Who is Janet Howard?
Featured in Vogue USA, Pantone, Pret-A-Porter Collections, Figaro, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, Glamour, LA Times, WWD, Buzz, Chatter, Essence, NY Times, Vogue Paris, Clin d’oeil, Cosmopolitan, and Harper’s Bazaar- to name just a select few, this fashion forward and acclaimed member of the CFDA heads out to shake up the fashion scene for the curvier set.
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PMM: So tell me Janet, how long have you been designing?
JH: I have been designing my whole life. I often joke that I do not have another life skill! Since I was eight years old, I began making clothes. I learned from my mother- she’s a master tailor. Fashion and designing is part of my DNA.
PMM: So did you go to school for designing?
JH: I was self taught! I was thankful that I was born with it. In fact, I tried to go to college. That lasted a year and a half and I was like ‘get me outta here.’ I thought I wanted to be normal and be a lawyer.
I am a college dropout and pretty proud of it!
PMM: You have had an amazing career, tell us about it!
JH: I was doing LA shows back when they were called CA Collection in the early 90’s. With sights set higher, I headed to NY. With my own line, I was named California designer of the year in ’97. I was the second designer from California to be invited into the CFDA! It was so exciting as it is really hard to be in the CFDA- you have to be invited!