00:08I didn't really seek out fashion design or clothing making particularly I just
00:14kind of stumbled upon it my name is Ali Golden I am designer I moved up San
00:26Francisco because I got a graphic design job here at that point in my life being
00:30in front of the computer all day long was really difficult and I was really
00:35craving using my hands
00:43I got this opportunity to have a studio in a really cool part of North Oakland
00:49called Temeskul when I started the line I wanted to create like really wearable
00:55separates something not too precious that was really easy to work in and play in
01:04but you know I think if I didn't move into that studio it would be very hard to
01:07have been inspired to keep going because it's just such a wonderful community of
01:12people it's grown from you know four and a half years ago to this great vast
01:17community of all different types of makers
01:22Oakland as a community is like the whole reason I exist and has been an integral
01:28part of what I do it's all about Oakland that's why I I'm doing what I do I love
01:33living here and making stuff here
