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Not that long before Adrien Bettio and Hyla Nayeri were hanging out on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, they were hanging out in first-year commerce at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 with few clues as to what the future held. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t know what I wanted to do, but I figured business would factor into [it],카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Bettio.

The two students-turned-friends-turned-roommates got along swimmingly: both came from Toronto, both craved a smaller community in which to study, and both chose a third-year European internship with warm weather in mind.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We both really like hot places and beaches,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Ms. Bettio jokes.

Who knew that the beach was where inspiration would strike?

카지노 게임 컬렉션�One day when we were getting ready for the beach, we looked at the bathing suits we카지노 게임 컬렉션�d packed and decided none of them were flattering,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Nayeri. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They were all catered to taller and slimmer bodies. Suits for curvier bodies were frumpy and definitely not sexy.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Unwilling to settle for the boring and unflattering swimsuits companies were producing for real bodies, Ms. Bettio and Ms. Nayeri decided to do something about it 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and the popular swimwear brand 437 was born.

Named for their address in Kingston, though by pure luck it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s also Toronto카지노 게임 컬렉션�s newest area code, 437 went from vague idea, to maybe-doable proposal, to viable business during their fourth year.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t know much about design, and nothing about manufacturing, so it was a long learning process,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Bettio.

Luckily for the then-20-year-olds, starting from scratch was also a fun learning process.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We카지노 게임 컬렉션�d cook dinner and eat and do business all at once,카지노 게임 컬렉션� remembers Ms. Nayeri. Suits were sketched on paper, sent off to be made into samples, tried on real bodies (theirs, naturally), and then tweaked and re-tweaked until perfect. Though 437 now has a dozen swimwear styles available, some of those initial designs remain the company카지노 게임 컬렉션�s top sellers.

437 was up and running by 2017 and perfectly timed to the zeitgeist. While the body positivity movement has existed in many forms for decades, social media has given people real-time power over corporations.

Mattel was giving Barbie a body makeover, plus-size model Ashley Graham scored the Sports Illustrated cover, criticism of fat-shaming and #bopo and #NoMakeup selfies filled our feeds. Celebrities from Chrissy Teigen to Demi Lovato to Kelly Clarkson lashed back hard at haters and gossip rags by proudly posting their so-called flaws.

Photoshop was out and perfectly imperfect bodies were in 카지노 게임 컬렉션� both good news for 437, which would build its brand by embracing and showcasing bodies of all kinds.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�All of our shoots have a small, medium, and larger model,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Bettio. Since all bodies buy and wear swimsuits, she adds, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�showing just one kind of body is a big problem.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Many brands have since made massive shifts towards inclusivity, but 437 launched with that message already entwined into its mandate from the beginning.

The first line featured four still-staple styles: the Aubrey, Sanders, Kenzie, and Johnson in classic black, white, and pink. They카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve since added many more styles, colours and prints 카지노 게임 컬렉션� with annual revenue growing 500 per cent for three years in a row 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and moved their inventory out of their parents카지노 게임 컬렉션� basements and into a swanky downtown loft where women come to shop, snack on candy, and just hang out at monthly events with movies and pizza.

Their growth happened organically, and with big help from social-media influencers, who found and loved 437 largely of their own accord 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and told their followers.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�About six months in, we landed on an influencer list,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Nayeri. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That was a really encouraging moment that maybe we were really onto something.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Soon their suits would be seen on Kylie Jenner and in the pages of Vogue, landing Ms. Bettio and Ms. Nayeri on the 2021 Forbes list.

But it hasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t all been smooth sailing for the swimwear company. In spring 2020, 437 was ready to launch a new line of 카지노 게임 컬렉션�travel-based, summer-heavy카지노 게임 컬렉션� apparel. The timing was unfortunate, given the global pandemic that then descended on the world; nobody would be travelling in cute clothes in 2020.

In the face of a disappointing but inevitable failure in the making, Ms. Bettio and Ms. Nayeri put the line on the back bur

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We knew we needed to change the business model,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Nayeri, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�and focus on at-home styles.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Flexibility is key, even for a sexy swimwear brand, so 437 added sexy sweatpants to their shop: five luxe two-piece sweat sets in extra cosy fleece (each accompanied by a matching bikini, of course).

Going with the flow might be the secret to any successful business, and it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a lesson the pair are trying to master. Pinned to Ms. Nayeri카지노 게임 컬렉션�s office wall, for instance, is a handwritten reminder that sometimes you need to let go and see what happens.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It really captures what we카지노 게임 컬렉션�re trying to do,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�but also that sometimes you need to be agile and try something else.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Neither can imagine what they카지노 게임 컬렉션�d be doing if not for 437 카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Um, marketing?카지노 게임 컬렉션� guesses Ms. Bettio 카지노 게임 컬렉션� but in the same moment she acknowledges that running a fashion business isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t as glam as it once seemed.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�A lot of people aspire and idolize a career in fashion. We certainly did,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�But your life is not just made once you have it. Running a business is hard.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Accordingly, and now at the wise old age of 25, Ms. Bettio and Ms. Nayeri make sure to stay balanced.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We make sure we don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t overwork,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Nayeri. Free time is written into the plan with everything else. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We set schedules and make sure we take time to do other things or nothing. We make sure there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s time to eat and sleep well, to work out, to meditate.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Ms. Bettio concurs: 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Days can go from zero to 100 in just a few minutes, so we have to be ready emotionally.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The most exciting curveball they카지노 게임 컬렉션�d love to have thrown their way? 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Gotta be Beyoncé [wearing 437],카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Nayeri.