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Carol Young Discusses Initial Product Designs and Building Relationships

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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)
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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.

The skirts were about ... I think she must have been selling them for about $140. They were these simple... they were long, black hemp skirts with contrasting stitching on them. I think it was just such an easy skirt to wear and that's what appealed.... because I also had some similar, you know,...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 20 Carol Young Shares Background on Design Business
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
  • 12/1/2002
  • Carol Young
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Video 2 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Initial Product Designs and Building Relationships
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • Carol Young
  • 3 min. 26 sec.
Video 3 of 20 Carol Young Shares Experiences With Trunk Shows
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • 3 min. 18 sec.
Video 4 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Challenges of Finding Adequate Work Space
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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Video 5 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Los Angeles as a Business Location
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • 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
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Video 7 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Helpfulness of Internet and Trade Shows
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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Video 8 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Design Inspiration That Stems From Fabric Trade Shows
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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Video 9 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Deciding on Specific Designs and Focusing on Sales
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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Video 10 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Deciding on Order Quantities
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Video 11 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Fabric Minimums and Size Runs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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Video 12 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Minimum Dollar Orders And Excess Inventory
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • 1 min. 38 sec.
Video 13 of 20 Carol Young States Personal Design Philosophy is Basics With a Twist
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Video 14 of 20 Carol Young Shares Thoughts on Interchangeability of Designs
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  • 1 min. 33 sec.
Video 15 of 20 Carol Young Shares Pleasure in Seeing Real People Wearing Her Designs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • 1 min. 8 sec.
Video 16 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Influence of Architecutre Background on Fashion Designs
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • 1 min. 50 sec.
Video 17 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Personal Attraction to Texture
  • Carol Young - Interview - Undesigned Products
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  • 1 min. 25 sec.
Video 18 of 20 Carol Young Shares Advice For New Design Entrepreneurs
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  • 2 min. 28 sec.
Video 19 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Importance of Patience in the Design Field
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Video 20 of 20 Carol Young Discusses Legal Structure of Business
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