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The ladies (Martha and Naomi) of Pali Swim are not shy when it comes to their business ethos: making good shit. The two, who have made splashes in SF and across the Pacific, know their strengths, weaknesses, and areas in which to improve when it comes to being newly found business owners. They're a duo that can't be beat. Along with the most pun worthy titles for all things "their brand," the two spoke to us candidly about their upbringings, how they first met, and how the concept of swim came out. Our biggest question: what are "Swimterns" and do they need to know how to swim? For the two, a coincidence of meeting at the same job and now running a must-have swimwear company was definitely not in the mind's eye for both. With one from Hawaii and the other from New York, meeting in San Francisco was the perfect backdrop for a modern swimwear brand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobcutmag.com, © Bob Cut Mag 2019 Produced and record by Anthony Rogers San Francisco

Meet the Jersey queen taking over San Francisco’s shoe game one concept at a time—designing for the SF homestead Old Navy, and now her debut brand Llani—Alana Oates has made the circuit of chic shoe designing from the ground up. Get to know this unconventional style maven as she runs us through her creative process. Stepping into Oates’ home, you’re instantly welcomed with a warmness that only comes from the familiarity of your families hospitality. Born and raised in the heart of Philadelphia, Oates is living bi-coastally with her fiance Fred, talk about long distance. Since attending art school and landing her first job designing shoes, the east coast princess packed her bags and moved to San Francisco and is now designing exclusively for the power-house known as Old Navy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobcutmag.com, © Bob Cut Mag 2019 Produced and record by Anthony Rogers San Francisco, CA. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bob-cut-mag/support