Raquel Allegra
Ashleen Givord is a seasoned fashion designer with extensive experience in the industry, currently serving as a funny fashion designer at Raquel Allegra since June 2016, where responsibilities include leading the design process, providing creative direction, and optimizing prototypes while aligning with market trends. Prior to this role, Ashleen worked as a fashion designer at Aritzia from July 2013 to January 2016, focusing on clothing design aligned with brand positioning. Ashleen's career began at Calvin Klein, where roles included fashion illustrator and assistant designer from August 2007 to April 2013, developing design concepts, material selections, and assisting in prototype creation. Ashleen holds a Bachelor's degree in Arts and Visual Culture from Columbia University and a Master’s degree in Creative Design and Drawing from National Taiwan University.
Raquel Allegra
Raquel Allegra is a California-based apparel & fashion company Raquel’s design career grew naturally with the origination of a full length webbed cocoon shapes evolved out of laborious experiments with oversized vintage tee’s recycled from the Los Angeles County Prison System. She continues to be inspired to create pieces imbued with Elevated Comfort for strong women of all ages and different walks of life. The RAQUEL ALLEGRA label is carried in more than 200 retail locations around the globe. In June 2016 she opened her first flagship store in Los Angeles. Each one of our tie dye pieces is individually hand tied and dyed locally in Los . Angeles. We are also proud to support the CanopyStyle campaign to protect ancient and endangered forests during our fabric choice selection.