Kahora Palm Beach

KAHORA has a distinct style that combines sophistication and femininity with a fun aesthetic. In 2021, KAHORA began with one silhouette-The La Guerite- and has naturally grown into a capsule collection of timeless dresses.

KAHORA inspires all women to embrace their individuality with confidence. Their artisans pay meticulous attention to the finer aspects of construction, ensuring that every piece is crafted with care. They only cut a small number of garments for each style intentionally, as we strive to keep our waste to a minimum.  Shop at https://kahorapalmbeach.com/ and use code preppypodcast20 for 20% off 

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

You're listening to the Preppy Podcast, and I'm your host, Patricia May Olson. I'll be interviewing the brands, businesses, and influencers who are keeping the modern preppy lifestyle alive. Each Tuesday, I'll bring you a new episode, but if you're craving more preppy, then shop the merch and listen to past episodes at thepreppy podcast.com and be sure to follow at the Preppy Podcast and me, Patricia underscore May underscore Olson on Instagram. She is the founder of Kohora Palm Beach. They make amazing dresses and resort style pieces that are just so beautiful and effortless and obviously very Palm Beach inspired. But before we get into this interview, I have a lot of exciting announcements. As you're listening to this, we are currently at our Camp Preppy Hamden's event. So I'm thrilled to share that on the preppypodcast.com you can find the rest of our upcoming 2026 Camp Preppy retreats. We are going to Beaver Creek in June. We are going to Barnsley Resort in Georgia in August. And then we are going to Kenny Bunkport in October. So they all have a very different vibe, but lots of fun and all beautiful places. Beaver Creek, we're going to be enjoying nature and the outdoors. Think that sort of vibe. Then for Barnsley Resort, this is technically our first Southern retreat. So I'm super excited about that. I know we have a lot of Southern attendees and listeners, and I think old school Southern down there. Lots of color and fun preppy sports. It's a great resort that has so much to offer. And then finally, Kenny Bunkport in October. It's peak leaf peeping season. Um, and I'm kind of using that as our one-year anniversary for Camp Preppy. We started Camp Preppy in September of 2025. So that one will be really special. Um, I'm doing a lot of branded and exclusive products uh for attendees, and um, it's just going to be a great camp, all of them honestly. So make sure to get your tickets at thepreppypodcast.com. They will go fast. The Hamptons event ended up going really, really quickly, and I've had people reach out um since then asking for when the next ones are. So here you go. Here are all three of 2026. Um, so get your tickets while you can. And in the meantime, though, if you're not ready for a camp, then you should join Club Preppy. So Club Preppy was started for the in-between seasons of camp, and basically it includes at least one virtual event per month, plus a fun surprise in the mail and exclusive discounts to some of my favorite preppy brands. Uh, the members have been loving all that we're doing in Club Preppy. We even have an exclusive group chat that people are always supporting each other and sharing some of their favorite preppy finds and articles about being preppy. Um, some of the activities we've done so far are wine tastings, um, a signature style event, just lots and lots of fun. So you can find information on that as well at thepreppypodcast.com. All right, let's get into this week's episode. All right. So why don't you first let everyone know who you are, where you live, and what you do.

SPEAKER_01 3:37

Perfect. So I am Beth Taylor, and I am the founder and creative director of Kohora Palm Beach, which is a luxury women's resort wear company based in Palm Beach, Florida.

SPEAKER_00 3:49

Excellent. And originally, I think I found you through the Southern Sea perhaps a few months ago. Yes, um, when I was in Palm Beach, and I just love your beautiful dresses. Um, so I'm wearing one actually for those who are watching on YouTube. So I'm thrilled to have you on the podcast today and learn more about you and your business. Um, but let's kind of start at the beginning. Tell me a little bit about you as a kid. Were you someone that's always loved fashion? Were like taking your mom's clothes? Were you someone that maybe had an aunt who had fabulous style, like, or maybe just inspired by entrepreneurship? Like, what was your childhood like?

