William Taswell is a Washington D.C. native, raised in the Montgomery and Prince George’s County suburbs of Maryland. He has since lived and worked in NYC, Los Angeles, Charlotte, San Diego, New Delhi, Bangalore, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Kuwait…

Why did you choose to become a designer? JR: I chose to become a designer because of a moment I shared with my mother when I was about 8 years old. My mother and I were in a fitting room at…