The Designer
Inspired by fashion since she was 11 years old, Dominique Ansari was
determined to make it one of her greatest passions to become an
accomplished designer and the head of her own label. Growing up in the
small city of
Jackson, Mississippi, she knew that she would have to
venture out into the world to do this.
Dominique Ansari began
sketching designs at the age of 13 for fellow students for proms and
even her teacher for a wedding gown in which they took to seamstresses
to be made. By the age of 16 she started modeling professionally at a
local agency near her home town, but her desire to see her sketches come
to life were unfulfilled. To be in fashion
was her only dream and to be
involved in any way made her feel accomplished. By the age of 19 she
had met her now husband, in which they were married in 2005.
By 2006,
they moved from Mississippi to Los Angeles, CA where she studied fashion design at the Art Institute of California-Hollywood. There she learned
everything there was to know about making those sketches that she always
dreamed about come to life, and become wearable art. While attending
the school, she was offered a chance to travel abroad for three months
to live in Milan, Italy. While there she traveled to Spain, Greece, and France
to which this experience opened a whole new insight for her creativity as a designer.
After graduating and obtaining her Bachelors
degree with honors from AI, she went on to intern for many different
companies from XOXO, Ximena Valero, LLC, and even doing some freelance
work for Golden Grove Trading CO to
name a few. Later, she was hired by a
manufacturing company in which she worked as Assistant Designer for
Junior and kids apparel. Since then, she relocated to the San Francisco
Bay Area, where she has participated in many fashion shows and
photo-shoots for her line and keeping her supporters updated as she is
on her way to becoming a household
name in the fashion industry. Among
her fellow industry peers she is known as the most professional,
open-minded, organized, and talented designer of her time. Her company has recently relocated to the OC/LA area to base her company in the Southern California area where Hollywood glamour meets fashion. Being Featured at LAFW in March 2011 really pushed her to make her decision to move back to LA area.
Learning
the way the industry works made her more passionate about making her
own name, so now Dominique Ansari is designing her own collections in
which she will show it at various venues and present it at various boutiques and retailers where she resides now in OC/LA area.