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Sandy Chilewich

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first: 2020-08-31
most recent: 2020-08-31
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“Yes, I mean, we had to get a whole case of like 40 pairs in a box to get the one size 10 that was in the box Because they didn't sell them singly. So we probably got like 10 of these boxes, I don't remember. And we tried to simulate those colors, which we did probably drunk one night and like how we're going to get this color again. Yeah. So we did it. They were still wet on Monday morning. We were blow drying them with it. We didn't sleep. I mean, we were just making these shoes. And off they went to Sardinia.”
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“Sardinia. We have a shoot in Sardinia. I want all of these colors in size 10 or size 9. When she said, Can you do that? You know.”
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“She says O my God these shoes and so see so this is on a Friday and she said we need to take these shoes to Sardinia we're leaving on Monday”
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“Well, it goes a little further because then they said, look, hold on for a minute, we'll be right back. And they all left. And 10 minutes later, Grace Marabella walks into the room”
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“In orange. I think that's totally. But, you know, that's taking it to the furthest extreme. But this is at a time when towels were available in four colors. That's it, beige, white, darker brown. I mean, gray, that's it And that was the beginning where people started to offer more colors in everything.”
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“Yeah, I'm trying to think of something that would be analogous, like car tires. Car tires are black. But if somebody pulled up in front of your house with yellow neon car tires or orange car tires, you'd be like, oh my God, where did you get those car tires?”
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“Yeah, well, because everyone knew the shoes. They were great, but they were no one imagine them in any other color but black. So it was like, I think that was a big thing.”
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“I think it was by appointment, but they were very, it's not like it is today. They encouraged and wanted to see new stuff. Now it's like very It's not quite the same way. You kind of have to be more established and so forth. But then I had an appointment already to show them my jewelry And this is at the time, this is the woman that was the editor in chief before Anna Winter. This is Grace Mirabella. She was the heavy and she was there forever before Anna took over. So we go up there and we're with all these feshanistas, and I've got my jewelry and we decided, I said, Kathy, come with me. Let's show them the shoes too. So we showed them the jewelry and then we showed them the shoes and they all said, you know, in so many words, forget the jewelry. Tell us about the shoes. Wow.”
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“And I got an appointment at that time, Vogue magazine, would have Open Days and you could show product to all the kind of fashiones that work there.”
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“Alright, so you guys have all these artists in the loft and they love them, and they what? Did that spark further discussion about maybe we should actually make Of these, or what? Like you and Kathy, you know, what did that lead to?”
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“Well, this is a time, seriously, where things were not available in a lot of colors. This was before or around the same time that for the first time you get a t-shirt in 12 colors, like canal jeans, which was one of the forerunners of this, was just a couple of blocks away from us, where you would get t-shirts that people would die at home and then sell because you couldn't get a t-shirt in a pale teal color. People that made t-shirts, they made white, you know, or black, maybe.”
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“Well, this will be fun. I don't know why. I think sometimes you just do it because it's fun to do it. So we went and we got more of them and we died a bunch of them. And then we had a building meeting in My Loft or her loft, I can't remember, and we had all the shoes out and everybody in the building, they all said, oh my God, what did you get? These are amazing.”
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“Yeah, flat shares only Mary Jane's, and they were $3.99 in Chinatown. And we thought, I don't know how we thought of this, but it just occurred to us because we both are creative. We wondered like, why doesn't anybody make these in colors? And that night, one of us had Clorox. I had written and we bleached out the black. It actually came out and we overdyed them. And they look pretty great.”
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“Moscow. And one evening we were together, we were a little tipsy drinking wine, and I think we were in her loft and we were looking in her closet at her shoes. And at that time, all young downtown women, what they would wear every day were cotton canvas shoes that we bought in Chinatown. They were black and they were like really thin sole rubber back and that was cheap chic and they were $3.”
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“Happened is that I met a neighbor of mine in the loft building that I lived in. In New York City. So I'm living in NoHo. It was a factory building. Everybody was an artist in the building. And one woman and I who at that time, she was an art teacher. She was also doing some art, but mostly teaching.”
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“Back in the late 1970s in New York, when the city was filled with struggling artists and squatters living in abandoned apartments, she and a neighbor decided to buy a few pairs of Chinese slippers and dye them into different colors. That simple idea turned into a brand called Hugh, and eventually they branched out into tights. After Sandy sold Hugh, she launched a second company called Chilich, which is known for selling home products, especially placemats made from durable woven vinyl. Sandy grew up outside of New York and came from a family that had been in the leather goods business for generations. She says she was a pretty bad student. So to earn money she painted, made sculptures, and sold handmade jewelry. She was making a Little bit from the jewelry, but one night a simple, creative, do-it-yourself idea changed Sandy's life”
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“I mean, it was amazing how quickly people got it. I mean, I remember the first international show that I did in Paris for the EU, and I'm standing there when we introduced it. And I went to the ladies' room, and then I'm walking back and literally there's like a wall of people around our booth and in the booth. I couldn't even get in. And they're all staring at the placemats and it was like everyone's talking about it. It was like instant.”
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“You know, one of my favorite parts of traveling is getting a feel for a neighborhood, the way locals do. A few summers ago, I was in Rome and stayed in an apartment I booked on Airbnb. It was tucked in a quiet neighborhood just outside the Roman forum. Every morning I'd walk to the corner cafe, grab an espresso, and just watch the world go by outside. I even managed to chat with the owner about the neighborhood he lived in for nearly forty years. And he got me thinking about my own neighborhood. There are incredible hiking trails and great restaurants and, of course, the beach. And when I'm traveling this summer, listing my own place on Airbnb could be a really smart way to let someone else experience the area the way I do, like a local. Listing your home on Airbnb while you're traveling is a great way to make some extra money. You could put the money toward your next trip. Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much”
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