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The fashion industry is one facet of life that is never a constant. As
we watch designs going in a time warp back into the 80’s, the
opportunity for the designers with a creative flare has blossomed into
the sheik style that has been dubbed Urban Couture; in other words,
its high fashion styling with an urban splash. Washington DC native,
Greg Taylor took his spark and put it into his woman’s clothing line
Walish Gooshe. We were recently able to catch up to Greg coming
off of his show for New York City Fashion Week.
When did you realize that you wanted to be involved in
Fashion?
I was just doing different shows as a model in the Philadelphia before
I started designing. With the different designers that I came across,
the influences on their collection influenced me to be a designer. I
liked the different cuts and seams. I thought it would be in my best
interest to start designing. I went to school for fashion design as well.
I began to do a lot of freelance work while starting my own collection.
That a different want to get into the industry. I always thought
designers became that way because they always thought they
had style. I actually went to an open house for The Art Institute
of Philly recently with my little sister. That school is no joke.
How was that for you?
The courses are very advanced being that you will spend 4 hours in
a class. Imagine sewing for four hours straight. It’s a lot of information
to take in for one class. It was very demanding and a lot of hard work.
It could be a little disturbing. I actually switched my major to the
marketing side of fashion because I couldn’t take the sewing. Then I
decided that I needed to go back to it and take sewing classes on the
side so that I would know how to do it. I was always using the home
machine but going to the industrial machine was a little nerve
wrecking and frustrating.
Yeah I can believe that. I walked in that room and felt like I just
went into a sweatshop. Those machines are huge. When you
launched your first collection how did everything take off for
you?