Be A Fashion Designer

Nic Hyl (pronounced Nick Hill) is the founder and creative director of New York's emerging and award winning swimwear, clothing and activewear brand, Nic Hyl Clothing. As a lover of travel, fitness, fashion and having previously worked in the fashion industry for brands including Norma Kamali and Ralph Lauren, Nic has taken her experience, love of fashion, Jamaican roots, and Florida upbringing to create a brand inspired by her love of quality fashion and a vacation inspired lifestyle. After graduating with a BS in Psychology from The University of Central Florida, Nic changed her mind in career and pursued fashion design. Graduating with honors from The American Intercontinental University with a BFA in Fashion Design, and starting her apprenticeship in NYC with Norma Kamali a few short months later. "It's the beauty of fashion that I see on a daily basis on New York City streets coupled with my Florida roots, fashionable female role models in my family, and my Jamaican culture that has inspired me to create a swimwear and lifestyle brand, so that fashionable women can translate their personal style to the beach, pool or wherever their lives take them. My goal is to celebrate a wider definition of beauty for every body, everywhere; one uniquely beautiful garment at a time." – Nic Hyl As part of her commitment to creating quality garments, ending fast fashion and helping others, Nic has also created a program teaching other fashion designers and brand owners all of the secrets for product development, production and commercial garment manufacturing under her course program Nic Hyl Fashion University. Instagram: @nichylclothing YouTube: Nic Hyl Living Beautifully 30 Day Email Challenge Build Your Fashion Brand! Facebook: Email: nic@nichyl.com Twitter and Clubhouse: @nichyl REMARKS Hi Everyone. Because this is audio I could pretend that I'm always dressed impeccably and everyone admires my flair for fashion. Italians would call me a bella figura. Full disclosure, this is not the case. I care more for comfort than for style. So when I invited my guest, Nic Hyl, to talk about fashion design I was truly ignorant at the start, and absolutely fascinated to learn about the process. Nic has a combination of creativity, business savvy, and sensitivity to client's needs that impressed me greatly. She recognized that while school could teach her the art of design she needed real world experience to take her designs to the masses. I really loved hearing her explain how a garment goes from idea in her head to the customer's closet. And the other element that really struck me in our conversation was how Nic Hyl Clothing recognizes the tender feelings women have about their bodies when they put on a bathing suit. I purposely shared this episode at this time of year when many of us are resolving to eat better and exercise more. Nic's philosophy of helping women love themselves as they are in the skin they're in is a breath of fresh air. I hope you agree. Here's the interview. Full transcript available at ******************** Theme song written by Michael Cohen and performed by Complicated People Additional music by Michael Cohen ********************* Please fill out a 5-question survey at lizsumner.com/survey . Let me know when you're done and I'll send you a coupon code for my online course, 8 Steps to Launch Your Dream Life. ( launchyourdreamlife.com ) ********************* Listen on your favorite app - Support I Always Wanted To on Patreon - Leave a review on Podchaser - Thanks for listening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lizsumner.substack.com

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Be A Fashion Designer is an episode from I Always Wanted To by Liz Sumner.

This episode is 38:40 long.

This episode was published on Jan 10, 2022.

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