{"video_id":"5g3t7Y1-agA","title":"Meet the Team - Lisa Hawthorne","channel":"FP Exclusives","show":"FP Exclusives","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":1084,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":3.636,"text":"Lisa: Hi, I'm Lisa and I'm senior designer on the fashion team at Creator Warehouse. 2 00:00:03.903 --> 00:00:08.575 Sammy: Perfect Lisa, and before we start you have to tell me two truths and a lie. 3 00:00:08.708 --> 00:00:10.577 Lisa: Okay, I'm going to read these because I'll forget them otherwise. 4 00:00:10.610 --> 00:00:12.579 Lisa: I have a pet snake named Tony. 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:13.646 Sammy: Whoa, that's cool. 6 00:00:13.713 --> 00:00:14.647 Lisa: Yeah, Sammy: Hahaha. 7 00:00:14.681 --> 00:00:18.151 Lisa: and two new little kittens called Kurt and Chris. 8 00:00:18.251 --> 00:00:21.588 Second thing, my great grandfather was also an artist like me; 9 00:00:21.688 --> 00:00:24.991 and he painted the gold leaf in the staterooms of the Titanic. 10 00:00:25.025 --> 00:00:26.259 Sammy: Oh my God, these are crazy. 11 00:00:26.292 --> 00:00:26.860 Sammy: Hahahaha. 12 00:00:26.993 --> 00:00:32.298 Lisa: I once crashed a gallery opening in London and I ended up talking to King Charles. 13 00:00:32.298 --> 00:00:34.267 He's actually, he was Prince Charles at the time 14 00:00:34.300 --> 00:00:39.572 and he complimented me on what I was wearing, and I'd made it myself 15 00:00:39.606 --> 00:00:41.808 and he was like, oh that's extraordinary. 16 00:00:41.841 --> 00:00:42.509 Sammy: Oh my God. 17 00:00:42.642 --> 00:00:43.676 Lisa: Hahahaha. 18 00:00:43.710 --> 00:00:44.711 Lisa: Oh, you want to hear the rest of them? 19 00:00:44.811 --> 00:00:47.213 Sammy: Oh God, no, no, no, no, no, no. Lisa: Hahahahahaha. 20 00:00:47.647 --> 00:00:49.516 Sammy: What does a senior fashion designer entail? 21 00:00:49.616 --> 00:00:54.487 Lisa: Uh yeah, what do we do? So I- I mean basically design clothing, 22 00:00:54.621 --> 00:00:56.990 but there's a lot more to it than that. 23 00:00:57.023 --> 00:01:00.026 So pretty much we come up with like trends 24 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.929 and we look at what the customers have been wanting. 25 00:01:03.063 --> 00:01:08.301 Um, and we look at what we want to make, what Linus wants to make; 26 00:01:09.102 --> 00:01:12.405 we come up with the ideas, we research, we develop them, 27 00:01:13.573 --> 00:01:16.443 and we make Creator Warehouse fashion collection. 28 00:01:16.509 --> 00:01:21.147 Lisa: I do a lot of the print and like color and you can kind of tell my stuff 29 00:01:21.214 --> 00:01:22.415 because it's a little bit more... 30 00:01:22.415 --> 00:01:23.016 Wah-lah~ 31 00:01:23.016 --> 00:01:24.784 Sammy: So how long have you been here at the company? 32 00:01:24.818 --> 00:01:27.387 Lisa: Um, I've been here... God, when's this coming out? 33 00:01:27.387 --> 00:01:31.291 Because I've been here since August 23, so like 14 - 15 months? 34 00:01:31.424 --> 00:01:32.992 Sammy: What hobbies are you interested in? 35 00:01:33.126 --> 00:01:36.529 Lisa: Um, my hobbies at the moment consist mostly of commuting and housework. 36 00:01:36.696 --> 00:01:38.932 Lisa: *Laughs* 37 00:01:38.932 --> 00:01:40.233 Sammy: Seems like, yeah seems like a common thing. 38 00:01:40.300 --> 00:01:41.301 Lisa: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 39 00:01:41.901 --> 00:01:43.403 I used to dance a lot, but I- 40 00:01:43.403 --> 00:01:44.003 Sammy: Oh, really? 41 00:01:44.137 --> 00:01:46.706 Lisa: Yeah, I did, but no I'm just- 42 00:01:46.706 --> 00:01:49.342 I'm old and tired and can't do at the end of the day. 43 00:01:49.442 --> 00:01:52.745 I read a lot; that's kind of probably most of it. 44 00:01:52.846 --> 00:01:53.546 Sammy: Oh, reading. 45 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:55.048 Lisa: Yeah, yeah. 46 00:01:55.215 --> 00:01:55.782 Sammy: That's cool. 47 00:01:55.882 --> 00:01:56.516 Lisa: Yeah. 48 00:01:56.516 --> 00:02:01.221 Lisa: I like a good fantasy novel or historical fiction, or sci-fi. 49 00:02:01.221 --> 00:02:05.024 Nothing like a bit of dystopia to take you out of the real world. 50 00:02:05.125 --> 00:02:06.860 Sammy: Like, any good books you're reading? 51 00:02:06.893 --> 00:02:09.395 Lisa: Well, I actually kind of didn't finish the Red Rising series. 52 00:02:09.429 --> 00:02:11.197 What else have I been reading? I can't think. 53 00:02:11.364 --> 00:02:12.765 I listened to a lot of them in the car. 54 00:02:12.899 --> 00:02:13.266 Sammy: Mmmm. 55 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:14.200 Lisa: Like I said, commuting. 56 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:18.771 And then sometimes I draw, but because I draw for work, I don't draw that much. 57 00:02:19.239 --> 00:02:20.006 Sammy: *Laughs* 58 00:02:20.073 --> 00:02:20.473 Lisa: You know? 59 00:02:20.473 --> 00:02:21.608 Sammy: Uh, how long have you been dancing for? 60 00:02:21.741 --> 00:02:23.943 Lisa: Like I danced on and off in college and then, 61 00:02:24.043 --> 00:02:27.313 no, I danced in college and then I kind of did it on and off for about a decade. 62 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:30.383 Sammy: So it was like kind of like a thing you're doing for fun, not really... 63 00:02:30.383 --> 00:02:31.117 Lisa: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 64 00:02:31.151 --> 00:02:32.285 Sammy: Okay, that's cool. Lisa: Yeah. 65 00:02:32.285 --> 00:02:34.087 Sammy: What made you interested in this role? 66 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.589 Sammy: Because I know that you did some movie stuff, 67 00:02:36.623 --> 00:02:38.691 Sammy: but I don't know what else you did prior. 68 00:02:39.392 --> 00:02:44.030 Lisa: So I didn't, basically I applied because I had no idea what the job was. 69 00:02:44.063 --> 00:02:45.365 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 70 00:02:45.598 --> 00:02:46.366 Sammy: That was a good thing though. 71 00:02:46.366 --> 00:02:49.068 Lisa: And I was like, so I'd been freelancing and I was just curious. 72 00:02:49.202 --> 00:02:53.740 And so, yeah I had been freelancing for a while 73 00:02:53.773 --> 00:02:56.309 and I just kind of was randomly looking at job postings. 74 00:02:56.309 --> 00:02:59.712 And I saw this and I went, okay let's try this. 75 00:02:59.746 --> 00:03:00.313 And then I loved- 76 00:03:00.313 --> 00:03:03.316 Yeah, like you said I worked a little bit in movies before as well. 77 00:03:03.316 --> 00:03:07.954 And so the kind of the combination of like fashion and video and everything really- 78 00:03:07.987 --> 00:03:11.224 Sammy: We'll get into it later; but I know that you did like some movie stuff. 79 00:03:11.224 --> 00:03:12.592 Do you mind expanding on that a little bit? 80 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:14.861 Lisa: I went to med school before I did art college. 81 00:03:14.894 --> 00:03:16.696 Sammy: You're getting interesting by a second, Lisa. 82 00:03:16.696 --> 00:03:17.697 Sammy: Yeah, I didn't know that. 83 00:03:17.797 --> 00:03:20.033 Lisa: Like I said, I had a lot of truths to tell as well. 84 00:03:20.567 --> 00:03:23.836 Lisa: I went to med school and then I decided that I liked drawing people 85 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:25.305 more than I liked, well, people. 86 00:03:25.338 --> 00:03:27.607 Lisa: Hahahahahahaha! 87 00:03:28.041 --> 00:03:30.577 Lisa: I did kind of a hop, skip and a jump from like art, 88 00:03:30.577 --> 00:03:34.514 from medical school to art college, to like special effects; 89 00:03:34.547 --> 00:03:36.316 and then I went into fashion. 90 00:03:36.449 --> 00:03:37.850 Sammy: Oh, wow that's- 91 00:03:37.850 --> 00:03:38.284 Lisa: Yeah. 92 00:03:38.284 --> 00:03:39.419 Sammy: That's a, that's a crazy journey. 93 00:03:39.485 --> 00:03:40.453 Lisa: Yeah. 94 00:03:40.486 --> 00:03:43.790 Lisa: I mean, it makes sense kind of when, when I was doing- 95 00:03:43.823 --> 00:03:45.491 I don't know, I get bored easily. 96 00:03:45.592 --> 00:03:46.292 Sammy: Hahahaha. 97 00:03:46.292 --> 00:03:47.026 Lisa: I'm curious. 98 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:48.695 Sammy: So how's working at LMG though? 99 00:03:48.728 --> 00:03:49.562 Lisa: I love it. 100 00:03:49.629 --> 00:03:51.965 Lisa: So Creator Warehouse is just a big... 101 00:03:52.065 --> 00:03:55.668 Oh, I'm going to get all sappy now but it's just a big bunch 102 00:03:55.702 --> 00:04:02.508 of like the sweetest, kindest, friendliest, smartest nerds 103 00:04:02.508 --> 00:04:07.513 that you could ever get under one roof really, and no two days are the same; 104 00:04:07.547 --> 00:04:13.353 and like, it's, I really just felt like I fit in here. 105 00:04:13.386 --> 00:04:16.055 I was always a little bit of an oddball in fashion. 106 00:04:16.623 --> 00:04:19.192 Um, but I feel like I really fit in here. 107 00:04:19.259 --> 00:04:20.827 Sammy: That's good, that's good. Lisa: I love it, yeah. 108 00:04:20.827 --> 00:04:24.063 Sammy: It's like, I feel like CW is 109 00:04:24.063 --> 00:04:26.733 a lot of people who are passionate about like their area. 110 00:04:26.966 --> 00:04:28.201 Lisa: Yes. Sammy: Like when I walk in there, 111 00:04:28.201 --> 00:04:30.803 I can definitely feel a lot of like passion for what they do. 112 00:04:30.803 --> 00:04:32.505 Lisa: Absolutely, and even though like, 113 00:04:32.505 --> 00:04:36.843 no matter what your actual role is, I feel like you get the um... 114 00:04:36.876 --> 00:04:40.179 You have the room to like expand and really explore things 115 00:04:40.179 --> 00:04:41.581 that you're interested in yourself. 