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MisterMigs.com Announces Addition of Fashion Designer to Leadership Team

Rosemary Hopper, Bauder College Associate Professor, Brings Design Expertise to Tucker Pet Fashion Business

MisterMigs.com, a manufacturing and retail distribution company providing seriously cool dog gear for seriously cool dogs, announced today the addition of Rosemary Hopper to its leadership team. In her new position as product manager for MisterMigs.com, Hopper will oversee design and production for its complete line of Migrubbie fashions and accessories. Hopper currently serves as associate professor of fashion design at Bauder College, a position she will retain along with her role at MisterMigs.

“As a true artist, Rosemary brings a new level of creativity to MisterMigs’s product line,” stated Karen Lynn, founder and president, MisterMigs.com. “Her educational and aesthetic background is an excellent fit with our goal of creating unique pet fashions and accessories that reflect the fashion trends of their owners.  We welcome Rosemary to the MisterMigs family and look forward to her energizing the fashion offerings in our upcoming collections.”

Hopper joined Bauder College in 1992 as an instructor in fashion design, where she helped develop courses and deliver instruction in clothing construction, draping, specialty design and collection production. She has also produced the annual Bauder Black Tie Design Show and Portfolio Exposition for the past 12 years. Since joining Bauder, Hopper has been lauded for her success in raising the standards of finished garments produced at the college for design competitions and fashion shows.

“I am thrilled to be joining the MisterMigs team,” said Hopper. “It’s a great opportunity to take my years of experience in the fashion industry in a whole new direction.”

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Hopper graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts, and is currently pursuing graduate studies in Fashion Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California.

MisterMigs.com is a manufacturing and retail distribution company providing seriously cool dog gear for seriously cool dogs. Supporting a green initiative, MisterMigs.com uses recycled denim as the core material for all its product designs. Based in Tucker, Georgia (part of metro Atlanta), MisterMigs.com is an open-community entrepreneurial initiative of Wow In-Sync, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) organization providing real-life work and community experience to marginalized youth. Through their experiences at MisterMigs.com, these youth gain an understanding of what is expected of them in business, helping them overcome barriers to mainstream employment and empower them to pursue their passions in career and life. For more information, visit www.mistermigs.com.

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