Meet Kayla, AKD Junior Designer, Age 7, Chicago

Meet our Fall 2013 AKD Junior Designer: Kayla of Chicago, Illinois! At just seven years old, Kayla has high aspirations of fashion and performance, which makes her the PERFECT candidate for the AKD Junior Designer program. 

"Fashion is my dream!" says Kayla. "Someday I will design clothes for real fashion models."

Kayla just completed her second season dancing with the Junior Luvabulls in Chicago, where she wears the AKD Role Models brand while performing on the NBA court alongside the Luvabulls pro dance team. Kayla's favorite thing about being a Jr. Luvabull is that she has the opportunity to look and feel like a star and show off her AKD uniform. And you can't beat the excitement of performing in the NBA - especially at age seven! 

Kayla's favorite colors are pink, white and black. Outside of dancing with the Jr. Luvabulls, Kayla enjoys drawing, playing dress up, modeling and singing.

"I would like to become an AKD Junior Designer because I really like to draw, and I want to be a professional dancer and fashion designer when I grow up."  

Over the coming weeks, Kayla will submit her favorite drawings to Angela King-Twitero and the AKD production department. They'll choose one costume to bring to life in Kayla's size. According to Kayla's preferences, the costume experts will select fabrics, create a pattern and actually create Kayla's costume for her. The exciting moment comes when Kayla gets to receive her very own "masterpiece" later this fall! 

Stay tuned as we get to know Kayla and the AKD Junior Designer process. We can't wait to make your dreams come true!  

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About the AKD Junior Designer Program: Our intentions in creating the AKD Role Models "Junior Designer" program are to promote design and creativity in our society's youth. We want to reach out to young designers and help them to realize their goals of becoming future fashion leaders. We hope that these Junior Designers will influence more children and teens to become young leaders and encourage them to follow their designing dreams.