116 00:04:41.648 --> 00:04:42.148 Sammy: Mhmm. 117 00:04:42.215 --> 00:04:44.851 Lisa: So it's, and everybody has their own little niche, 118 00:04:44.884 --> 00:04:47.387 and if you need help with the project there's always somebody 119 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:49.622 Lisa: who's got like that expertise, you know? 120 00:04:49.622 --> 00:04:50.790 Sammy: Yeah, like someone like- 121 00:04:50.823 --> 00:04:53.092 Sammy: It's like, you need something like a very specific skill. 122 00:04:53.092 --> 00:04:53.526 Lisa: Totally. 123 00:04:53.526 --> 00:04:56.195 Sammy: And they're like, oh I've done that once or twice in my life. Lisa: Yeah, yeah. 124 00:04:56.195 --> 00:04:56.796 Sammy: And you're like wow. 125 00:04:56.963 --> 00:04:58.765 Lisa: Or you need a weird tool and you know 126 00:04:58.765 --> 00:05:01.267 that one of the Eng guys is going to have it, you know? 127 00:05:01.334 --> 00:05:02.168 Hahahaha. 128 00:05:02.201 --> 00:05:06.439 Sammy: What's the weirdest story or moment that happened at the company? 129 00:05:06.539 --> 00:05:10.410 Lisa: Um, every merch meeting is weird and interesting. 130 00:05:10.743 --> 00:05:13.079 Nothing really specific, sorry, that I can think of. 131 00:05:13.212 --> 00:05:17.517 But it is fun to see how a really ridiculous idea, 132 00:05:17.617 --> 00:05:21.421 the microfiber t-shirt comes up as a joke; and then someone goes, 133 00:05:21.454 --> 00:05:25.158 actually, could we do this? And then we pretty much sell out of them. 134 00:05:25.258 --> 00:05:27.627 Like that to me, I know that's not like a weird thing, 135 00:05:27.627 --> 00:05:29.729 but that to me in fashion, that is weird. 136 00:05:29.729 --> 00:05:31.564 Sammy: Because I'm assuming when you talk fashion stuff, 137 00:05:31.564 --> 00:05:34.267 you try to like make it like for the season, 138 00:05:34.267 --> 00:05:35.768 and try to sell as many as you can. 139 00:05:35.835 --> 00:05:38.204 Sammy: And it's like, there's like research behind it. Lisa: Pretty much. 140 00:05:38.237 --> 00:05:42.408 While like, microfiber t-shirt's like, this could be funny. 141 00:05:42.408 --> 00:05:46.079 Well it's like we always, we really walk that line between 142 00:05:46.112 --> 00:05:50.683 is this ridiculous? Or is this ridiculously brilliant? You know? 143 00:05:50.683 --> 00:05:54.454 And there's, there's a very fine line; and um, 144 00:05:54.454 --> 00:05:57.357 we never know where, which side we're going to fall on. 145 00:05:57.790 --> 00:05:59.292 Sammy: What was the purpose of that shirt? 146 00:05:59.325 --> 00:06:02.528 Sammy: Was it to like, get some like knowledge out of it or was that-? 147 00:06:02.562 --> 00:06:04.197 Lisa: So that wasn't actually one of my products, 148 00:06:04.197 --> 00:06:05.465 that was, that was Matthew. 149 00:06:05.465 --> 00:06:06.632 Lisa: So whenever you're a designer 150 00:06:06.666 --> 00:06:09.402 you're basically trying to solve the problem that your customer has. 151 00:06:09.502 --> 00:06:10.903 And so you need to know your customer well. 152 00:06:11.070 --> 00:06:14.006 And our customer, you know for the most part 153 00:06:14.006 --> 00:06:15.842 a lot of the time, our customer is Linus. 154 00:06:15.875 --> 00:06:17.710 And one of the things that Linus was like, 155 00:06:17.844 --> 00:06:20.246 rub my screen like this, you know? 156 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.649 And he's like, oh I wish I just had a shirt that was just made of microfiber. 157 00:06:23.750 --> 00:06:26.519 And so that's kind of how it came about. 158 00:06:26.552 --> 00:06:30.156 And then Tatjana, who does all of our like raw materials procuring, 159 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:32.325 she's like, yeah we can't actually wear microfiber; 160 00:06:32.358 --> 00:06:33.025 that's going to be horrible. 161 00:06:33.059 --> 00:06:36.696 So she sourced a fabric that pretty much did all of that, 162 00:06:36.696 --> 00:06:37.830 but it's actually wearable. 163 00:06:37.864 --> 00:06:40.066 Sammy: For those products, there's just one of those that you just do for fun 164 00:06:40.099 --> 00:06:42.902 and just see what can come out of it, kind of thing, more so like- 165 00:06:42.935 --> 00:06:45.004 Lisa: Yeah, I mean we don't like to waste things 166 00:06:45.204 --> 00:06:48.508 Lisa: And we don't like the idea of making something just for fun 167 00:06:48.508 --> 00:06:50.109 that somebody is going to wear once and throw away. 168 00:06:50.209 --> 00:06:50.710 Sammy: Mmmm. 169 00:06:50.710 --> 00:06:54.013 Lisa: Um, that's something I really do appreciate about this company 170 00:06:54.080 --> 00:06:56.449 because a lot of people do lip service, pay lip service to that, 171 00:06:56.516 --> 00:06:58.785 but like we do stand behind that. 172 00:06:58.785 --> 00:07:04.690 Um, so we try and like yeah, we'll do it for fun. 173 00:07:04.690 --> 00:07:06.159 We think it's a really fun thing, 174 00:07:06.192 --> 00:07:08.995 but then we also want to make sure it's totally practical as well. 175 00:07:09.729 --> 00:07:13.800 So that's kind of a fun challenge, making ridiculous stuff actually useful. 176 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:16.002 Sammy: What do you think then is the hardest part of the job? 177 00:07:16.102 --> 00:07:17.804 Lisa: I'm probably going to give you a real boring answer. 178 00:07:17.804 --> 00:07:18.504 Sammy: Oh, it's okay. 179 00:07:19.405 --> 00:07:22.241 Lisa: The hardest part of our job is 180 00:07:22.408 --> 00:07:29.248 trying to match up the very high expectation we have 181 00:07:29.282 --> 00:07:36.589 for quality, function, execution from factories; 182 00:07:36.589 --> 00:07:42.328 while also making sure that we are keeping it at a price point 183 00:07:42.328 --> 00:07:44.230 that is comfortable for our customer. 184 00:07:44.230 --> 00:07:44.697 Sammy: Yeah. 185 00:07:44.831 --> 00:07:49.502 Lisa: So we do so much testing; we do a lot of auditing of all of the companies, 186 00:07:49.569 --> 00:07:52.772 all the suppliers that we work with to make sure that everybody's paid properly, 187 00:07:52.772 --> 00:07:54.140 everybody's treated properly. 188 00:07:54.440 --> 00:07:57.610 So we will not work with a supplier that doesn't pass all those tests. 189 00:07:57.610 --> 00:08:00.046 We inspect all of our deliveries before they go out, 190 00:08:00.046 --> 00:08:02.615 all the shipments and everything; and all of that costs money, right? 191 00:08:02.682 --> 00:08:03.115 Sammy: Yeah. 192 00:08:03.282 --> 00:08:05.451 Lisa: Um, so that's the hardest part is, 193 00:08:05.485 --> 00:08:07.587 its like we can make a fantastic product; 194 00:08:07.587 --> 00:08:10.756 but if it costs three times as much as anybody's willing to pay, 195 00:08:10.790 --> 00:08:11.824 like we can't do it. 196 00:08:11.858 --> 00:08:12.291 Sammy: Yeah. 197 00:08:12.358 --> 00:08:15.061 Lisa: So sometimes products have to get killed off for that; and that, 198 00:08:15.161 --> 00:08:17.730 it's like watching your babies fly away, you know? 199 00:08:17.763 --> 00:08:19.131 So that's the hardest part. 200 00:08:19.198 --> 00:08:23.302 Sammy: Is there any products that was almost ready, but we had to kill it off? 201 00:08:23.336 --> 00:08:24.570 Sammy: Due to any like... 202 00:08:24.604 --> 00:08:28.441 Lisa: Yes, but there are- We're constantly pushing; 203 00:08:28.441 --> 00:08:31.978 so I can't tell you what any of them are, because they may come in the future. 204 00:08:31.978 --> 00:08:34.013 Sammy: You can, you can leak one. 205 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:34.881 Sammy: Hahahaha. 206 00:08:35.014 --> 00:08:36.148 Lisa: Mmmmmmm... Sammy: Just one. 207 00:08:36.749 --> 00:08:37.517 Lisa: No, I can't. 208 00:08:37.550 --> 00:08:38.050 Sammy: Noooo! 209 00:08:38.084 --> 00:08:39.118 Lisa: Who do you think I am, Linus? 210 00:08:39.151 --> 00:08:40.019 Hahahaha. 211 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:41.187 Sammy: Referring back to what you said before, 212 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:44.023 but how did you get into your, I guess skill? 213 00:08:44.123 --> 00:08:44.857 Lisa: My skill. 214 00:08:44.991 --> 00:08:47.193 Sammy: Obviously, yeah you started in medical school, 215 00:08:47.226 --> 00:08:47.827 Lisa: Yeah. 216 00:08:47.827 --> 00:08:49.128 Sammy: and then you transferred to art school. 217 00:08:49.161 --> 00:08:49.929 Lisa: Yeah. 218 00:08:50.062 --> 00:08:53.733 Sammy: So like, how did you like gain the skills to be where you are today? 219 00:08:53.766 --> 00:08:55.434 Lisa: I got a foundation in art school. 220 00:08:55.501 --> 00:08:58.704 I actually, I didn't study fashion, so I did art design and mixed media; 221 00:08:58.704 --> 00:09:01.807 which was a lot of kind of experimenting, 222 00:09:01.908 --> 00:09:04.410 which kind of almost has come full circle because that's, 223 00:09:04.443 --> 00:09:06.712 I've never had to use things as much as I do here. 224 00:09:06.712 --> 00:09:10.383 Then when like I, yeah like I said, I did special effects; 225 00:09:10.449 --> 00:09:14.954 worked a little bit in film, because I had done a lot of like surface design. 