How I Got Here

Riding the wave of success

Laura Low Ah Kee sits on a staircase surrounded by bleachers. Her right arm rests on her knee with her head resting on her right hand. Her left left is outstretched in front of her with her left hand sitting on her knee.

Photography by Coliena Rentmeester and Kai Regan

Laura Low Ah Kee, PhysEd카지노 게임 컬렉션04, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션04, was on a three-month sabbatical from her job as a rising star at and was being a 카지노 게임 컬렉션beach bum카지노 게임 컬렉션 in Maui when she discovered a need she could turn into a business.

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A few weeks later, she was back in her native Vancouver, catching up with Shannon Savage, fellow Lululemon alumna and now her business partner. She mentioned no one was making multi-purpose bathing suits or using their Lululemon-learned knowledge of 카지노 게임 컬렉션fabric and fit카지노 게임 컬렉션 in the swimsuit industry.

In 2017, six years after Ms. Low Ah Kee planted that seed, the friends started their business. By 2024, their company 카지노 게임 컬렉션 (LOF), a name that signifies a spontaneous, weekend-warrior approach to life 카지노 게임 컬렉션 had designed and produced the uniforms for Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s women카지노 게임 컬렉션s beach volleyball team at the Paris Olympics. Two players, and (who also happens to be a student in the Certificate in Business program at Smith School of Business), were wearing the suits when they claimed silver in the finals 카지노 게임 컬렉션 the first time Canadian women made it to the Olympic podium in the sport.

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As she looks back on her career so far, Ms. Low Ah Kee can trace some things back to her time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. An interest in sports led to her double major in physical education and life sciences. Her interest in athletic fashion came about while she was competing for Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s in several sports.

After graduation, she applied for a retail job at Lululemon. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I thought I카지노 게임 컬렉션d be there for three months; I stayed for 12 years.카지노 게임 컬렉션 She worked her way up from the sales floor and remembers founder Chip Wilson giving her pointers, until one day he had no advice. At that point, she asked for a corporate job and became head visual merchant and assistant to the head of product. 

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Soon, she was ready to become her own boss. She and Ms. Savage determined that LOF카지노 게임 컬렉션s suits had to be nice to the touch, compressive when wet and dry, cover well, and be durable. From 100 fabric swatches, they asked a friend카지노 게임 컬렉션s mother to make bathing suits with five. Then they product-tested them with athletes.

The company was busy from the beginning; the Olympic deal pushed that into high gear.

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The relationship with began in 2022 with the 2024 Olympic uniform announcement featuring a campaign with silver medallists Melissa Humaña-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson. Trade journal Women카지노 게임 컬렉션s Wear Daily picked up the news immediately, as did BOF (The Business of Fashion), the BBC, and Vogue, which used LOF카지노 게임 컬렉션s own images.

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Ms. Low Ah Kee credits Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s for her time management skills; she카지노 게임 컬렉션s a busy entrepreneur who also insists on exercising daily and seeing friends often.

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