Mary Young: Building A Fashion Company That Promotes Sustainability And Self Love

Drown the Noise

Mary was always interested in fashion. She was often looked at as a bit of an outsider growing up, because when everyone was interested in sports or playing outside, Mary was designing her own clothes and interested in everything having to do with fashion.

Fast forward a few years, and Mary now has her own signature line of lingerie and loungewear for women under her own brand - Mary Young. She's fairly new on the fashion scene, having only been around for three years now; but she is definitely one of Canada's up and coming designers to watch.

Her whole focus is to create fashionable, yet functional clothing. And she is all about creating lingerie that empowers women to embrace their individuality and refuse contortion into industry definitions of sexy. She believes women should love themselves, no matter what size and shape.

We talk about breaking into the fashion industry; how she's been able to build her own brand so fast; what the most challenging parts have been as a solo-preneur; what keeps her up at night and where she hopes to take the brand in the next five years.