226 00:09:15.087 --> 00:09:17.657 Lisa: It kind of was a natural feeling, 227 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:21.761 it was a natural progression to go into print and embroidery and things like that. 228 00:09:21.928 --> 00:09:24.630 Lisa: And then because of that then I learned an awful lot about fashion, 229 00:09:24.664 --> 00:09:26.032 about how to actually design clothing. 230 00:09:26.032 --> 00:09:28.100 And so then when I came here, I was actually designing clothing. 231 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:33.973 I kind of went from doing like big flamboyant women's wear to doing detailed men's wear. 232 00:09:34.106 --> 00:09:35.374 Sammy: Hahahaha. 233 00:09:35.408 --> 00:09:37.209 Lisa: But I think maturing as a designer means 234 00:09:37.209 --> 00:09:39.145 that you're able to put yourself in the customer's head. 235 00:09:39.178 --> 00:09:42.882 And it's quite nice actually designing things that I'm probably not going to wear. 236 00:09:44.150 --> 00:09:46.319 Because then I'm totally thinking about our customer 237 00:09:46.352 --> 00:09:49.689 and most of them are men's, although we would love to do women's. 238 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:51.757 Lisa: Um... Sammy: Hahahaha. 239 00:09:51.791 --> 00:09:53.593 Sammy: I think it's interesting because I- 240 00:09:53.626 --> 00:09:55.828 Usually like, it's like kind of like a joke; 241 00:09:55.828 --> 00:09:59.365 it's like oh, drop out of med school and then do like some art thing. 242 00:09:59.365 --> 00:10:01.067 Like it's like a kind of a movie trope thing. 243 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:04.770 Lisa: Yea- Is it? I want to see that movie, because I want to show my parents. 244 00:10:04.837 --> 00:10:05.471 Sammy: *Laughs* 245 00:10:05.471 --> 00:10:08.507 Lisa: Because my parents were, you know they were, they were like okay 246 00:10:08.507 --> 00:10:10.443 but they always knew that I was going to be the one 247 00:10:10.443 --> 00:10:13.446 who kind of ran away and joined the circus or something? 248 00:10:14.046 --> 00:10:15.214 Sammy: What do you, what do you mean by that? 249 00:10:15.214 --> 00:10:16.115 Sammy: Hahahaha. 250 00:10:18.284 --> 00:10:20.786 Lisa: You know... impulse control not always great. 251 00:10:20.786 --> 00:10:21.854 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 252 00:10:22.955 --> 00:10:24.357 Lisa: And I was always the one being like, 253 00:10:24.624 --> 00:10:29.695 hey, I'm going to go to India for five weeks or you know, 254 00:10:29.729 --> 00:10:32.798 so I think they're glad that I've landed somewhere that's actually like 255 00:10:32.865 --> 00:10:35.434 they can see I'm doing something with my life. 256 00:10:35.568 --> 00:10:36.469 Lisa: Hahaha. 257 00:10:36.502 --> 00:10:37.536 Sammy: You're very free spirited. 258 00:10:38.304 --> 00:10:41.774 Lisa: A little bit maybe; no, I feel like I'm a boring suburban housewife now. 259 00:10:41.774 --> 00:10:44.343 Sammy: What? No! You can't say that 260 00:10:44.377 --> 00:10:48.214 Sammy: when you like transition from medical school all the way here, that's crazy. 261 00:10:48.214 --> 00:10:50.249 Sammy: That is not boring suburban-wife. 262 00:10:50.282 --> 00:10:51.417 Lisa: Yeah, I guess maybe not. 263 00:10:52.885 --> 00:10:55.321 Sammy: What's the coolest project you got to work on at the company? 264 00:10:55.388 --> 00:10:56.422 Lisa: Oh, that's easy. 265 00:10:56.422 --> 00:10:58.624 Lisa: Fang boots we made for the Floatplane exclusive. 266 00:10:58.658 --> 00:11:02.161 Lisa: Man, like I look at that video and I think, 267 00:11:02.194 --> 00:11:04.530 God, that girl is acting; and I was not! 268 00:11:04.997 --> 00:11:06.866 Lisa: I was so excited about those boots. 269 00:11:06.866 --> 00:11:12.738 Lisa: But we're actually finishing up filming a new one, and I'm so excited. 270 00:11:12.738 --> 00:11:13.906 Sammy: You can talk, you can talk about it. 271 00:11:13.906 --> 00:11:15.241 Lisa: Can I talk about that one? Sammy: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 272 00:11:15.241 --> 00:11:16.742 Sammy: It's my video, it's my video. 273 00:11:16.742 --> 00:11:19.078 Lisa: The RGB light up fur coat. Sammy: Yes. 274 00:11:19.111 --> 00:11:20.446 Lisa: We're almost there. 275 00:11:20.880 --> 00:11:25.518 Lisa: My house and my desk looks like we have done unspeakable things to a poor kitten 276 00:11:25.551 --> 00:11:27.153 Lisa: because there's fur everywhere. 277 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:28.854 Lisa: Hahahaha! 278 00:11:28.954 --> 00:11:30.756 Lisa: That's been a really fun thing where we were like, 279 00:11:30.756 --> 00:11:32.324 Tatjana and I were going to do it; and then we're like, 280 00:11:32.324 --> 00:11:33.826 you know what, we need some help here. 281 00:11:33.893 --> 00:11:35.194 Like, who can help?... Nate. 282 00:11:35.361 --> 00:11:38.364 And like, Nate has just stepped up to the plate and like, I love it. 283 00:11:38.531 --> 00:11:41.400 You can always find somebody to help do your MAD projects. 284 00:11:41.434 --> 00:11:43.002 Sammy: So I guess this is the second to final question. 285 00:11:43.035 --> 00:11:44.603 Lisa: What are your jobs prior to LMG? 286 00:11:44.637 --> 00:11:45.905 Lisa: Sorry, I've had so many jobs. 287 00:11:46.605 --> 00:11:47.139 Lisa: Oh, that's so many. 288 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:48.274 Sammy: Okay, some highlights, the highlights. 289 00:11:48.274 --> 00:11:49.575 Lisa: Okay, highlights, um... 290 00:11:49.608 --> 00:11:51.811 So uh, let me think. 291 00:11:51.877 --> 00:11:55.815 Yeah, so when I left university, I did do some- 292 00:11:55.815 --> 00:11:59.018 I did a lot of like special effects short film and stuff. 293 00:11:59.051 --> 00:12:03.556 Um, I worked on the, the infamous Tooth Fairy film. 294 00:12:03.589 --> 00:12:04.924 I did wings for that. 295 00:12:04.924 --> 00:12:08.761 I also worked on um... on a Lord of the Rings. 296 00:12:08.794 --> 00:12:09.061 Sammy: What!? 297 00:12:09.095 --> 00:12:10.396 Lisa: Um, no, no, not. 298 00:12:10.429 --> 00:12:12.331 Lisa: It was like, it was a Lord of the Rings fan film, 299 00:12:12.364 --> 00:12:14.400 but we actually got in trouble with Warner Brothers; 300 00:12:14.400 --> 00:12:19.271 because they tried to get us off, off the internet, and then the fans clapped back. 301 00:12:19.271 --> 00:12:19.872 Sammy: Wait, what!? 302 00:12:20.005 --> 00:12:23.342 Lisa: Yeah, because um, Andy Serkis is making a new one called \"Hunt for Gollum\". 303 00:12:23.375 --> 00:12:27.012 And they were like, you can't do this; and we're like, we did it 15 years ago. 304 00:12:27.046 --> 00:12:28.481 So, that was awesome. 305 00:12:28.481 --> 00:12:30.516 So I did, I did a bunch of special effects stuff. 306 00:12:31.751 --> 00:12:35.821 I then did a bunch of- I worked for some big global, 307 00:12:35.855 --> 00:12:39.992 like multinational companies in fashion as well, some small ones too. 308 00:12:39.992 --> 00:12:44.330 And then I went off on my own and I did freelance print design for a number of years. 309 00:12:44.363 --> 00:12:46.565 Lisa: Set up my own um... baby brand as well; 310 00:12:46.732 --> 00:12:47.133 Sammy: Oh! 311 00:12:47.166 --> 00:12:50.169 Lisa: which I still have, but it doesn't get an awful lot of love at the moment. 312 00:12:50.202 --> 00:12:51.537 Lisa: That's the overview. 313 00:12:52.471 --> 00:12:54.440 Sammy: I love you just glazed over the fact that you work 314 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.976 for a big multi-million dollar companies; and it's like, oh yeah. 315 00:12:56.976 --> 00:12:58.711 Lisa: Yeah, it's not as interesting as- 316 00:12:58.711 --> 00:13:00.412 I mean, I could go into detail. 317 00:13:00.446 --> 00:13:03.549 I worked in a shoe factory in Transylvania as well at one stage. 318 00:13:04.850 --> 00:13:06.852 Sammy: You lived a very interesting career, I guess. 319 00:13:06.986 --> 00:13:08.487 Lisa: It's been colorful. 320 00:13:08.621 --> 00:13:09.822 Sammy: Yeah, colorful, yeah. 321 00:13:11.190 --> 00:13:12.391 Lisa: Other than LMG, 322 00:13:12.391 --> 00:13:15.928 which one of those do you like look back at the most fondest, I guess? 323 00:13:15.995 --> 00:13:18.497 Lisa: Um, I did love film work. 324 00:13:18.998 --> 00:13:20.432 Lisa: Yeah; I, I love the film work. 325 00:13:20.466 --> 00:13:25.204 I just didn't, I didn't like the unpredictability of it. 326 00:13:25.204 --> 00:13:25.604 Sammy: Yeah. 327 00:13:26.005 --> 00:13:27.907 Lisa: You know, always wondering when the next job is coming in 328 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:29.675 and doing an awful lot of work for free. 329 00:13:29.675 --> 00:13:30.242 Sammy: Yeah. 330 00:13:30.910 --> 00:13:35.147 Lisa: And you know, love for your craft doesn't pay the electricity bill. 331 00:13:35.181 --> 00:13:35.648 Sammy: Yeah. 332 00:13:35.748 --> 00:13:37.583 Sammy: No, yeah; I used to be a freelancer as well. 333 00:13:37.616 --> 00:13:39.885 It's like, I think for media is a little different 334 00:13:39.885 --> 00:13:42.621 just because sometimes it can be consistent contracted work, 335 00:13:43.122 --> 00:13:45.758 but like, I guess for fashion it's a lot more like unpredictable. 