SPEAKER_01 4:26

Well, the first thing I have to say is I listened to last week's podcast when you spoke with Hillary about being an only child. And I actually happen to be an only child too. So I thought that conversation was so wonderful. I love it that you're an only child and she's an only child. And I just thought it was so interesting that I had never really thought about it, but that only children often tend to be entrepreneurs. I just thought that was so wonderful and actually really resonated with me because I was a very imaginative kid. I was always creating stories in my mind. And, you know, I just I kind of had to entertain myself. So there was there was a lot of creativity happening.

SPEAKER_00 5:13

Yeah, I love that you were an only child too. That's so fun.

SPEAKER_01 5:18

Yeah, yeah. So um I will say this I've always loved fashion, I've always felt like I've had an eye. I a lot of my friends sort of look to me as the person that, you know, um, you know, had the eye or had the say, which is which was very nice. And um, I grew up actually in the 80s. So, you know, getting that Benetton rugby or forensic sweater or guest jeans was always just, you know, super, super exciting. And I feel like I could always put it together um pretty well. My mom was very intent when I was very little on dressing me in like a new beautiful, not maybe not every day, a beautiful dress when she could, and with the bow in in my hair. And I look back at pictures, and I I think a lot of that might come from her just really being um, you know, being aware of of being put together and um just loving beautiful, beautiful clothing. So um that was that was um, I would say the fashion part of it. And I actually had two grandmothers that were were very influential for me. Um, my uh mom's mom was actually uh the person that taught me to sew. And um we she she was so wonderful. She just was like the warmest, funniest, you know, just fun, fun spirit. Um, she would she would just give me all the time in the world, and we would go together to fabric markets and we would come back and just create. So that was really a wonderful uh part of of my childhood. And um later on she taught me to knit and to crochet. Um, and you know, just have wonderful memories of that. Um, my dad's mother actually was, oh my gosh, she was quite a force of nature. She was a ceramics aficionado. So she had a basement in her uh sorry, a uh studio in her basement. And she would um bring me downstairs, and I just have this memories of seeing these like unfinished projects on on the shelves and the kiln in the corner. And she taught me, she taught me ceramics. Um it it just it was so wonderful to have that one-on-one time with her. Um, and she just she had the precision of a surgeon, which I do not, unfortunately, but she did. And what was so great about her is she taught me process, you know. She really um, she really instilled that in me, which was a wonderful thing. And I still contend that her nativity set is nicer than any nativity set I've ever seen in a store. She actually made a complete set for um my mom and dad as a wedding gift, and then my aunt and uncle as a wedding gift, and they're really like beautiful family heirlooms. Yes, how special is that? Very, very, very special. And then my mom, who I spoke of before, she wasn't really a creator, but she really like instilled in me a love of culture. She, you know, we lived um an hour outside New York City, so she was always bringing me in to the Met or the MoMA or you know, to a Broadway show. We did that a lot.

SPEAKER_00 8:49

And I think you live in um Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia, so I'm very close to New York and often there.

SPEAKER_01 8:57

I don't know if you know Bucks County Playhouse, yes, but it was a place we would go, you know, it was actually about an hour outside our our, you know, outside where we live too. So we would go there a lot and see little off-Broadway musicals, and and that was that was super fun. So she really instilled a love of culture in me as well.

SPEAKER_00 9:19

Definitely. It sounds like you had a little bit of the creativity um running in your family and supported there, um, the arts and culture, like you mentioned, and a love for fashion. It's so funny. I was looking through old pictures of me as a child, and I was like, wow, I was dressed so fabulously when I was little, and it's all because of my mom, and it sounds like the same way with you. Like I was like, I improve all of this styling.

SPEAKER_01 9:43

Y'all are so great. Do you do you love old pictures? I just I can't get enough of old pictures.

SPEAKER_00 9:49

Yep, a thousand percent. We were just going through some um of my grandparents too, and I just love looking back on you know, these old classic pictures and old fashioned and a lot of it is still, you know, so chic today. Um, so it's so fun. But tell me a little bit then, um, when it came time for college, where and what did you study? Was it something relating to fashion or arts um or business or something completely different?

