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The founder's approach is different from that of a traditional fashion school graduate. Despite having no prior fashion background, they focused on creating comfortable footwear from the ground up, prioritizing functionality and long-lasting design over trends. This contrasts with the traditional approach of designing shoes for aesthetics and then adding padding for comfort. The founder's emphasis on functionality and comfort sets their approach apart from the conventional design methods taught in fashion school.

GDL Candace Chen

Yeah . What is the difference you say that you're coming from uh that you saw success based compared to like people that are going to fashion school ? Like what is the , what is the difference for you ?

GDL Candace Chen

So that's where the um the uh basically like the Mitzel , how it was prototype and the heel part um genius as a mechanical engineer , not someone that went to like a fashion . Did you go to fashion school as well ? Zero fashion experience ?

GDL Candace Chen

Did you go to fashion school as well ? Zero fashion experience ? Yeah .

GDL Candace Chen

They are gorgeous shoes . Uh For somebody that has like had no fashion background , you clearly knew what you were doing . I have to ask this question because I do believe um at a very young age when we're little , we know what it is that we want to do .

GDL Candace Chen

Yeah . So , um , I , I started off by , uh , because I had zero experience in footwear design and zero experience in fashion . So I , yeah , I never wore high heels .