336 00:13:45.858 --> 00:13:48.060 Lisa: Uh, no fashion, fashion's fine; fashion is like- 337 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:49.094 Sammy: Oh, really? Ok. 338 00:13:50.296 --> 00:13:53.332 Lisa: It depends, like after the big panini, 339 00:13:54.333 --> 00:13:56.101 you know, fashion changed a lot. 340 00:13:56.168 --> 00:13:58.337 Um, the demands of fashion. 341 00:13:58.370 --> 00:14:02.341 Now people expect an awful lot for very little money. 342 00:14:02.408 --> 00:14:06.345 And so there's a lot of corners being cut in most areas. 343 00:14:06.445 --> 00:14:09.748 So freelancing there was hard, but I think film just- 344 00:14:09.748 --> 00:14:11.584 Film was like, it's very project based. 345 00:14:11.617 --> 00:14:15.387 And I also was going to have to be in like one of the major film hubs. 346 00:14:15.454 --> 00:14:20.125 Um, and as you can tell I don't necessarily like being tied to one place, 347 00:14:20.125 --> 00:14:22.695 so that I just thought that was going to be challenging. 348 00:14:23.295 --> 00:14:23.829 Lisa: Yeah. 349 00:14:23.896 --> 00:14:26.365 Lisa: I guess maybe had I got further in it, 350 00:14:26.365 --> 00:14:27.800 it would have been a little bit like you say, 351 00:14:27.833 --> 00:14:29.435 like maybe it would have been a little bit more, 352 00:14:30.703 --> 00:14:34.607 kind of straightforward and a little bit longer contracts, but here we are. 353 00:14:35.541 --> 00:14:38.010 Sammy: It's okay, the stability is uh, always valuable. 354 00:14:38.010 --> 00:14:40.145 Lisa: It's huge, yeah; especially when you get a bit older. 355 00:14:40.145 --> 00:14:42.281 Sammy: There's a tailored question just for you. 356 00:14:42.281 --> 00:14:46.018 Sammy: Uh, if you could make any like design, 357 00:14:46.151 --> 00:14:49.221 what kind of design like do you envision? And like- 358 00:14:49.221 --> 00:14:49.989 Lisa: Oh gosh. 359 00:14:49.989 --> 00:14:52.091 Sammy: Just like, there's no budget. 360 00:14:52.091 --> 00:14:54.026 Lisa: And this is, this is an unprepared question. 361 00:14:54.026 --> 00:14:54.493 Sammy: Yeah. 362 00:14:54.526 --> 00:14:54.793 Lisa: Okay. 363 00:14:54.793 --> 00:14:57.229 Sammy: Nick was like, here's, here's an infinite budget; 364 00:14:57.263 --> 00:14:58.631 go, go crazy with the design. 365 00:14:58.664 --> 00:15:01.300 Lisa: If Nick said there's an infinite budget... 366 00:15:01.333 --> 00:15:02.368 Lisa: You know, to be fair, 367 00:15:02.401 --> 00:15:05.771 Lisa: Nick's pretty good with a budget when it comes to doing madcap stuff. 368 00:15:06.205 --> 00:15:08.307 Lisa: Oh that's a, that's a tricky one. 369 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:09.475 Sammy: But like I feel like as a creative 370 00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:13.078 we always have this one big vision we want to do, but it's like 371 00:15:13.112 --> 00:15:15.381 sometimes there's a lot of things that are like obstructing it. 372 00:15:15.381 --> 00:15:16.415 Lisa: Yeah. 373 00:15:16.415 --> 00:15:20.286 Sammy: I just want to see like if you had like free reigns on a project, 374 00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:21.987 what would it be? What would it look like? And everything. 375 00:15:22.354 --> 00:15:25.524 Lisa: I've been working under constraints for so long and I can't even think of it. 376 00:15:25.591 --> 00:15:26.392 Sammy: Hahahaha. 377 00:15:26.425 --> 00:15:29.828 Lisa: Oh, you know what it would be? We would make festival coats. 378 00:15:29.862 --> 00:15:30.963 Sammy: Festival coats. 379 00:15:30.996 --> 00:15:35.467 Lisa: We could make these amazing printed festival coats that had lights 380 00:15:36.101 --> 00:15:40.406 and that you could like, that were reversible, that were- 381 00:15:41.507 --> 00:15:42.908 Lisa: Yeah I mean, we have free reign here. 382 00:15:42.908 --> 00:15:44.243 Sammy: Yeah, no, no, no; absolutely, absolutely. 383 00:15:44.243 --> 00:15:47.146 Lisa: And, and that you could wear- And I think Linus would go mad for it, 384 00:15:47.146 --> 00:15:49.815 but I think the customers go mad for it and it doesn't even matter; 385 00:15:49.848 --> 00:15:52.751 because they would just light up and then you could go raving in it. 386 00:15:52.751 --> 00:15:56.055 Lisa: And maybe it has like glow in the dark stuff, yeah that. 387 00:15:56.288 --> 00:15:56.822 Sammy: Wow. 388 00:15:56.889 --> 00:15:58.757 Lisa: Let's make that; let's do this. 389 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.860 Sammy: Yeah, I feel like; no, no, no, no. 390 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:03.295 Lisa: Hahahahaha. Sammy: I didn't think that. 391 00:16:03.696 --> 00:16:05.531 Lisa: I don't know if it's necessarily our- 392 00:16:05.564 --> 00:16:06.665 Sammy: Oh no, it's not our demographic at all. 393 00:16:06.665 --> 00:16:08.400 Lisa: It's not really our demographic necessarily. 394 00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:08.901 Sammy: No. 395 00:16:08.934 --> 00:16:09.435 Lisa: Yeah. 396 00:16:09.535 --> 00:16:13.405 Sammy: Going back to the very first question of what, your two truths and a lie. 397 00:16:13.439 --> 00:16:15.607 Sammy: Do you want to repeat them again and then tell us which one was the lie? 398 00:16:15.607 --> 00:16:18.944 Lisa: Yeah, yeah, I've nearly forgotten. 399 00:16:18.978 --> 00:16:23.549 So my pet snake named Tony and the two kittens, Kurt and Chris. 400 00:16:24.216 --> 00:16:28.253 And then my great grandfather being an artist 401 00:16:28.253 --> 00:16:29.688 and doing the gold leaf in the Titanic. 402 00:16:30.289 --> 00:16:32.591 And meeting King Charles. 403 00:16:32.624 --> 00:16:34.994 Sammy: I want to guess first as well, actually. 404 00:16:34.994 --> 00:16:37.997 Because I was, usually I do know the answer usually; 405 00:16:37.997 --> 00:16:39.398 but this is like, I don't know anything. 406 00:16:40.032 --> 00:16:43.235 Sammy: I think it's the second one. 407 00:16:43.369 --> 00:16:44.203 Lisa: Is a lie? 408 00:16:44.336 --> 00:16:44.937 Sammy: Yeah. 409 00:16:45.404 --> 00:16:45.838 Sammy: What!? 410 00:16:46.105 --> 00:16:47.139 Lisa: I don't have, I don't have any pets. 411 00:16:47.773 --> 00:16:48.073 Sammy: What!? 412 00:16:48.073 --> 00:16:50.542 Sammy: Wait, that was the answer? Noooo. 413 00:16:50.542 --> 00:16:54.213 Lisa: The answer is the lie is my pet snake named Tony, and my two cats. 414 00:16:54.246 --> 00:16:56.081 Lisa: I don't have any pets at all. 415 00:16:56.115 --> 00:16:56.615 Sammy: Really? 416 00:16:56.715 --> 00:16:59.118 Lisa: So I did meet, I did meet Prince Charles. 417 00:16:59.184 --> 00:16:59.918 Sammy: How was that like? 418 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.020 Lisa: How was it meeting him? 419 00:17:01.020 --> 00:17:01.520 Sammy: Yeah. 420 00:17:01.553 --> 00:17:02.287 Sammy: Like, was it like... 421 00:17:02.755 --> 00:17:05.557 you said he complimented your shirt and like your fashion stuff. 422 00:17:05.557 --> 00:17:07.593 Lisa: I was, I was wearing this like cape. 423 00:17:07.760 --> 00:17:08.394 Sammy: Uhuh. 424 00:17:08.494 --> 00:17:11.997 Lisa: And it was kind of felted with wool. 425 00:17:11.997 --> 00:17:13.599 Lisa: It was a wool exhibition. 426 00:17:13.632 --> 00:17:17.169 And so that's why we crashed it, because I was- 427 00:17:17.169 --> 00:17:19.004 And there was all these famous designers there 428 00:17:19.004 --> 00:17:22.107 and I was so intimidated by them; but I chatted to Prince Charles 429 00:17:22.107 --> 00:17:24.977 Lisa: because I'm, I was more intimidated by the designers. 430 00:17:24.977 --> 00:17:25.544 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 431 00:17:25.544 --> 00:17:26.478 Lisa: Um, yeah. 432 00:17:26.512 --> 00:17:28.180 Lisa: And so I can't even remember what I said to him; 433 00:17:28.347 --> 00:17:31.050 and then he just, he just like felt the wool. 434 00:17:31.083 --> 00:17:33.018 And he's like, oh it's extraordinary. 435 00:17:33.185 --> 00:17:34.319 Lisa: It's like, AH! 436 00:17:34.453 --> 00:17:35.554 Sammy: Hahahaha. 437 00:17:35.687 --> 00:17:38.724 Lisa: And yeah, my great grandfather was an artist and um, 438 00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:39.158 Sammy: Cool. 439 00:17:39.191 --> 00:17:40.292 Lisa: I grew up in Northern Ireland. 440 00:17:40.292 --> 00:17:43.896 So he was in Northern Ireland, Northern Irish and the Titanic was made, 441 00:17:43.929 --> 00:17:46.565 was built at Harlan Wolfe in Belfast; 442 00:17:47.166 --> 00:17:50.202 and so he did all the gold, all the gold leaf in the stateroom. 443 00:17:50.302 --> 00:17:51.003 Sammy: That's pretty cool. 444 00:17:51.003 --> 00:17:52.438 Lisa: It's kind of cool, huh? 445 00:17:52.538 --> 00:17:53.572 Sammy: That's actually really cool. 446 00:17:53.672 --> 00:17:55.707 Lisa: Yeah, he's the only other artist in my family. 447 00:17:55.774 --> 00:17:56.608 Sammy: Oh, really? 448 00:17:56.642 --> 00:17:57.076 Lisa: Yeah. 449 00:17:57.176 --> 00:18:00.145 Lisa: Hey, thanks for watching my Meet the Team. 450 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.682 Lisa: If you liked it, please leave a like, it makes us feel good.