Episode 10: Blueblood – Past, Present & Future
This Blue Cast episode, Michael Kininmonth talks with Sally Deighton, denim and production specialist based in the U.K.
Salli is an industry veteran who started her career with Wrangler jeans back in the early ’90s. Her induction was in the plant in Falkirk run by a legend called Raymond Brown who was adamant no one should be designing jeans until they knew how to make them!
Salli spent time at Wrangler, based in Calverton, a pit village in Nottingham. She worked on denim jackets, shirts and the tops line at Wrangler until the mid ’90s, developing products mainly in Turkey and Portugal. She also worked for Lee and Easy jeans before having twin girls in 2000. Nine months into motherhood, she realized she needed a work -baby balance.
“When you love what you do for a living, it has to be part of your life,” Salli said. “Fortunately I had a call asking for a couple of tech packs and my freelance life began.”
Listen here.