00:04I originally went to college for fashion design before I started touring, spent about 10 years
00:10on the road solid with my band The Etz and it was just full circle when I landed in Nashville
00:16to
00:16kind of pick up fashion where I left off. My name is Maria Silver and I'm a clothing designer here
00:24in Nashville Tennessee. I decided to stay in Nashville because it wasn't here nor there it
00:30was its own entity and it had a much more of a collaborative vibe amongst the artist community
00:37amongst the fashion community amongst musicians people actually go out of their way to help each
00:42other out. Call Leslie mobile. Hello. Hi Leslie how you doing? Good how are you? It's good.
00:54I'm pretty good. Have you found the fabric you were looking for? I haven't yet so I'm gonna head to
00:59textile fabrics and see if they have something. So my brand Black by Maria Silver is a woman's
01:07sportswear line. It's for that kind of creative professional that can feel just as comfortable
01:13in her outfit and sneakers and then switch it to heels and you're done and can continue on your day.
01:18I do all my samples myself in my studio and all the initial pattern making and then I have a
01:25small
01:25production factory in Nashville that I outsource to do the production. So everything is locally made
01:32and it's done here which is important for me to do. I consider Nashville a great city to celebrate art
01:40because the stuff that's happening right now is just the really energetic spark that is incredibly
01:46inspiring and it's also one of those things that kind of just gets your brain going gears. You see
01:52other people around you being creative and makes you want to be creative as well. It's just a really
01:56lovely, lovely energy.
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