Always one to be spontaneous, Kirsten Summergill dove in headfirst when she started Pout Clothing back in May.
When talking about the process it takes to put it all together she mentions locking herself in a room for two weeks. This is when she decides what fabrics she's going to use and how everything's going to flow together.
The process of designing a line is a long and hectic one. Large amounts of preparation, time, and energy going into every little stitch.
"Sometimes I'm sewing in a zipper and thinking, why am I doing this," Summergill says with a smile.
Of all the pieces she designs she likes making dresses the most. "Their easier for women to shop for," she explains, saying a dress is much less complicated than trying to find an entire outfit to put together.
Most of Summergill's inspiration comes from the fabric she uses, which is all Canadian made. She's buys all of her textiles out of Vancouver and even her leather's are Canadian trapped.
Her ideal customer is more of a student, someone who goes out on weekends, maybe parties.
"I want to make crazy stuff," she says, "but at the same time I got to make money."
She's a smart girl who welcomes feedback, and knows that what the customer likes is very important, sometimes more important than what she likes.
In the first line she did, the hems were very short, so now she's thinking about making them a little longer.
Everything she knows she learned from an internship she did at Broken Doll Clothing.
"If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be where I was right now," Summergill says about Leah Bohnet, owner of Broken Doll Clothing.
Right now Summergill has her outfits in four stores, three in and around Calgary and one in Vancouver.
On top of everything right now she's taking on sewing for another line, Gypsy Renegade.
"I'm used to more structured clothing, this is a first doing flowy items," she says about the lines clothes. Summergill thinks she can learn a lot from her and build on her experience.
Not one to turn down an opportunity, she always makes the most of what she's doing. With a serious passion for what she does, and a strong foundation Summergill has what it takes to make it.
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