We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Elena Starostina about their original and creative Premium Brand for Kids design work. Elena Starostina is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original premium brand for kids works.
Elena Starostina ("ES") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Lady Already Premium Brand for Kids. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
ES : Well, I always loved kids. Contemplating their grace and natural charm made me think of what I could do to highlight this. Then I got an idea of creating girls' clothing of an outstanding design: something that a small girl would dream of. Something special and exclusive that parents could dress their princesses in. Besides, the clothes are affordable for all types of customers, therefore, there can be expected a fast return of investments.
ES : I wanted to stay away from ready-made images of children's clothing looking alike, from the mass-production. That could be described as elegant and very individual style knit fabric fashion for girls. Drawing yet another image of a beautifully dressed girl, I was thinking: what would moms and dads dare of? How would a parent dream of inspiring his or her small lady's imagination?
ES : The concept is to design and manufacture limited editions of girls' stylish and comfortable premium class knit wear that could meet price requirements of families ranging from low to high income. . As an advantage there should be underlined the eco-friendly materials of which our products are manufactured. The plan is to expand our sales to European and American markets.
ES : The idea has been developed for over 2 years by now, and what´s important, it´s a long way to go in conditions of the changing market.
ES : The concept was born naturally. Creating our first collection for girls from 3 to 10 years old, we though: what would our children want? They would surely like to look as fancy as Lewis Carroll and Hans Christian Andersen beautiful fairy tales characters. They would dream of getting into the castle where Cinderella met her Prince Charming or get into the magic Disneyland. So, we just started with party dress design for girls. Then we looked at European fashion development and reconsidered the design and the business model.
ES : At present we produce and sell our design ourselves, however, in the changing market everything is possible, and we are very open-minded. We could think of leasing the production rights in the future.
ES : First and foremost is the business concept. Then there comes the design itself, attention to every small detail. And, above all, it’s thinking of people, their daily needs and possibilities.
ES : Speaking about the products’ style, it’s worth mentioning European fashion. There are some French and British designers whose works help us see the new fashion concepts and trends. And we do not discard them. We are very open to see new designs and keen to try new elements of style, however, that should not contradict to our business model.
ES : Those are 3-12 years old girls on whose interests and needs we are focusing, however we do not discard expanding our product line to the adults, which would lead to increase of the sales market in the future. The product assortment meets the latest trends of the world’s fashion, and at the same time it’s unique. So, we are talking about mostly women aged 20 years and on, who have children.
ES : It’s the parameters of quality we should talk about. All the designs of our brand are eco-friendly. Highly ecological materials we work with guarantee the commercial success of this project and its high recognition.
ES : The opinion of a small girl who has her own view of herself, her own image was the key idea motivating us to compose this name. Inside every small child there lives a certain hero he or she would like to resemble, or maybe she or he invented a fairy character herself. A girl is always dreaming of some beautiful fairy tale that would come true starting with her own image. She already feels like a princess. She already knows she is beautiful and successful. She is a LadyAlready, even though a small one.
ES : We use the latest knitting machinery that permits us to treat delicately the ecological materials and manufacture very high-quality clothing, even if the product is targeted for a low-income customer.
ES : There are three key advantages we can offer our customers: one is eco-friendly materials, another one is systematic renewal of our collections, so that to avoid any mass-production, and the other one is high quality and dedication with which we treat our customers.
ES : Our professional team comprises designers, engineers and skilled equipment personnel, whose talents combined with smart technologies bring marvellous results.
ES : High and smart technologies of manufacturing the products are of extreme importance, as they not only let us design premium-quality products, but also permit short production terms and low investments. To receive more information on our know-how you can ask for a detailed company presentation: lady@ladyalready.com.
ES : Our specialists are quarterly conducting full research of our market segment. Thus we are able to see the market trends and latest movements.
ES : The biggest challenge for every young company is to attract and retain the customers in conditions of unstable markets. Nevertheless, as we are working for a long-term prospect, we are looking forward to a long and interesting farming. As a young company, we are also currently searching for investors which could make our cooperation mutually and highly beneficial. You can write to us to receive our business-plan: lady@ladyalready.com.
ES : That was very simple: we got lots of recommendations from our customers. Being a young company we already won high appraisal from many our customers. And, what’s more important, they recommend us, thus increasing the brand recognition. Our customers are people worldwide, as one of our business tools is social networks. Therefore, participating in an international design competition was a beautiful part of our everyday business development.
ES : That was very simple: we got lots of recommendations from our customers. Being a young company we already won high appraisal from many our customers. And, what’s more important, they recommend us, thus increasing the brand recognition. Our customers are people worldwide, as one of our business tools is social networks. Therefore, participating in an international design competition was a beautiful part of our everyday business development.
ES : A special feature we can offer our customers is an individual design constructor, which permits our customers choose elements of design they would like to have placing their orders. We are also happy to invite potential investors. To receive more information, please contact us: lady@ladyalready.com.
