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The founder's background is unique because she had zero experience in footwear design and fashion. Instead of attending fashion school, she focused on designing comfort from the ground up, in contrast to designing a shoe primarily for aesthetics and adding padding afterward. This unique approach sets her brand apart and emphasizes functionality and comfort as essential elements in her designs.

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 .