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Lisa: Hi, I'm Lisa and I'm senior designer on the fashion team at Creator Warehouse. 2 00:00:03.903 --> 00:00:08.575 Sammy: Perfect Lisa, and before we start you have to tell me two truths and a lie. 3 00:00:08.708 --> 00:00:10.577 Lisa: Okay, I'm going to read these because I'll forget them otherwise. 4 00:00:10.610 --> 00:00:12.579 Lisa: I have a pet snake named Tony. 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:13.646 Sammy: Whoa, that's cool. 6 00:00:13.713 --> 00:00:14.647 Lisa: Yeah, Sammy: Hahaha. 7 00:00:14.681 --> 00:00:18.151 Lisa: and two new little kittens called Kurt and Chris. 8 00:00:18.251 --> 00:00:21.588 Second thing, my great grandfather was also an artist like me; 9 00:00:21.688 --> 00:00:24.991 and he painted the gold leaf in the staterooms of the Titanic. 10 00:00:25.025 --> 00:00:26.259 Sammy: Oh my God, these are crazy. 11 00:00:26.292 --> 00:00:26.860 Sammy: Hahahaha. 12 00:00:26.993 --> 00:00:32.298 Lisa: I once crashed a gallery opening in London and I ended up talking to King Charles. 13 00:00:32.298 --> 00:00:34.267 He's actually, he was Prince Charles at the time 14 00:00:34.300 --> 00:00:39.572 and he complimented me on what I was wearing, and I'd made it myself 15 00:00:39.606 --> 00:00:41.808 and he was like, oh that's extraordinary. 16 00:00:41.841 --> 00:00:42.509 Sammy: Oh my God. 17 00:00:42.642 --> 00:00:43.676 Lisa: Hahahaha. 18 00:00:43.710 --> 00:00:44.711 Lisa: Oh, you want to hear the rest of them? 19 00:00:44.811 --> 00:00:47.213 Sammy: Oh God, no, no, no, no, no, no. Lisa: Hahahahahaha. 20 00:00:47.647 --> 00:00:49.516 Sammy: What does a senior fashion designer entail? 21 00:00:49.616 --> 00:00:54.487 Lisa: Uh yeah, what do we do? So I- I mean basically design clothing, 22 00:00:54.621 --> 00:00:56.990 but there's a lot more to it than that. 23 00:00:57.023 --> 00:01:00.026 So pretty much we come up with like trends 24 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.929 and we look at what the customers have been wanting. 25 00:01:03.063 --> 00:01:08.301 Um, and we look at what we want to make, what Linus wants to make; 26 00:01:09.102 --> 00:01:12.405 we come up with the ideas, we research, we develop them, 27 00:01:13.573 --> 00:01:16.443 and we make Creator Warehouse fashion collection. 28 00:01:16.509 --> 00:01:21.147 Lisa: I do a lot of the print and like color and you can kind of tell my stuff 29 00:01:21.214 --> 00:01:22.415 because it's a little bit more... 30 00:01:22.415 --> 00:01:23.016 Wah-lah~ 31 00:01:23.016 --> 00:01:24.784 Sammy: So how long have you been here at the company? 32 00:01:24.818 --> 00:01:27.387 Lisa: Um, I've been here... God, when's this coming out? 33 00:01:27.387 --> 00:01:31.291 Because I've been here since August 23, so like 14 - 15 months? 34 00:01:31.424 --> 00:01:32.992 Sammy: What hobbies are you interested in? 35 00:01:33.126 --> 00:01:36.529 Lisa: Um, my hobbies at the moment consist mostly of commuting and housework. 36 00:01:36.696 --> 00:01:38.932 Lisa: *Laughs* 37 00:01:38.932 --> 00:01:40.233 Sammy: Seems like, yeah seems like a common thing. 38 00:01:40.300 --> 00:01:41.301 Lisa: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 39 00:01:41.901 --> 00:01:43.403 I used to dance a lot, but I- 40 00:01:43.403 --> 00:01:44.003 Sammy: Oh, really? 41 00:01:44.137 --> 00:01:46.706 Lisa: Yeah, I did, but no I'm just- 42 00:01:46.706 --> 00:01:49.342 I'm old and tired and can't do at the end of the day. 43 00:01:49.442 --> 00:01:52.745 I read a lot; that's kind of probably most of it. 44 00:01:52.846 --> 00:01:53.546 Sammy: Oh, reading. 45 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:55.048 Lisa: Yeah, yeah. 46 00:01:55.215 --> 00:01:55.782 Sammy: That's cool. 47 00:01:55.882 --> 00:01:56.516 Lisa: Yeah. 48 00:01:56.516 --> 00:02:01.221 Lisa: I like a good fantasy novel or historical fiction, or sci-fi. 49 00:02:01.221 --> 00:02:05.024 Nothing like a bit of dystopia to take you out of the real world. 50 00:02:05.125 --> 00:02:06.860 Sammy: Like, any good books you're reading? 51 00:02:06.893 --> 00:02:09.395 Lisa: Well, I actually kind of didn't finish the Red Rising series. 52 00:02:09.429 --> 00:02:11.197 What else have I been reading? I can't think. 53 00:02:11.364 --> 00:02:12.765 I listened to a lot of them in the car. 54 00:02:12.899 --> 00:02:13.266 Sammy: Mmmm. 55 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:14.200 Lisa: Like I said, commuting. 56 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:18.771 And then sometimes I draw, but because I draw for work, I don't draw that much. 57 00:02:19.239 --> 00:02:20.006 Sammy: *Laughs* 58 00:02:20.073 --> 00:02:20.473 Lisa: You know? 59 00:02:20.473 --> 00:02:21.608 Sammy: Uh, how long have you been dancing for? 60 00:02:21.741 --> 00:02:23.943 Lisa: Like I danced on and off in college and then, 61 00:02:24.043 --> 00:02:27.313 no, I danced in college and then I kind of did it on and off for about a decade. 62 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:30.383 Sammy: So it was like kind of like a thing you're doing for fun, not really... 63 00:02:30.383 --> 00:02:31.117 Lisa: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 64 00:02:31.151 --> 00:02:32.285 Sammy: Okay, that's cool. Lisa: Yeah. 65 00:02:32.285 --> 00:02:34.087 Sammy: What made you interested in this role? 66 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.589 Sammy: Because I know that you did some movie stuff, 67 00:02:36.623 --> 00:02:38.691 Sammy: but I don't know what else you did prior. 68 00:02:39.392 --> 00:02:44.030 Lisa: So I didn't, basically I applied because I had no idea what the job was. 69 00:02:44.063 --> 00:02:45.365 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 70 00:02:45.598 --> 00:02:46.366 Sammy: That was a good thing though. 71 00:02:46.366 --> 00:02:49.068 Lisa: And I was like, so I'd been freelancing and I was just curious. 72 00:02:49.202 --> 00:02:53.740 And so, yeah I had been freelancing for a while 73 00:02:53.773 --> 00:02:56.309 and I just kind of was randomly looking at job postings. 74 00:02:56.309 --> 00:02:59.712 And I saw this and I went, okay let's try this. 75 00:02:59.746 --> 00:03:00.313 And then I loved- 76 00:03:00.313 --> 00:03:03.316 Yeah, like you said I worked a little bit in movies before as well. 77 00:03:03.316 --> 00:03:07.954 And so the kind of the combination of like fashion and video and everything really- 78 00:03:07.987 --> 00:03:11.224 Sammy: We'll get into it later; but I know that you did like some movie stuff. 79 00:03:11.224 --> 00:03:12.592 Do you mind expanding on that a little bit? 80 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:14.861 Lisa: I went to med school before I did art college. 81 00:03:14.894 --> 00:03:16.696 Sammy: You're getting interesting by a second, Lisa. 82 00:03:16.696 --> 00:03:17.697 Sammy: Yeah, I didn't know that. 83 00:03:17.797 --> 00:03:20.033 Lisa: Like I said, I had a lot of truths to tell as well. 84 00:03:20.567 --> 00:03:23.836 Lisa: I went to med school and then I decided that I liked drawing people 85 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:25.305 more than I liked, well, people. 86 00:03:25.338 --> 00:03:27.607 Lisa: Hahahahahahaha! 87 00:03:28.041 --> 00:03:30.577 Lisa: I did kind of a hop, skip and a jump from like art, 88 00:03:30.577 --> 00:03:34.514 from medical school to art college, to like special effects; 89 00:03:34.547 --> 00:03:36.316 and then I went into fashion. 90 00:03:36.449 --> 00:03:37.850 Sammy: Oh, wow that's- 91 00:03:37.850 --> 00:03:38.284 Lisa: Yeah. 92 00:03:38.284 --> 00:03:39.419 Sammy: That's a, that's a crazy journey. 93 00:03:39.485 --> 00:03:40.453 Lisa: Yeah. 94 00:03:40.486 --> 00:03:43.790 Lisa: I mean, it makes sense kind of when, when I was doing- 95 00:03:43.823 --> 00:03:45.491 I don't know, I get bored easily. 96 00:03:45.592 --> 00:03:46.292 Sammy: Hahahaha. 97 00:03:46.292 --> 00:03:47.026 Lisa: I'm curious. 98 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:48.695 Sammy: So how's working at LMG though? 99 00:03:48.728 --> 00:03:49.562 Lisa: I love it. 100 00:03:49.629 --> 00:03:51.965 Lisa: So Creator Warehouse is just a big... 101 00:03:52.065 --> 00:03:55.668 Oh, I'm going to get all sappy now but it's just a big bunch 102 00:03:55.702 --> 00:04:02.508 of like the sweetest, kindest, friendliest, smartest nerds 103 00:04:02.508 --> 00:04:07.513 that you could ever get under one roof really, and no two days are the same; 104 00:04:07.547 --> 00:04:13.353 and like, it's, I really just felt like I fit in here. 105 00:04:13.386 --> 00:04:16.055 I was always a little bit of an oddball in fashion. 106 00:04:16.623 --> 00:04:19.192 Um, but I feel like I really fit in here. 107 00:04:19.259 --> 00:04:20.827 Sammy: That's good, that's good. Lisa: I love it, yeah. 108 00:04:20.827 --> 00:04:24.063 Sammy: It's like, I feel like CW is 109 00:04:24.063 --> 00:04:26.733 a lot of people who are passionate about like their area. 110 00:04:26.966 --> 00:04:28.201 Lisa: Yes. Sammy: Like when I walk in there, 111 00:04:28.201 --> 00:04:30.803 I can definitely feel a lot of like passion for what they do. 112 00:04:30.803 --> 00:04:32.505 Lisa: Absolutely, and even though like, 113 00:04:32.505 --> 00:04:36.843 no matter what your actual role is, I feel like you get the um... 114 00:04:36.876 --> 00:04:40.179 You have the room to like expand and really explore things 115 00:04:40.179 --> 00:04:41.581 that you're interested in yourself. 