when I fell upon a bunch of cool and nice clothes my aunt had sent me from back home (Cameroon). All beautiful kabas that she wanted me to wear here or give to my friends as gifts.... Gifts? as in "give"? not in America sweetheart. People want to rip those clothes off me everytime I wear them, let them pay for it... Then the I-dea took a hold of me. Why not sell those? they'll be a smashing success. And they were! So I decided to work for myself, in a field I love and make it big...
So I started writing all my ideas down and I called my partner in crime, the one and only Manda, who was at work at the time. It just happened that she was bored out of her mind and wanted to do something else with her life. Funny enough, she was checking a few African fashion websites when I called. So I talked to her about what I was planning. She told me "I'm quitting my job tomorrow and coming down to work with you Mamita ( the term of endearment we use for each other)".
Well here we are, ready to take the world on!
I'll be back later to tell you about our first business trip. that one was unforgettable...haha, still laughing about it...
Humm ...where should I start? At the beginning I guess...well for me it started back in June, just after graduation. Like a lot of people my age leaving grad school, I had a few prospects in sights job wise but was not really eager to go out there and start a 9 to 5, corporate America, the whole nine yards.
So I was taking my sweet time deciding what I was going to do with the rest of my life when I fell upon a bunch of cool and nice clothes my aunt had sent me from back home (Cameroon). All beautiful kabas that she wanted me to wear here or give to my friends as gifts.... Gifts? as in "give"? not in America sweetheart. People want to rip those clothes off me everytime I wear them, let them pay for it... Then the I-dea took a hold of me. Why not sell those? they'll be a smashing success. And they were! So I decided to work for myself, in a field I love and make it big...
So I started writing all my ideas down and I called my partner in crime, the one and only Manda, who was at work at the time. It just happened that she was bored out of her mind and wanted to do something else with her life. Funny enough, she was checking a few African fashion websites when I called. So I talked to her about what I was planning. She told me "I'm quitting my job tomorrow and coming down to work with you Mamita ( the term of endearment we use for each other)".
Well here we are, ready to take the world on!
I'll be back later to tell you about our first business trip. that one was unforgettable...haha, still laughing about it...
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