I’m Taylor (@tayheart on IG + Twitter)
Toledo-native/LA-transplant, trying to create things I love + learn as much as I can during the process.
Growing up everyone thought I was going to be a fashion designer (for very valid reasons).
I started a purse business in the 3rd grade
I declared it to EVERYBODY
I turned my 10th birthday party into a fashion show👇🏾
That stayed with me for years until I did a three-week program in high school that helped me figure out I wasn’t REALLY about that sewing life. So I decided to study the business side of fashion in college.
But in the midst of my fashion dreams, I was always creating. Writing pages of short stories, recording and editing videos, painting masterpieces on my walls (s/o to my mama for letting me be a free-spirit) and any other crazy ideas that came to mind. Looking back now, I realized fashion wasn’t necessarily my only passion. My true passion was creating things or experiences that:
Other people could enjoy 💃🏾
Tell a story 📚
Simply sparked my interest at the time 🤷🏾♀️
This self-realization has lead me to some pretty amazing opportunities that I’m proud of.
When I’m not working on other projects I like to turn my thoughts into words and use them for inspiration on my blog and concept shop, ARTE. I launched this brand to encourage finding the spark in the “little things.”☺️
Taking notes from surrealist artist like Salvador Dali, who sought to transcend the constraints of linear time in his work, and leaning into the idea of duality in nature, our design concept, “Eternal Duality” was born🌱