
Essie Weingarten
From Scratch with Jessica Harris
00:00
The Colors That You Come Up With Are Autobiographical
The names that you come up with really are autobiographical in a way. Can you give examples? I mean, we have such funny stories. We were doing a trade show in mexico city, and we went to hail a cab, and we saw the traffic wasn't moving so we said, never mind. And he yells out, you sand of a beach. It was like he was practising this curse. So i had to come ut with the colar called, sand of a Beach. Right after that, very quickly called cafe forgot,. cause i never want to forget, cafe faquat when we were looking for a home in the hamptons.
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Essie started her eponymous brand in 1981 with $10,000 after working in the hosiery business. When 
