![]() And Richard was definitely the first piece of that puzzle. One of the things he said to me that always stuck with me was, you need to understand what you’re good at and what you can’t do and find people - you know, the best of the best - to do the things that you can’t. He’s an entrepreneur and works with a lot of young entrepreneurs, so we talked a lot about what makes a business successful and why they fail and why they succeed. I talked to my dad a lot when I was little about businesses. ![]() How did you learn to put a business plan together? I was designing in the mornings and working as a nanny in the afternoons, and then I went back and approached him. I was working as a nanny at the same time. ![]() I knew that he would say no to me as well if I just asked him while I was there, so I came back to New York and I put together a business plan. I mean he’s not older, but literally every season everyone would ask him, 'Well, don’t you want to come work for me and start a collection?' and he always said no. I was 22 when I left Italy and I had this amazing teacher there, Richard Siccardi, and when I met him I was like, okay, well, you know, this guy is not going to be around forever. I always knew I wanted to do this at some point, but I definitely didn’t think I was going to do it this early. How did you decide to start your own label so early? I actually got to do a little more than just messenger things, which was nice. So I got to work directly with Darren Spaziani, who's the accessories designer there. The really great thing about Proenza was that they have 30 fashion design interns at all times, and I went in and said, I really just do accessories. Tell me about your internship experience. I was in fashion design there, but I really wanted to specialize in just footwear, so I moved to go to FIT where I could just do accessories. Then I moved to go to Parsons, so she actually hired me as a buyer, which was great, she didn’t want to be coming back all the time. At Parsons, I really loved it. I worked as a sales associate and then I started working with the buyer when she was coming to New York. I went in and asked for a job - I was 14 - and they were like, 'Come back in three years,' and I literally kept going every month until they finally gave me a job. I got a job at a luxury boutique in town - the only luxury boutique in my town I’m from Massachusetts - and I started working there as a sales associate. As a kid, I was always sketching and drawing and was always really interested in fashion. So it’s kind of crazy, but I always knew I wanted to design shoes. The Bennett flat from the Sarah Flint fall 2015 collection. Oh, and Blake Lively recently Instagrammed herself modeling a Sarah Flint python slingback and a swoopy, cap-toe patent flat. Jessica Alba wears her pointy flats for errand runs, Heidi Klum wore her suede booties to her sons' game and Kate Hudson opted for her camel, fold-over boots for a flight home from Paris Fashion Week. ![]() Celebrities have embraced Flint's work, too, but for their everyday lives as opposed to the stylist-groomed red carpet. Flint's collection quickly caught the eye of luxury influencer boutiques around the country like Edon Manor in New York and Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco and, recently, the venerable Barneys New York. Think: a dainty asymmetrical bow, delicate piped ankle straps or a peek of toe cleavage on flats and manageable mid-heels, all manufactured in Italy. Her shoes boast an elegantly girlish aesthetic, rooted in classic shapes and designs, but all with subtly unique details. In the two years since launching her eponymous luxury footwear line, Flint has made her mark in an ultra-competitive industry dominated by towering statement heels. In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion industry about how they broke in and found success.Īt just 26 years old, shoe designer Sarah Flint has accomplished as much as, if not more than, someone twice her age.
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