Meet the Founder of the Brand That Makes Eva Chen's Favorite Dishes
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If you thought that buying dishes was boring, it's time to think again, thanks to Kathryn Duryea, the founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer tableware brand Year Day. Duryea certainly didn't take a linear path to be at the helm of the company that sells dishes to people like Eva Chen and Mandy Moore. After attending UC Berkley for chemical engineering, Duryea transferred to Georgetown before eventually taking a job as special assistant to the Office of the Vice President. She left that job for a worthy reason: to receive her MBA from Stanford. Later came a job in brand marketing at Tiffany Co. and then the inception of Year Day.
If you're not familiar, Year Day is changing the way people shop for tableware. With its modern, minimalist dishes, flatware, and glassware at attainable prices, the brand has made fans out of Eva Chen (who owns gray and white pieces) and Mandy Moore (who favors the dusty pink plates). The San Francisco based company has successfully taken the guesswork out of the thoroughly overwhelming task that is shopping for table settings. As Duryea told Kerr, "It was important to me to be able to provide our customers with the opportunity to buy everything they needed to set a table they love at Year Day."
As you can see, Duryea's career path is fascinating, to say the least. Head to iTunes and subscribe to Second Life to find out how she went from the White House to Tiffany Co. to starting Year Day.
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Allyson is a senior editor forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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