Fashion Marketing | DEC

Owner, Quartier Mode Boutique

Describe your position and key responsibilities?
I started and own Quartier Mode. I seek out new local designers, and run our fashion community of 37 local designers that is growing every day. I maintain our mission to support local and Canadian independent designers and local production. I manage and run the clothing boutique/web store and fashion blog and manage our team.

What is a typical workday in your professional life? 
I come in check my emails, fill on line orders, and then assist customers. Everyday is new and even though I have a list of things to do there are always surprises, so my days are spent, adapting and addressing things as they come. The best part is helping customers discover new designers or finding the right items for their life. I like making people happy.

Outline your career path?
I was firstly a hairstylist, I went to hair school and worked in that field, then I moved to Montreal and studied fashion design at International Academy of Design, I worked in the fashion industry then went back and did the Representative in the Fashion industry course at LaSalle, I worked for a large company that organized production overseas for some of Canada's biggest retail stores, worked for a local fashion designer who supplied 48 stores in Canada and the US and produced locally, I was a design and production assistant, worked in styling, started by two clothing collections, managed Preloved Montreal, worked as hairstylist at Tonic... lots of different things, until I did the SAJE program to develop my business plan and opened Quartier Mode.