IN HER EARLY TEENAGE YEARS SHE WAS PRACTICING SUSTAINABILITY WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THE TERM THEN. SHE STARTED HER FASHION CAREER AT A SMALL BOUTIQUE SHOP THAT INTRODUCED HER TO HAND-SEWING AND MACHINE SEWING. ASSISTING THE OWNERS OF THE SHOP WITH PROJECTS TO SELL WITHIN THE SHOP, IN WHICH SHE MADE A SMALL COMMISSION FROM. LEARNING THESE VALUABLE SKILLS FROM WHAT SHE LIKE TO CALLS HER MENTORS, SET THE TONE FOR HER LATER YEARS.
IN 2013 SHE LEFT HER HOMETOWN PHILADELPHIA AND WENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE HER BFA IN FASHION DESIGN. SHE GAINED MORE INTEREST WITHIN SUSTAINABILITY, NOT JUST PRODUCTION WISE, BUT THIS COURSE CHANGED HER VIEW ON WORKPLACE SUSTAINABILITY LIKE WAGES, WORK CULTURE,ETC. IN HER COLLEGE CAREER SHE WOULD INTERN FOR FREELANCE DESIGNERS, SPECIFICALLY IN PATTERN MAKING. SHE ALSO GAINED INTEREST IN 3D DESIGN AS WELL. THE SUMMER OF 2016 WHILE IN BERKELEY IS WHEN SHE EXPLORED THE IDEA OF HAND-EMBROIDERY, AND THUS THIS HAS SKY-ROCKETED HER DESIGN CAPABILITIES.
SINCE GRADUATION AIGNÉ HAS CONTINUED ON TO PURSUE HER LABEL ASSIGNMENT A. A BRAND THAT SPECIALIZES IN HAND EMBROIDERY ELEMENTS WITH THE IDEA OF MODULARITY WITHIN GARMENTS AND THE UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES. TEXT PLAYS A MAJOR POSITION WITHIN HER BRAND, SHE THANKS “A LOVE LETTER FOR YOU” MURALS BY STEPHEN POWERS THAT SHE WOULD SHE WHILE TAKING THE EL TRAIN TO SCHOOL. SHE PRODUCES IN SMALL BATCHES AT A TIME TO ENSURE QUALITY CONTROL.