116 00:04:41.648 --> 00:04:42.148 Sammy: Mhmm. 117 00:04:42.215 --> 00:04:44.851 Lisa: So it's, and everybody has their own little niche, 118 00:04:44.884 --> 00:04:47.387 and if you need help with the project there's always somebody 119 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:49.622 Lisa: who's got like that expertise, you know? 120 00:04:49.622 --> 00:04:50.790 Sammy: Yeah, like someone like- 121 00:04:50.823 --> 00:04:53.092 Sammy: It's like, you need something like a very specific skill. 122 00:04:53.092 --> 00:04:53.526 Lisa: Totally. 123 00:04:53.526 --> 00:04:56.195 Sammy: And they're like, oh I've done that once or twice in my life. Lisa: Yeah, yeah. 124 00:04:56.195 --> 00:04:56.796 Sammy: And you're like wow. 125 00:04:56.963 --> 00:04:58.765 Lisa: Or you need a weird tool and you know 126 00:04:58.765 --> 00:05:01.267 that one of the Eng guys is going to have it, you know? 127 00:05:01.334 --> 00:05:02.168 Hahahaha. 128 00:05:02.201 --> 00:05:06.439 Sammy: What's the weirdest story or moment that happened at the company? 129 00:05:06.539 --> 00:05:10.410 Lisa: Um, every merch meeting is weird and interesting. 130 00:05:10.743 --> 00:05:13.079 Nothing really specific, sorry, that I can think of. 131 00:05:13.212 --> 00:05:17.517 But it is fun to see how a really ridiculous idea, 132 00:05:17.617 --> 00:05:21.421 the microfiber t-shirt comes up as a joke; and then someone goes, 133 00:05:21.454 --> 00:05:25.158 actually, could we do this? And then we pretty much sell out of them. 134 00:05:25.258 --> 00:05:27.627 Like that to me, I know that's not like a weird thing, 135 00:05:27.627 --> 00:05:29.729 but that to me in fashion, that is weird. 136 00:05:29.729 --> 00:05:31.564 Sammy: Because I'm assuming when you talk fashion stuff, 137 00:05:31.564 --> 00:05:34.267 you try to like make it like for the season, 138 00:05:34.267 --> 00:05:35.768 and try to sell as many as you can. 139 00:05:35.835 --> 00:05:38.204 Sammy: And it's like, there's like research behind it. Lisa: Pretty much. 140 00:05:38.237 --> 00:05:42.408 While like, microfiber t-shirt's like, this could be funny. 141 00:05:42.408 --> 00:05:46.079 Well it's like we always, we really walk that line between 142 00:05:46.112 --> 00:05:50.683 is this ridiculous? Or is this ridiculously brilliant? You know? 143 00:05:50.683 --> 00:05:54.454 And there's, there's a very fine line; and um, 144 00:05:54.454 --> 00:05:57.357 we never know where, which side we're going to fall on. 145 00:05:57.790 --> 00:05:59.292 Sammy: What was the purpose of that shirt? 146 00:05:59.325 --> 00:06:02.528 Sammy: Was it to like, get some like knowledge out of it or was that-? 147 00:06:02.562 --> 00:06:04.197 Lisa: So that wasn't actually one of my products, 148 00:06:04.197 --> 00:06:05.465 that was, that was Matthew. 149 00:06:05.465 --> 00:06:06.632 Lisa: So whenever you're a designer 150 00:06:06.666 --> 00:06:09.402 you're basically trying to solve the problem that your customer has. 151 00:06:09.502 --> 00:06:10.903 And so you need to know your customer well. 152 00:06:11.070 --> 00:06:14.006 And our customer, you know for the most part 153 00:06:14.006 --> 00:06:15.842 a lot of the time, our customer is Linus. 154 00:06:15.875 --> 00:06:17.710 And one of the things that Linus was like, 155 00:06:17.844 --> 00:06:20.246 rub my screen like this, you know? 156 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.649 And he's like, oh I wish I just had a shirt that was just made of microfiber. 157 00:06:23.750 --> 00:06:26.519 And so that's kind of how it came about. 158 00:06:26.552 --> 00:06:30.156 And then Tatjana, who does all of our like raw materials procuring, 159 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:32.325 she's like, yeah we can't actually wear microfiber; 160 00:06:32.358 --> 00:06:33.025 that's going to be horrible. 161 00:06:33.059 --> 00:06:36.696 So she sourced a fabric that pretty much did all of that, 162 00:06:36.696 --> 00:06:37.830 but it's actually wearable. 163 00:06:37.864 --> 00:06:40.066 Sammy: For those products, there's just one of those that you just do for fun 164 00:06:40.099 --> 00:06:42.902 and just see what can come out of it, kind of thing, more so like- 165 00:06:42.935 --> 00:06:45.004 Lisa: Yeah, I mean we don't like to waste things 166 00:06:45.204 --> 00:06:48.508 Lisa: And we don't like the idea of making something just for fun 167 00:06:48.508 --> 00:06:50.109 that somebody is going to wear once and throw away. 168 00:06:50.209 --> 00:06:50.710 Sammy: Mmmm. 169 00:06:50.710 --> 00:06:54.013 Lisa: Um, that's something I really do appreciate about this company 170 00:06:54.080 --> 00:06:56.449 because a lot of people do lip service, pay lip service to that, 171 00:06:56.516 --> 00:06:58.785 but like we do stand behind that. 172 00:06:58.785 --> 00:07:04.690 Um, so we try and like yeah, we'll do it for fun. 173 00:07:04.690 --> 00:07:06.159 We think it's a really fun thing, 174 00:07:06.192 --> 00:07:08.995 but then we also want to make sure it's totally practical as well. 175 00:07:09.729 --> 00:07:13.800 So that's kind of a fun challenge, making ridiculous stuff actually useful. 176 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:16.002 Sammy: What do you think then is the hardest part of the job? 177 00:07:16.102 --> 00:07:17.804 Lisa: I'm probably going to give you a real boring answer. 178 00:07:17.804 --> 00:07:18.504 Sammy: Oh, it's okay. 179 00:07:19.405 --> 00:07:22.241 Lisa: The hardest part of our job is 180 00:07:22.408 --> 00:07:29.248 trying to match up the very high expectation we have 181 00:07:29.282 --> 00:07:36.589 for quality, function, execution from factories; 182 00:07:36.589 --> 00:07:42.328 while also making sure that we are keeping it at a price point 183 00:07:42.328 --> 00:07:44.230 that is comfortable for our customer. 184 00:07:44.230 --> 00:07:44.697 Sammy: Yeah. 185 00:07:44.831 --> 00:07:49.502 Lisa: So we do so much testing; we do a lot of auditing of all of the companies, 186 00:07:49.569 --> 00:07:52.772 all the suppliers that we work with to make sure that everybody's paid properly, 187 00:07:52.772 --> 00:07:54.140 everybody's treated properly. 188 00:07:54.440 --> 00:07:57.610 So we will not work with a supplier that doesn't pass all those tests. 189 00:07:57.610 --> 00:08:00.046 We inspect all of our deliveries before they go out, 190 00:08:00.046 --> 00:08:02.615 all the shipments and everything; and all of that costs money, right? 191 00:08:02.682 --> 00:08:03.115 Sammy: Yeah. 192 00:08:03.282 --> 00:08:05.451 Lisa: Um, so that's the hardest part is, 193 00:08:05.485 --> 00:08:07.587 its like we can make a fantastic product; 194 00:08:07.587 --> 00:08:10.756 but if it costs three times as much as anybody's willing to pay, 195 00:08:10.790 --> 00:08:11.824 like we can't do it. 196 00:08:11.858 --> 00:08:12.291 Sammy: Yeah. 197 00:08:12.358 --> 00:08:15.061 Lisa: So sometimes products have to get killed off for that; and that, 198 00:08:15.161 --> 00:08:17.730 it's like watching your babies fly away, you know? 199 00:08:17.763 --> 00:08:19.131 So that's the hardest part. 200 00:08:19.198 --> 00:08:23.302 Sammy: Is there any products that was almost ready, but we had to kill it off? 201 00:08:23.336 --> 00:08:24.570 Sammy: Due to any like... 202 00:08:24.604 --> 00:08:28.441 Lisa: Yes, but there are- We're constantly pushing; 203 00:08:28.441 --> 00:08:31.978 so I can't tell you what any of them are, because they may come in the future. 204 00:08:31.978 --> 00:08:34.013 Sammy: You can, you can leak one. 205 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:34.881 Sammy: Hahahaha. 206 00:08:35.014 --> 00:08:36.148 Lisa: Mmmmmmm... Sammy: Just one. 207 00:08:36.749 --> 00:08:37.517 Lisa: No, I can't. 208 00:08:37.550 --> 00:08:38.050 Sammy: Noooo! 209 00:08:38.084 --> 00:08:39.118 Lisa: Who do you think I am, Linus? 210 00:08:39.151 --> 00:08:40.019 Hahahaha. 211 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:41.187 Sammy: Referring back to what you said before, 212 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:44.023 but how did you get into your, I guess skill? 213 00:08:44.123 --> 00:08:44.857 Lisa: My skill. 214 00:08:44.991 --> 00:08:47.193 Sammy: Obviously, yeah you started in medical school, 215 00:08:47.226 --> 00:08:47.827 Lisa: Yeah. 216 00:08:47.827 --> 00:08:49.128 Sammy: and then you transferred to art school. 217 00:08:49.161 --> 00:08:49.929 Lisa: Yeah. 218 00:08:50.062 --> 00:08:53.733 Sammy: So like, how did you like gain the skills to be where you are today? 219 00:08:53.766 --> 00:08:55.434 Lisa: I got a foundation in art school. 220 00:08:55.501 --> 00:08:58.704 I actually, I didn't study fashion, so I did art design and mixed media; 221 00:08:58.704 --> 00:09:01.807 which was a lot of kind of experimenting, 222 00:09:01.908 --> 00:09:04.410 which kind of almost has come full circle because that's, 223 00:09:04.443 --> 00:09:06.712 I've never had to use things as much as I do here. 224 00:09:06.712 --> 00:09:10.383 Then when like I, yeah like I said, I did special effects; 225 00:09:10.449 --> 00:09:14.954 worked a little bit in film, because I had done a lot of like surface design. 