My Journey as a Fashion Designer/Illustrator feat. Ayanna Dixon (023)
Talk Truth with Mario Evon
English - January 26, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsSociety & Culture Comedy truth jamaica motivation inspiration entertainment education conversations safespace mario evon jamaican perspective Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I speak to Ayanna Dixon (@ayanna.asd), Fashion Designer, Illustrator and owner/creator of her brand, ASD (@by.asd). We discuss her journey to becoming a fashion designer and illustrator, some of her struggles along the way, embracing opportunities, entrepreneurship, goal setting, and so much more. Here’s what we discussed:
BIOGRAPHY
Fashion Designer and Illustrator, Ayanna Dixon has trained both at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and The Art Institute of New York. After studying in New York, Ayanna moved home and started her business ASD. She is a Branson Entrepreneur, Scotia Bank Vision Achiever and has placed second in Jamaica's first reality television Fashion Designing contest Mission Catwalk, shown at Miami Beach International Fashion Week, received the First Global Banks Fashion Grant and represented Jamaica at the International Fashion Showcase in London and CARIFESTA XIII.
ASD was founded in 2010 by trained fashion designer, Ayanna Dixon. Originally ASD hosted two lines; Custom clothing for the Caribbean woman and Illustrated lifestyle items. After following her fashion design dreams Ayanna realised a shift in her love and began to do only illustrated products in 2017. ASD's distinctive collection has been sold in 3 of Jamaica’s top boutiques and plans of taking the brand internationally are already in the works.
All ASD products are made locally in Kingston, Jamaica. Our designer/illustrator creates everything with a little magic and love with her small team of Jamaican based artisans and experts.
Website: https://www.byasd.net/
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Music for Podcast: Reggae Meets Soul (Outro) - Mario Evon
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NOTABLE QUOTES:
“I’m the architecture of fabric, which is fashion,” (as Ayanna describes the fusion of her parents’ personalities with hers as a creative)
“I think it’s important as a creative to have key friends with structural backgrounds.” - Ayanna Dixon (if you are someone who tends to create more so based on feelin...