Edited by Alex Kazemi
Chrissie Miller’s company SOPHOMORE caught the public’s eye with a single t-shirt design in 2003. She initially planned to make shirts exclusively for her friends, but the overnight success of her design and the attention SOPHOMORE received from celebrities, retailers and the press inspired Miller to think big. And I got a chance to pick her brain.
Edited by Lilith Valsoe
Chrissie Miller is the hip woman behind the line SOPHOMORE, a line that started out as a quirky T-SHIRT line and is now developing into a full fledged fashion line. With internet it girl Cory Kennedy aname dropping Chrissie all over her high profile blog and Bijou Phillips starting with her in the brands lookbook, SOPHOMORE can’t go wrong.
This is not a line for hipster-ism. There is a very contemporary vibe to what she is doing. To think this all started as one big happy accident. Which is why I always try to push the idea out there to just do your art. Get it out there not 100% perfect. But expose yourself. And who knows what will happen next?!
-From what I understand you where a graphic artist who accidentally spawned a line of kitschy pop culture T shirts meant for friends only and voila it just blew up from there. Tell me a little bit about your beginning, and was it way overwhelming?
The beginning was the best part!
We made 72 t-shirts for Charlotte Ronson’s store, then Daily Candy wrote about it and then we got orders from tons of stores including Bloomingdales! We didn’t even have a company name yet! I thought I was going to be a graphic designer, but couldn’t find a job. Then when our t-shirts starting doing well, it gave me a job! I love clothes and had so many ideas, it just felt right.
Read the full interview on Angelust.com
More picts from Sophmore after the jump…