SPEAKER_01 10:16

Well, it's sort of interesting. I felt like, you know, even though I talked about my childhood, I really took a very long break from the arts in that I was an athlete and that was like a hundred percent the focus of my, I would say, middle school and high school years. So it actually wasn't until college that I sort of rediscovered the arts again. Um, I had a wonderful professor uh of fine arts, uh art history, that just uh oh my gosh, she was she was so great. She just really believed in me and I felt very connected with her and and she just um I think instilled that love. And she was the one actually that encouraged me to uh pursue a museum job, which I did. Um, and I've actually recently reconnected with her after after a little while, and that that's been really fun. Of course, she's done you know fabulous things and written a bunch of a bunch of books, so which is which is no surprise.

SPEAKER_00 11:21

How rewarding, I'm sure, to go back and connect with her. I feel like I talk with a lot of women, and a lot of us have that one teacher who steered us in the right direction or suggested we do something or put in this fire or love in us of something that we might not have known before. Um, and so many of us wish we could go back and thank that person and connect with them. So it's so amazing that you were able to do that.

SPEAKER_01 11:44

It's true. It's true. So I I studied, um, you asked what I studied in college. I actually did not study fashion. Um, my major was human and organizational development, which is sort of a big I went to Vanderbilt, uh, which is a big major there. And um, I minored in art history. And um, you know, I just kind of by the end I knew I really did want to work at a museum. And um I applied to three internships, um, Smithsonian, Hershorn Museum, uh, the National Gallery of Art, and then ironically, the Flagler Museum, which is located in Palm Beach, which I just think was so funny that it was kind of random that I applied there, but I did. Maybe I thought Palm Beach would be fun. And the only one I got was the was the Flagler. Um but at that point I I kind of thought, you know, I I really do want to live in DC. So I I went up to Washington and um basically told them they had to hire me, which which I somehow I managed to, you know, secure an internship there, which later led to a job.

SPEAKER_00 12:57

Wow. I mean, that must have taken some guts to go in and be like, no, I actually I deserve to be here. I need to be here. Um, and good for you. I feel like that's first anyone listening that's a student or you know, maybe not even a student, but just wishing for a dream job and hasn't gotten it. I feel like taking that initiative is such a big, a big step and major.

SPEAKER_01 13:18

I I think there is something to be said for blind confidence. Um, I think that is, I I, you know, I don't know if you've ever read the book The Secret, but um basically the the power of positive thinking and just willing things to happen. I think I think that is uh often, you know, could lead to our destiny. Um in a in a big way.

SPEAKER_00 13:43

A thousand percent. So then tell me a little bit about your career journey, then um from you know getting that position in DC at that museum all the way up into the moment where you want to get back into fashion and create something.

SPEAKER_01 13:59

So um let's see. So I I worked in Washington for a little while and I then followed my husband actually up to Boston. Um, we had decided we were going to get married. I was actually a young bride at 25. And um we uh I I at that point really wanted to work at the Museum of Fine Arts and just sort of like transfer over. They had a hiring freeze, which which wasn't great. Um, but I decided instead to become a teacher for a few years and then, you know, I guess congruently get my master's in uh in education. So I I worked at uh Dexter Southfield School for a few years, and um, and then at that point my husband was transferred back to New York. And as we were transferring, um, I had gotten the wonderful news that I was pregnant. And um, you know, at that point I I decided, you know, just to be home with my kids, and I I knew we were gonna have a big family. Uh so I ended up having my son, and then I a few years later had twins. So I had three little boys under the age of three, and then my daughter came a few years later, and then four kids under the age of six. Uh so at that point, you know, the I'm not one of those people that I think could do both. I so admire the women that do. I think it's just amazing to me. But, you know, I had made the decision that I was going to be home with them. And um, you know, really, I think for a bunch of years involved myself in charity work. We were living in Greenwich, Connecticut at the time. And um, you know, I it wasn't until about 2015-16 that something started stirring in me that you know I I knew that I my second act was about to happen.

SPEAKER_00 16:08

Yes, that creativity itch and doing something for yourself, right? I hear that a lot.

SPEAKER_01 16:12

Yes, I I was really intentional about when um I wanted to start the business because I I just didn't want to start something and kind of do it halfway and have to come back to it. So, you know, I tried to really pay attention to that.

