We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Hallie Driskell a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Hallie, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
The first time I knew I wanted to pursue fashion design was when I started high school, I would customize and style my outfits everyday! Even before high school I always had a love for fashion, as a kid I would take old clothes and recycle and turn them into something new. I would even sell shirts in school or customize my friends clothes. At this time I did not want to be a fashion designer, I was just doing what I loved. From a very young age I always had a creative mind and an adventurous spirit, my mother sewed household interior so that’s how I learned how to sew clothes. My mother gave me her old sewing machine and gave me her leftover fabric pieces and I would practice my sewing skills. My mother taught me everything I know about sewing and watching her being so creative gave me a love and admiration for fashion design. Watching my mother being creative in many different ways inspired me to dig deep into fashion, which started with me customizing my own clothes in high school to me launching my own clothing line and as of right now I am collaborating with SHEIN. My clothing line is being sold on SHEIN website!
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
For folks who do not know me I am Hallie Maya Driskell, born in Honolulu Hawaii. I am a great, passionate, innovative fashion designer! My clothing line is called Hallie Maya Driskell Brand (HMD Brand) and I create amazing clothes for women who fearless, creative, and who are not afraid to stand out. My clothes are different, fresh and represent women who want to stand out and be the center of attention. HMD Brand is inspired by 2000’s video vixens style, and women who like to turn heads everywhere they go. I got into the fashion industry in college, I’m still in college. I launched my very first collection in summer 2021, I sold handmade butterfly bikinis. Which the sells where great but I wanted to get more into designing clothes. So for my second launch I did a collaboration with SHEIN and my clothes I designed are being sold on the SHEIN website. Right now my clients and new customers can go purchase my full collection, only available on the SHEIN website! What I know sets me apart from other fashion designers/clothing lines is my passion, skill, and most importantly creativity. What my clothes show my customers is that I care and I want everyone to feel confident and beautiful in what I create. I am most proud of how fearless I am when it comes to designing, I do not think about who won’t like my clothes I try to focus on the customers who love my clothes. I am proud of how far I’ve come in my fashion pathway and how I’m evolving into a better fashion designer. I want my potential clients to know that I take my clothing line serious and I will always work hard to provide the best possible quality products. I want my clients to know that I truly love what I do and that will also shine through from my clothes.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The most rewarding aspect of being an fashion designer is hearing and/or reading the positive reviews from my customers. The best feeling is when my customers are satisfied with their orders. I enjoy making quality clothes for my customers, so when they love their products that is the most beautiful feeling ever. I think its rewarding because my customers chose me to spend their hard earned money on my clothing brand and I always want my customers to feel great when buying from my brand.
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
A goal that is driving my creative journey is my clothing brand being known and worn all over the world. I want everyone to know about my brand. I just want to create beautiful clothes that people love, I want to make women feel confident and powerful within themselves. I believe I can achieve my goals and much more. I’m young but I’m just getting started!
Contact Info:
- Website: Here is the link to purchase my collection on SHEIN: https://m.shein.com/us/designer/8951?fbclid=PAAaaBmq2TAsUoWgFRQzs0QpBYhydFZ5BZ6ZOG0A6BG7q0l79ZMb7vWG1Gugc&ref=us&rep=dir&ret=mus
- Instagram: Business Account: halliemayabrand & Personal account: hallie.______
- Facebook: Hallie Driskell
- Twitter: HMD Brand
- Other: TikTok: HallieMaya