Angela: And it’s different, there’s nothing like it out So with Barack Obama winning the US Presidential
there, it’s really girly and feminine. election, everyone is talking about trendsetters,
would you consider yourselves to be ones?
What can people expect from the Pastry line? Vanessa: Absolutely, I don’t follow in the footsteps
Angela: Well right now, we’ve already expanded to of anybody else – we kind of just blaze our own trails
clothing and we’ve got handbags and eyewear. and just do what we do.
Angela: I think this is definitely completely different to
What else? anything else that’s out there, so I would say so.
Vanessa: Everything, we’re just hoping to expand to
create an entire empire and they can just expect fun. With your dad, uncle Russell and aunt Kimora all
Everything in the sneaker/athletic world is very male already established icons in the fashion world do
driven and orientated, so we’ve created stuff that girls you feel pressure to live up to expectations?
like us would want to wear and we made it more fun, Vanessa: Sometimes but we accept that pressure
more chic and more feminine in the process. rather than try to escape it. We aspire to be better.
Why did you decide to design trainers for girls What has been the best piece of advice you’ve
rather than shoes? Why choose that direction? received and who gave it to you?
Weren’t you making things hard for yourselves? Vanessa: My thing is to expect ‘a No’ but never to
Vanessa: We chose to design trainers as that product accept ‘a No’ because people are going to try and put
didn’t really exist. In the market there was nothing out you down, they’re going to be like ‘That’s not going to
there for females made by females, there was nothing work!’ – but don’t accept that because if you believe
cute. Nike or Pumas or Adidas – it’s just so male in your heart that that’s what you should be doing or
driven, so we made the first silhouette design which that’s your thing then you should just be going for it
was the Cake Runner, then we branched out to the and not listening to negativity or anything else around
Fab Cookie, and then moved on to Glam Pie. We’re you. That will only dilute your drive for success.
working on Fruit Tart right now and Secret Sundae.
The list is expanding and it’s all really exciting! www.pastrykicks.com
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