SPEAKER_00 16:29

That makes total sense. Um so you know, you get this creative itch, you want to do something, create something for yourself. It's it's the right time. Um so what was sort of the initial steps? Like, how did you land on clothing versus let's say jewelry or handbags or something else? Um, and then what what sort of did you want to define your brands? Like I think of these beautiful prints, um, this these great materials that you can wear, you know, if you're coming from the beach, but then also you can dress up at night. So tell me about like how you landed where you wanted to be in the marketplace.

SPEAKER_01 17:06

So I really felt like there was a need in the market for it. I have had the wonderful pleasure of having a lot of very fashionable friends, and I think collectively we just decided that, you know, there was a need in the market for a particular type of resort wear. Um, you know, I knew I wanted to create something that was um very comfortable, very sophisticated, um great fabrics and unique fabrics. So that was that was, you know, sort of in my mind. I I at that point in time I really couldn't find that for myself to wear. Um so that that was and um the other thing I actually wanted to to create was something that was packable, um, that people could take on vacation easily. If somebody wanted a jet off to Saint-Tropez, they could throw, you know, throw the uh dress in a suitcase and and and just go or have it hanging from that for them, waiting for them in the Hamptons. Um, that was something that was important to me. Sort of like a go-to dependable dress that was also very sophisticated.

SPEAKER_00 18:22

That makes total sense. Um, so you have this idea, this vision of what you want your brand to be. Now, what are sort of the steps to launching it, to to putting it out there, to making the product, like all of those little things that it's one thing to have a great idea, but it's another thing to actually do it and put it into fruition. So, how did you um, you know, come up with the the silhouettes, source a manufacturer, get samples? Like, what did that process look like, especially, you know, because you didn't have a background in fashion? Um, how hard was that?

SPEAKER_01 18:58

It was very hard, but luckily I'm sort of the queen of researching. So that was that was, you know, I I think if you have that skill and you are starting a business, you will go very far. Um, so I started actually with one silhouette.

unknown 19:16

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 19:16

Um, and I did that intentionally because I didn't want to bite bite off more than I could chew. And um I I knew what I wanted to create. I found a pattern maker, I found somebody to create something on a very small scale. You know, the MOQs were were low. And um, I um at this point in time only used market fabric. Uh we would go on later to do our own prints, but at this point in time, I took the silhouette and I created it in, I would say about 20 different fabrics. Okay. And I brought it to Nantucket with me and convinced a store there. Um, God bless Rachel from Kativo. Um, she her store is still still wonderful in there. Uh she carried them. And that summer I sold 149 dresses.

SPEAKER_00 20:09

I was in the just from that one store.

SPEAKER_01 20:12

Just from that one store. Yeah. I mean, that one store, but also I had it. I think I had a big trunk show at my house with a bunch of my friends. But that summer is what we sold, and it was just, it felt like all the dresses in the world to me. I was so happy that summer. I remember like walking into cocktail parties and I would see the dress, and it was, it was just the best. I'll never forget that. Um, so at that point, uh, summer was over, and I came home and I was at a dinner party, and someone introduced me. I sorry, I was actually with a friend at a dinner party, and she told me, you need to meet my friend Stephanie von Wadsdorf. She started the company Fig and is just fabulous, and she she will be able to help you. So Stephanie actually acted as a mentor for me for the good part of a year and just taught me everything about factories and you know, fittings and repeats and just you know, kind of everything I needed to know. It was almost like my mini parsons in a year. And um that that spring, uh, I you know, I was set to receive my first samples and they came and I didn't like them.

SPEAKER_00 21:32

Oh no.

SPEAKER_01 21:34

And it was really a tough moment. Um, and I had I had to make the very difficult decision not to launch that collection this summer. And I feel like that's an important story because in fashion, we all know it all doesn't always work out when as we would like it to. And so, you know, I just really felt like if I didn't believe in This collection, I it would not sell. You know, I felt like, you know, I just really needed to believe in it. Um, so I knew the only thing I I knew to do, and I went back to what I had done the previous summer and just took that silhouette and you know, made it in new fabrics. And maybe I added like one or two other silhouettes, but it was, you know, primarily that one. And we did great. You know, people still bought them and liked them. And um, it it was um, it was fine for them.

