Anna Kula grew up learning that there is value in something you make. Around
the age of 12, Kula's mother taught her to sew a skirt for a girl scout patch; her grandmother then taught her to
crochet (hoping she would help make her afghans); her aunts took her to their private oil painting classes. These were her
introductions to art. Her interest in fashion probably comes from wearing uniforms for most of her formative years. At the
University of California at Northridge, she worked on a degree in graphic design while making her own clothes and haunting
flea markets for vintage pieces.
Though enjoying a successful career in magazines, friends encouraged Kula to try the next step with fashion. In 2000, knitting
a baby blanket for a friend became the genesis of the business.
Her training as an artist is evident in inspired uses of color and integrating sculptural mixes of texture and shape.
Anna Kula Designs are available at stores in the United States, Canada, and Japan, and have appeared in Jane, Lucky, People,
Marie Claire, Self, Cosmopolitan, US Weekly, Teen People, and the Today Show. |
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