Mel and patricia ziegler biography sample
Mel and patricia ziegler biography sample
Zoza!
Who she is: Fashionista Patricia Ziegler is the co-founder of Banana Republic.
What she does: With $1,500 to their names, and no business experience,* she and husband Mel turned a wild idea into a company that would become the international retail colossus Banana Republic.
Re-imagining military surplus as safari and expedition wear, the former journalist and artist together created a world that captured the zeitgeist for a generation and spoke to the creativity, adventure, and independence in everyone.
Why she does it: Although the Zeigler’s poured in tons of time, love and energy into Banana Republic, “the business created itself,” Patricia shares.
“The concept and the store kind of told us what to do. There was really no money, and no experience, but there were also no limits.”
FASHIONFIRST
By Hope Katz Gibbs
Author
Truly Amazing Women
Hope Katz Gibbs: Let’s start off by talking about how and why you founded Banana Republic.
You were both working at the San