Tanya Taylor Is Creating a More Inclusive World Through Color
glamour.comBy We talk to a lot of important women at Glamour—, , , and the occasional . And while they span the professional spectrum and live all over the world, we’ve found that high-ranking women tend to have one thing in common: They’re truly excited to hold the door open for the women coming up behind them.
In our series—part of our coverage—we asked some of those industry leaders to welcome the next generation to the table with their hard-earned life and career advice.
Fashion designer shares hers below.Coming from a family of , it seemed only natural that Tanya Taylor would study business. But something felt like it was missing as she balanced sheets and crunched numbers.
She found it in an art class that asked its students to don a white jumpsuit, roll their elbows in paint and, as they crouched over a large, blank canvas, express themselves in color. “It was my dream,” Taylor tells Glamour. “I was like, wait, I can do this in school?”Taylor earned her business degree, then promptly enrolled in the fashion program of Parson’s School of Design.
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