I never dreamed of a career in fashion. I learned to sew pillows from my mom when I was about 3, my interest in fashion at that point was making clothes for my Barbies. As I got older, I learned to make clothes for myself out of a pressing need to copy  the brand "Units." I wanted to make myself as many of their  inter-changeable leggings and tube tube skirts as possible.

After trying many career paths I ended up at  FIT.  At the same time I got hired by Arjan Khiani to work at the infamous "Bodyworship". This job was a turning point for me. I went from liking to sew, to falling in love with fashion and the creative process. Bodyworship was an amazingly creative place, we made clothes for Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Janet Jackson, The Rolling Stones, and the list goes on and on.

After a few years, I started to feel a gnawing inside of me that I had to start speaking out, and take a stand on what was going on in the world around me. This was in 2005, before the current green revolution started and most people were very unaware of the impact of our modern day life on the world around us. There was hardly any eco-fashion community, and almost no one, including myslef really know what eco-fashion was.

I began Ryann in the summer of 2005, with the idea to use fashion as a platform for environmental and social issues. I was not a scientist, but could use what I knew and loved to help make a difference and get a conversation going with issues that were so important to me. I wanted Ryann to be an example of a business run with love, creativity, responsibility and integrity that would hopefully inspire others to do the same.

It's been over four years since I began Ryann and it's been amazing, the response I get from people has made this a huge success. Admittedly much more challenging than I could have imagined to be a sustainable business, and to be a sustainable business through a massive recession, but I love what I do. I love creating clothes that people can feel great about and beautiful in. I believe in what Ryann stands for and truely hope that you can feel as good about wearing my clothes as I do when I make them.