Wed 12/10 @ 11:30AM
In 2004, Valerie Mayén, a former student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, had a splashy national fashion moment as a contestant on Season 8 of Project Runway. She didn’t win anything, but she came back to Cleveland with a new resume point and the urge to start her own fashion business — and she did.
In the last 20 years, Mayén’s Yellowcake Fashion show has been located at various locations around Gordon Square, offering slow, sustainable, American-made clothing that eschews trendiness in favor of creating well-made garments that are versatile and flattering to a variety of body types. While her clothes aren’t inexpensive, they’re made to last and not go out of style. She’s been recognized as a Crain’s Cleveland Woman of Note and a Notable Latino Leader, and won the Cleveland Arts Prize.
She’ll talk at the City Club about how she built her business as part of its annual Join us at the City Club as we hear from Yellowcake Shop Ronald B. Cohen Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The forum will also be livestreamed on the City Club website at noon on Wednesday December 10. Get tickets here. If you have questions, you can text them to 330-541-5794.
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