Building An Empire Together, One Blazer at a Time BY CRISTINA DEPTULA
Former corporate maven Diana Nguyen’s Madison Savile blazer designs and business model uplift professional women
The Power of Timeless Comfort The name comes from Madison (gift of God) and Savile (Savile Row in London, for its bespoke suiting for each customer). Nguyen’s idea is that the blazers will inspire women to bring out their inner warriors and the gifts that only they can bring to the world. “With each design, I always think about how I can encourage the person wearing it because that is the purpose of our work, to remind you of your inner beauty, gifts, and light.” and experiments with hundreds of fabrics, they found a two-way, stretchy, wrinkle- resistant fabric in Japan. With this fabric, she After two years of iterations, fittings,
“I love how a suit with the right fit looks on a man, so sharp and powerful. Fit is everything. Not only can it make a garment look amazing, but it allows for comfort. I wanted the same for women,” explains Diana Nguyen. When she worked in the corporate world, Nguyen noticed a lot of women who, like herself, would talk about how much they loved blazers but how hard it was to find one that had functional pockets and didn’t feel restricting. So, she changed direction and launched a business to fill this gap in the market. “All my life, I knew I wanted to do more. My sense that there was a higher purpose or calling got louder, but I
didn’t have clarity on what it was,” she remembers. A career coach helped her narrow her goal down to entrepreneurship, which eventually led to the idea of reinventing the blazer.
believes they have created your “forever blazer,” your new best friend, a blazer that fits like your favorite pair of jeans or your comfiest sweater, with five functional pockets and feels like butter.
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