A Brooklyn teenager is putting her best foot forward with her shoe designs. She's hoping her sneakers will be worn on the red carpet at this year's Oscars ceremony. NatDuddridgeTV met the young designer.
-- A Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, teenager is making a name for herself; she's being featured at the Academy Awards in March, but not for her acting chops -- for her shoe designs.
It's a big step in her fashion career; fourteen-year-old Amira-Dior Traynham-Artis is making moves in Hollywood with her shoe line, which is being featured at the Oscars.A few years ago, the middle schooler started designing clothes and shoes, and came up with her company, called Lane 1.Her mom could see she was serious about it, so they found a manufacturer in Italy.She built a website and turned her birthday party into a brand launch party, and her shoe line took off.
The management company S.W. Roseburgh found her, and then just few weeks ago, they called Amira and her mom with an offer they'll never forget. "They would like you to come out to L.A. and provide this sneaker for celebrities attending the Oscars," mom Kenesha Traynham-Cooper said."I was like, 'What!?'"She's hoping some big celebrities notice her shoes and wear them on the red carpet, especially one in particular.
"For me, no matter what the task is, if I really have my mind set on it, especially when it comes to art, I'm going to do it," Amira-Dior said.
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