226 00:09:15.087 --> 00:09:17.657 Lisa: It kind of was a natural feeling, 227 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:21.761 it was a natural progression to go into print and embroidery and things like that. 228 00:09:21.928 --> 00:09:24.630 Lisa: And then because of that then I learned an awful lot about fashion, 229 00:09:24.664 --> 00:09:26.032 about how to actually design clothing. 230 00:09:26.032 --> 00:09:28.100 And so then when I came here, I was actually designing clothing. 231 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:33.973 I kind of went from doing like big flamboyant women's wear to doing detailed men's wear. 232 00:09:34.106 --> 00:09:35.374 Sammy: Hahahaha. 233 00:09:35.408 --> 00:09:37.209 Lisa: But I think maturing as a designer means 234 00:09:37.209 --> 00:09:39.145 that you're able to put yourself in the customer's head. 235 00:09:39.178 --> 00:09:42.882 And it's quite nice actually designing things that I'm probably not going to wear. 236 00:09:44.150 --> 00:09:46.319 Because then I'm totally thinking about our customer 237 00:09:46.352 --> 00:09:49.689 and most of them are men's, although we would love to do women's. 238 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:51.757 Lisa: Um... Sammy: Hahahaha. 239 00:09:51.791 --> 00:09:53.593 Sammy: I think it's interesting because I- 240 00:09:53.626 --> 00:09:55.828 Usually like, it's like kind of like a joke; 241 00:09:55.828 --> 00:09:59.365 it's like oh, drop out of med school and then do like some art thing. 242 00:09:59.365 --> 00:10:01.067 Like it's like a kind of a movie trope thing. 243 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:04.770 Lisa: Yea- Is it? I want to see that movie, because I want to show my parents. 244 00:10:04.837 --> 00:10:05.471 Sammy: *Laughs* 245 00:10:05.471 --> 00:10:08.507 Lisa: Because my parents were, you know they were, they were like okay 246 00:10:08.507 --> 00:10:10.443 but they always knew that I was going to be the one 247 00:10:10.443 --> 00:10:13.446 who kind of ran away and joined the circus or something? 248 00:10:14.046 --> 00:10:15.214 Sammy: What do you, what do you mean by that? 249 00:10:15.214 --> 00:10:16.115 Sammy: Hahahaha. 250 00:10:18.284 --> 00:10:20.786 Lisa: You know... impulse control not always great. 251 00:10:20.786 --> 00:10:21.854 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 252 00:10:22.955 --> 00:10:24.357 Lisa: And I was always the one being like, 253 00:10:24.624 --> 00:10:29.695 hey, I'm going to go to India for five weeks or you know, 254 00:10:29.729 --> 00:10:32.798 so I think they're glad that I've landed somewhere that's actually like 255 00:10:32.865 --> 00:10:35.434 they can see I'm doing something with my life. 256 00:10:35.568 --> 00:10:36.469 Lisa: Hahaha. 257 00:10:36.502 --> 00:10:37.536 Sammy: You're very free spirited. 258 00:10:38.304 --> 00:10:41.774 Lisa: A little bit maybe; no, I feel like I'm a boring suburban housewife now. 259 00:10:41.774 --> 00:10:44.343 Sammy: What? No! You can't say that 260 00:10:44.377 --> 00:10:48.214 Sammy: when you like transition from medical school all the way here, that's crazy. 261 00:10:48.214 --> 00:10:50.249 Sammy: That is not boring suburban-wife. 262 00:10:50.282 --> 00:10:51.417 Lisa: Yeah, I guess maybe not. 263 00:10:52.885 --> 00:10:55.321 Sammy: What's the coolest project you got to work on at the company? 264 00:10:55.388 --> 00:10:56.422 Lisa: Oh, that's easy. 265 00:10:56.422 --> 00:10:58.624 Lisa: Fang boots we made for the Floatplane exclusive. 266 00:10:58.658 --> 00:11:02.161 Lisa: Man, like I look at that video and I think, 267 00:11:02.194 --> 00:11:04.530 God, that girl is acting; and I was not! 268 00:11:04.997 --> 00:11:06.866 Lisa: I was so excited about those boots. 269 00:11:06.866 --> 00:11:12.738 Lisa: But we're actually finishing up filming a new one, and I'm so excited. 270 00:11:12.738 --> 00:11:13.906 Sammy: You can talk, you can talk about it. 271 00:11:13.906 --> 00:11:15.241 Lisa: Can I talk about that one? Sammy: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 272 00:11:15.241 --> 00:11:16.742 Sammy: It's my video, it's my video. 273 00:11:16.742 --> 00:11:19.078 Lisa: The RGB light up fur coat. Sammy: Yes. 274 00:11:19.111 --> 00:11:20.446 Lisa: We're almost there. 275 00:11:20.880 --> 00:11:25.518 Lisa: My house and my desk looks like we have done unspeakable things to a poor kitten 276 00:11:25.551 --> 00:11:27.153 Lisa: because there's fur everywhere. 277 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:28.854 Lisa: Hahahaha! 278 00:11:28.954 --> 00:11:30.756 Lisa: That's been a really fun thing where we were like, 279 00:11:30.756 --> 00:11:32.324 Tatjana and I were going to do it; and then we're like, 280 00:11:32.324 --> 00:11:33.826 you know what, we need some help here. 281 00:11:33.893 --> 00:11:35.194 Like, who can help?... Nate. 282 00:11:35.361 --> 00:11:38.364 And like, Nate has just stepped up to the plate and like, I love it. 283 00:11:38.531 --> 00:11:41.400 You can always find somebody to help do your MAD projects. 284 00:11:41.434 --> 00:11:43.002 Sammy: So I guess this is the second to final question. 285 00:11:43.035 --> 00:11:44.603 Lisa: What are your jobs prior to LMG? 286 00:11:44.637 --> 00:11:45.905 Lisa: Sorry, I've had so many jobs. 287 00:11:46.605 --> 00:11:47.139 Lisa: Oh, that's so many. 288 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:48.274 Sammy: Okay, some highlights, the highlights. 289 00:11:48.274 --> 00:11:49.575 Lisa: Okay, highlights, um... 290 00:11:49.608 --> 00:11:51.811 So uh, let me think. 291 00:11:51.877 --> 00:11:55.815 Yeah, so when I left university, I did do some- 292 00:11:55.815 --> 00:11:59.018 I did a lot of like special effects short film and stuff. 293 00:11:59.051 --> 00:12:03.556 Um, I worked on the, the infamous Tooth Fairy film. 294 00:12:03.589 --> 00:12:04.924 I did wings for that. 295 00:12:04.924 --> 00:12:08.761 I also worked on um... on a Lord of the Rings. 296 00:12:08.794 --> 00:12:09.061 Sammy: What!? 297 00:12:09.095 --> 00:12:10.396 Lisa: Um, no, no, not. 298 00:12:10.429 --> 00:12:12.331 Lisa: It was like, it was a Lord of the Rings fan film, 299 00:12:12.364 --> 00:12:14.400 but we actually got in trouble with Warner Brothers; 300 00:12:14.400 --> 00:12:19.271 because they tried to get us off, off the internet, and then the fans clapped back. 301 00:12:19.271 --> 00:12:19.872 Sammy: Wait, what!? 302 00:12:20.005 --> 00:12:23.342 Lisa: Yeah, because um, Andy Serkis is making a new one called \"Hunt for Gollum\". 303 00:12:23.375 --> 00:12:27.012 And they were like, you can't do this; and we're like, we did it 15 years ago. 304 00:12:27.046 --> 00:12:28.481 So, that was awesome. 305 00:12:28.481 --> 00:12:30.516 So I did, I did a bunch of special effects stuff. 306 00:12:31.751 --> 00:12:35.821 I then did a bunch of- I worked for some big global, 307 00:12:35.855 --> 00:12:39.992 like multinational companies in fashion as well, some small ones too. 308 00:12:39.992 --> 00:12:44.330 And then I went off on my own and I did freelance print design for a number of years. 309 00:12:44.363 --> 00:12:46.565 Lisa: Set up my own um... baby brand as well; 310 00:12:46.732 --> 00:12:47.133 Sammy: Oh! 311 00:12:47.166 --> 00:12:50.169 Lisa: which I still have, but it doesn't get an awful lot of love at the moment. 312 00:12:50.202 --> 00:12:51.537 Lisa: That's the overview. 313 00:12:52.471 --> 00:12:54.440 Sammy: I love you just glazed over the fact that you work 314 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.976 for a big multi-million dollar companies; and it's like, oh yeah. 315 00:12:56.976 --> 00:12:58.711 Lisa: Yeah, it's not as interesting as- 316 00:12:58.711 --> 00:13:00.412 I mean, I could go into detail. 317 00:13:00.446 --> 00:13:03.549 I worked in a shoe factory in Transylvania as well at one stage. 318 00:13:04.850 --> 00:13:06.852 Sammy: You lived a very interesting career, I guess. 319 00:13:06.986 --> 00:13:08.487 Lisa: It's been colorful. 320 00:13:08.621 --> 00:13:09.822 Sammy: Yeah, colorful, yeah. 321 00:13:11.190 --> 00:13:12.391 Lisa: Other than LMG, 322 00:13:12.391 --> 00:13:15.928 which one of those do you like look back at the most fondest, I guess? 323 00:13:15.995 --> 00:13:18.497 Lisa: Um, I did love film work. 324 00:13:18.998 --> 00:13:20.432 Lisa: Yeah; I, I love the film work. 325 00:13:20.466 --> 00:13:25.204 I just didn't, I didn't like the unpredictability of it. 326 00:13:25.204 --> 00:13:25.604 Sammy: Yeah. 327 00:13:26.005 --> 00:13:27.907 Lisa: You know, always wondering when the next job is coming in 328 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:29.675 and doing an awful lot of work for free. 329 00:13:29.675 --> 00:13:30.242 Sammy: Yeah. 330 00:13:30.910 --> 00:13:35.147 Lisa: And you know, love for your craft doesn't pay the electricity bill. 331 00:13:35.181 --> 00:13:35.648 Sammy: Yeah. 332 00:13:35.748 --> 00:13:37.583 Sammy: No, yeah; I used to be a freelancer as well. 333 00:13:37.616 --> 00:13:39.885 It's like, I think for media is a little different 334 00:13:39.885 --> 00:13:42.621 just because sometimes it can be consistent contracted work, 335 00:13:43.122 --> 00:13:45.758 but like, I guess for fashion it's a lot more like unpredictable. 