Carushka Jarecka is founder of Carushka Bodywear. When she started her own company in 1978, at the age of 25, with only $3,000, Carushka knew that to be a success in the competitive fashion industry, she would need to create a niche that reflected how women feel about themselves. "My greatest strength as a business woman is originality. Our corporate slogan, 'Expect the Unexpected' is what I always want to provide the customers with."
Carushka Jarecka earned a degree from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 1973, as well as a couture diploma from the Trippon School of Design.
Oh sure. It's like anything. I can't give a leotard away. Where all I sold, I sold ninety five percent of my volume the first five years were leotards and tights that had ... that came up to here really high and nobody showed their midriff then. Let's see. Oh I've seen it all. I've seen leg li...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Carushka Jarecka Discusses Managing a Diverse Workforce with a Maternal Management Style
Carushka Jarecka Discusses Changing Company From Big to Small and Reinventing Herself
