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Carol Young Discusses Deciding on Specific Designs and Focusing on Sales

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  • Date Added : 12/1/2002
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Carol Young

  • Founder/Designer, Undesigned Products
  • female
  • Caucasian
  • 1975 (Age: 49 years old)
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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Biography

Carol Young is founder and designer of [un]designed by Carol Young. [un]designed is a collection of beautiful, functional, seasonless clothing for the modern woman. A former architecture student, Carol became intrigued with the needs of urban nomads while living abroad in Asia, studying design in NYC and travelling to India and Japan.

Young accepted a fellowship at Cornell University to experiment in these functional apparel needs. The result was a collection that explored the use of "undesigned" recycled-clothing and activewear materials into new urban nomadic apparel. [un]designed was born.

Carol Young received a Master's degree from Cornell University.

I think right now I've kind of had to stop and reassess and say what's worked and what hasn't worked? What my dad kept telling me when I started was "You need to stop designing at some point and just market it because you can't just keep designing, keep designing, keep designing and not sell it. A...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Carol Young videos

Video 1 of 20 Carol Young Shares Background on Design Business
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 3 min. 15 sec.
Video 2 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Initial Product Designs and Building Relationships
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 3 min. 26 sec.
Video 3 of 20 Carol Young Shares Experiences With Trunk Shows
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 3 min. 18 sec.
Video 4 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Challenges of Finding Adequate Work Space
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 2 min. 1 sec.
Video 5 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Los Angeles as a Business Location
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 3 min. 18 sec.
Video 6 of 20 Carol Young States Regret That She Didn't Work in Industry Before Creating Startup
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 34 sec.
Video 7 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Helpfulness of Internet and Trade Shows
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 0 min. 48 sec.
Video 8 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Design Inspiration That Stems From Fabric Trade Shows
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 4 sec.
Video 9 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Deciding on Specific Designs and Focusing on Sales
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 9 sec.
Video 10 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Deciding on Order Quantities
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 0 min. 45 sec.
Video 11 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Fabric Minimums and Size Runs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 54 sec.
Video 12 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Minimum Dollar Orders And Excess Inventory
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 38 sec.
Video 13 of 20 Carol Young States Personal Design Philosophy is Basics With a Twist
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 0 min. 44 sec.
Video 14 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Interchangeability of Designs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 33 sec.
Video 15 of 20 Carol Young Shares Pleasure in Seeing Real People Wearing Her Designs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 8 sec.
Video 16 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Influence of Architecutre Background on Fashion Designs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 50 sec.
Video 17 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Personal Attraction to Texture
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 25 sec.
Video 18 of 20 Carol Young Shares Advice For New Design Entrepreneurs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 2 min. 28 sec.
Video 19 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Importance of Patience in the Design Field
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 1 min. 29 sec.
Video 20 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Legal Structure of Business
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
  • 0 min. 45 sec.

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