336 00:13:45.858 --> 00:13:48.060 Lisa: Uh, no fashion, fashion's fine; fashion is like- 337 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:49.094 Sammy: Oh, really? Ok. 338 00:13:50.296 --> 00:13:53.332 Lisa: It depends, like after the big panini, 339 00:13:54.333 --> 00:13:56.101 you know, fashion changed a lot. 340 00:13:56.168 --> 00:13:58.337 Um, the demands of fashion. 341 00:13:58.370 --> 00:14:02.341 Now people expect an awful lot for very little money. 342 00:14:02.408 --> 00:14:06.345 And so there's a lot of corners being cut in most areas. 343 00:14:06.445 --> 00:14:09.748 So freelancing there was hard, but I think film just- 344 00:14:09.748 --> 00:14:11.584 Film was like, it's very project based. 345 00:14:11.617 --> 00:14:15.387 And I also was going to have to be in like one of the major film hubs. 346 00:14:15.454 --> 00:14:20.125 Um, and as you can tell I don't necessarily like being tied to one place, 347 00:14:20.125 --> 00:14:22.695 so that I just thought that was going to be challenging. 348 00:14:23.295 --> 00:14:23.829 Lisa: Yeah. 349 00:14:23.896 --> 00:14:26.365 Lisa: I guess maybe had I got further in it, 350 00:14:26.365 --> 00:14:27.800 it would have been a little bit like you say, 351 00:14:27.833 --> 00:14:29.435 like maybe it would have been a little bit more, 352 00:14:30.703 --> 00:14:34.607 kind of straightforward and a little bit longer contracts, but here we are. 353 00:14:35.541 --> 00:14:38.010 Sammy: It's okay, the stability is uh, always valuable. 354 00:14:38.010 --> 00:14:40.145 Lisa: It's huge, yeah; especially when you get a bit older. 355 00:14:40.145 --> 00:14:42.281 Sammy: There's a tailored question just for you. 356 00:14:42.281 --> 00:14:46.018 Sammy: Uh, if you could make any like design, 357 00:14:46.151 --> 00:14:49.221 what kind of design like do you envision? And like- 358 00:14:49.221 --> 00:14:49.989 Lisa: Oh gosh. 359 00:14:49.989 --> 00:14:52.091 Sammy: Just like, there's no budget. 360 00:14:52.091 --> 00:14:54.026 Lisa: And this is, this is an unprepared question. 361 00:14:54.026 --> 00:14:54.493 Sammy: Yeah. 362 00:14:54.526 --> 00:14:54.793 Lisa: Okay. 363 00:14:54.793 --> 00:14:57.229 Sammy: Nick was like, here's, here's an infinite budget; 364 00:14:57.263 --> 00:14:58.631 go, go crazy with the design. 365 00:14:58.664 --> 00:15:01.300 Lisa: If Nick said there's an infinite budget... 366 00:15:01.333 --> 00:15:02.368 Lisa: You know, to be fair, 367 00:15:02.401 --> 00:15:05.771 Lisa: Nick's pretty good with a budget when it comes to doing madcap stuff. 368 00:15:06.205 --> 00:15:08.307 Lisa: Oh that's a, that's a tricky one. 369 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:09.475 Sammy: But like I feel like as a creative 370 00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:13.078 we always have this one big vision we want to do, but it's like 371 00:15:13.112 --> 00:15:15.381 sometimes there's a lot of things that are like obstructing it. 372 00:15:15.381 --> 00:15:16.415 Lisa: Yeah. 373 00:15:16.415 --> 00:15:20.286 Sammy: I just want to see like if you had like free reigns on a project, 374 00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:21.987 what would it be? What would it look like? And everything. 375 00:15:22.354 --> 00:15:25.524 Lisa: I've been working under constraints for so long and I can't even think of it. 376 00:15:25.591 --> 00:15:26.392 Sammy: Hahahaha. 377 00:15:26.425 --> 00:15:29.828 Lisa: Oh, you know what it would be? We would make festival coats. 378 00:15:29.862 --> 00:15:30.963 Sammy: Festival coats. 379 00:15:30.996 --> 00:15:35.467 Lisa: We could make these amazing printed festival coats that had lights 380 00:15:36.101 --> 00:15:40.406 and that you could like, that were reversible, that were- 381 00:15:41.507 --> 00:15:42.908 Lisa: Yeah I mean, we have free reign here. 382 00:15:42.908 --> 00:15:44.243 Sammy: Yeah, no, no, no; absolutely, absolutely. 383 00:15:44.243 --> 00:15:47.146 Lisa: And, and that you could wear- And I think Linus would go mad for it, 384 00:15:47.146 --> 00:15:49.815 but I think the customers go mad for it and it doesn't even matter; 385 00:15:49.848 --> 00:15:52.751 because they would just light up and then you could go raving in it. 386 00:15:52.751 --> 00:15:56.055 Lisa: And maybe it has like glow in the dark stuff, yeah that. 387 00:15:56.288 --> 00:15:56.822 Sammy: Wow. 388 00:15:56.889 --> 00:15:58.757 Lisa: Let's make that; let's do this. 389 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.860 Sammy: Yeah, I feel like; no, no, no, no. 390 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:03.295 Lisa: Hahahahaha. Sammy: I didn't think that. 391 00:16:03.696 --> 00:16:05.531 Lisa: I don't know if it's necessarily our- 392 00:16:05.564 --> 00:16:06.665 Sammy: Oh no, it's not our demographic at all. 393 00:16:06.665 --> 00:16:08.400 Lisa: It's not really our demographic necessarily. 394 00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:08.901 Sammy: No. 395 00:16:08.934 --> 00:16:09.435 Lisa: Yeah. 396 00:16:09.535 --> 00:16:13.405 Sammy: Going back to the very first question of what, your two truths and a lie. 397 00:16:13.439 --> 00:16:15.607 Sammy: Do you want to repeat them again and then tell us which one was the lie? 398 00:16:15.607 --> 00:16:18.944 Lisa: Yeah, yeah, I've nearly forgotten. 399 00:16:18.978 --> 00:16:23.549 So my pet snake named Tony and the two kittens, Kurt and Chris. 400 00:16:24.216 --> 00:16:28.253 And then my great grandfather being an artist 401 00:16:28.253 --> 00:16:29.688 and doing the gold leaf in the Titanic. 402 00:16:30.289 --> 00:16:32.591 And meeting King Charles. 403 00:16:32.624 --> 00:16:34.994 Sammy: I want to guess first as well, actually. 404 00:16:34.994 --> 00:16:37.997 Because I was, usually I do know the answer usually; 405 00:16:37.997 --> 00:16:39.398 but this is like, I don't know anything. 406 00:16:40.032 --> 00:16:43.235 Sammy: I think it's the second one. 407 00:16:43.369 --> 00:16:44.203 Lisa: Is a lie? 408 00:16:44.336 --> 00:16:44.937 Sammy: Yeah. 409 00:16:45.404 --> 00:16:45.838 Sammy: What!? 410 00:16:46.105 --> 00:16:47.139 Lisa: I don't have, I don't have any pets. 411 00:16:47.773 --> 00:16:48.073 Sammy: What!? 412 00:16:48.073 --> 00:16:50.542 Sammy: Wait, that was the answer? Noooo. 413 00:16:50.542 --> 00:16:54.213 Lisa: The answer is the lie is my pet snake named Tony, and my two cats. 414 00:16:54.246 --> 00:16:56.081 Lisa: I don't have any pets at all. 415 00:16:56.115 --> 00:16:56.615 Sammy: Really? 416 00:16:56.715 --> 00:16:59.118 Lisa: So I did meet, I did meet Prince Charles. 417 00:16:59.184 --> 00:16:59.918 Sammy: How was that like? 418 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.020 Lisa: How was it meeting him? 419 00:17:01.020 --> 00:17:01.520 Sammy: Yeah. 420 00:17:01.553 --> 00:17:02.287 Sammy: Like, was it like... 421 00:17:02.755 --> 00:17:05.557 you said he complimented your shirt and like your fashion stuff. 422 00:17:05.557 --> 00:17:07.593 Lisa: I was, I was wearing this like cape. 423 00:17:07.760 --> 00:17:08.394 Sammy: Uhuh. 424 00:17:08.494 --> 00:17:11.997 Lisa: And it was kind of felted with wool. 425 00:17:11.997 --> 00:17:13.599 Lisa: It was a wool exhibition. 426 00:17:13.632 --> 00:17:17.169 And so that's why we crashed it, because I was- 427 00:17:17.169 --> 00:17:19.004 And there was all these famous designers there 428 00:17:19.004 --> 00:17:22.107 and I was so intimidated by them; but I chatted to Prince Charles 429 00:17:22.107 --> 00:17:24.977 Lisa: because I'm, I was more intimidated by the designers. 430 00:17:24.977 --> 00:17:25.544 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 431 00:17:25.544 --> 00:17:26.478 Lisa: Um, yeah. 432 00:17:26.512 --> 00:17:28.180 Lisa: And so I can't even remember what I said to him; 433 00:17:28.347 --> 00:17:31.050 and then he just, he just like felt the wool. 434 00:17:31.083 --> 00:17:33.018 And he's like, oh it's extraordinary. 435 00:17:33.185 --> 00:17:34.319 Lisa: It's like, AH! 436 00:17:34.453 --> 00:17:35.554 Sammy: Hahahaha. 437 00:17:35.687 --> 00:17:38.724 Lisa: And yeah, my great grandfather was an artist and um, 438 00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:39.158 Sammy: Cool. 439 00:17:39.191 --> 00:17:40.292 Lisa: I grew up in Northern Ireland. 440 00:17:40.292 --> 00:17:43.896 So he was in Northern Ireland, Northern Irish and the Titanic was made, 441 00:17:43.929 --> 00:17:46.565 was built at Harlan Wolfe in Belfast; 442 00:17:47.166 --> 00:17:50.202 and so he did all the gold, all the gold leaf in the stateroom. 443 00:17:50.302 --> 00:17:51.003 Sammy: That's pretty cool. 444 00:17:51.003 --> 00:17:52.438 Lisa: It's kind of cool, huh? 445 00:17:52.538 --> 00:17:53.572 Sammy: That's actually really cool. 446 00:17:53.672 --> 00:17:55.707 Lisa: Yeah, he's the only other artist in my family. 447 00:17:55.774 --> 00:17:56.608 Sammy: Oh, really? 448 00:17:56.642 --> 00:17:57.076 Lisa: Yeah. 449 00:17:57.176 --> 00:18:00.145 Lisa: Hey, thanks for watching my Meet the Team. 450 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.682 Lisa: If you liked it, please leave a like, it makes us feel good."}