Tracy Negoshian (born October 20, 1981) is a designer of women's clothing. She is a native of

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."Pasco designer fills a niche with sports-themed clothes for women"
St. Petersburg Times Wire, October 2, 2008.

History

As a teenager, Tracy Negoshian became a champion scholastic golfer. She studied at

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. In college she began work on clothing design. She would modify team jerseys, add flair and then sport her "new" apparel to games and events. After college in 2004, Negoshian moved to

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. She canvassed many of the local businesses (and all of the high-end retail stores on Worth Avenue)"Mom-Style-Monday"
By Erin Carroll, Blue-Eyed Bride.com, May 10, 2010. in search of an opportunity. She was ultimately hired by

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to be an assistant in their Designer Salon. In 2007, while attending the

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football game, she saw women wearing fan apparel that reminded her of her college days and how she would alter jerseys into fashionable garments. Negoshian recognized a market opportunity for garments like these. She expanded on the concept that she could make college game day apparel trendy, fun and multi-purpose. She created My Team Boutique and began designing garments along the likes of some of the more popular colleges in the Southeastern United States. Negoshian decided after a successful launch with My Team Boutique that a three-month season was not substantial and that she needed to explore options for a multi-line approach. In 2009, she launched Tracy Negoshian, Inc.

Clothing line

Her early inspirations included designers

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and

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. Her garments are often compared to the likes of

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, Lilly Pulitzer,

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and Trina Turk. Tracy opened her first flagship TRACY NEGOSHIAN store October 2013 in

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on 5th Avenue."Fashion designer Tracy Negoshian gains national attention"
By Katherine Snow Smith, Tampa Bay Times, January 14, 2014. By January 2014, over 500 boutiques in the U.S. and

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carried the Tracy Negoshian brand.

References

External links

Tracy Negoshian, Inc.
Company Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Negoshian, Tracy American fashion businesspeople American fashion designers American women fashion designers People from St. Petersburg, Florida University of South Florida alumni 1981 births Living people People from Zephyrhills, Florida People from Palm Beach, Florida Businesspeople from Florida 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesswomen