Building her first store on New York’s Madison Avenue caused Tanya Taylor to revisit why she got into fashion in the first place
I grew up an only child in Toronto, but I never felt alone. I found companionship in my imagination and the creativity that was encouraged in my family. Our home was infused with art and crafts including Buddhist spirit houses, silk tapestries and beaded dolls from destinations such as Sierra Leone, Thailand and India, where my parents lived while they worked for the Red Cross. The stories of the world they experienced always made me feel like my universe was vast.
Despite all of these artistic sparks, I studied finance at McGill University in Montreal. I loved business and wanted to live in a culturally inspiring city to find myself. Needless to say, my creative itch wasn’t scratched. Fashion, however, seemed like a form of self-expression that could combine my love of the arts and business education. I wanted to start my career somewhere that was full of people chasing their dreams and expressing themselves, so I moved to New York.
My first day at Tanya Taylor was a meeting at a Starbucks with my first employee, Will, who was the opposite of me. I coordinated my bag to my shoes. He was tattooed head to toe. I designed and he brought my ideas to life by finding local factories where we made our pieces. Now, it’s 10 years later, and to mark my brand’s first decade, we’re opening our first store on one of the most prestigious shopping streets in North America, Madison Avenue.
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