SPEAKER_00 22:36

I think, you know, I think some things before we move on that are so important about what you said about this beginning of the journey is a sticking to one silhouette, because I think a lot of brands do that, we just don't realize it. But that kind of makes sure that you have a place in the market, it gets a customer base going. Um, and then also you mentioned finding like a mentor to help you. I think that's so important too. And like you said, it was like your parson in that little bit about a little bit of time. Um, so finding someone who's willing to help you and doing your research. Like you said, it sounds like you're a person who, if you have an idea, you can do it and you'll get it done. And I think a lot of people have ideas, but they're not willing to put in the work in terms of research or in terms of putting themselves out there, like even with that first um internship or job and and going there in person and saying you deserve to be there. So I think that's really what makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur, and also maybe that's a little bit of the only child in you is having that confidence that probably your parents instilled in you um in a young age. So, and then going off of that as well, you mentioned having this new collection, your second collection, and not being happy with it. But instead of putting it out there when you didn't believe in it, taking the time and wait and correct it is so important that you don't always have to rush into everything and you know you might have to skip a season or it might not be exactly what you want it to be, but make it work in what you're comfortable with, right?

SPEAKER_01 24:06

Without a doubt. I I so I so agree with that. Um, so I I came home the end of the summer back to Palm Beach from Nantucket, and I knew at this point I had to get to work. Like I I just needed to focus and like do, you know, do this the right way. So I basically spent all of my time um finding a a really good factory, um, you know, just really good print designers. I sort of lined up the infrastructure of it. And um it took a little while, but by spring, that capsule collection came back and it was amazing. I just it was they were items that I would personally wear. Um, it I just felt really good about it. And um, you know, I took it back with me to Nantucket, and you know, that was sort of that was the beginning.

SPEAKER_00 25:04

I love it. Okay, so then that's kind of the the real beginning of the brand, I guess, from expanding into multiple silhouettes. Um, so tell me about then how you grew it from just launching a Nantucket at one store, just with family and friends, from one silhouette into growing a line. Um, how did you get it out there? Like, were you doing more reaching out to more stores? Did you do some wholesale shows? Um, were you using social media? Like what sort of helped get the word out and grow it?

SPEAKER_01 25:35

I think all of the above. Yeah. Um, I think, you know, one of I have a friend that's a fashion designer, and um, she sat down with me and she said, Beth, you can do some sales right now, but you must hit the road. That's the best advice I can give you. And just hit the road, do all the trunk shows you can. You need to build your customer clientele. And that was really like she's I I won't say it who it is, but she's she's pretty well known. Um, she is she had the best advice ever because it just um I that's really what's helped us grow the most, in my opinion. Um, I think uh social media is very important, um, although not always my comfort zone. I, you know, have had to embrace it. Um and I just think kind of saying yes to everything. And uh when somebody says, I have a friend that you need to meet in the business, always saying yes to that because I've had a whole uh a whole bunch of um situations where I've I've met people that have really been able to help me in ways that are unexpected and wonderful.

SPEAKER_00 26:51

Oh, I'm sure. I you know, I always say say yes and figure it out later. Um that's something my grandfather has taught me, and uh my mom always told me growing up. So I am totally in the same boat there with that. Now you mentioned earlier you started uh the brand with uh prints that were sort of more generic that you would just buy um, you know, on the market, and then later started developing your own prints and um, you know, patterns and designs. So, what was that decision like? And when did you make that decision? And kind of how do you think that's helped the brand evolve?

SPEAKER_01 27:27

Well, I think we the fact that we don't look like anyone else, I think I I I hear that all the time, that you know, you there's nothing like you, which is a wonderful compliment to us. Um, I think I've been able to really um explore my love for color and different color combinations in doing that. Uh, it's very hard when when it's market fabric, you can't really change anything. But uh there's a lot of experimentation that goes along with creating our own prints. It's not easy. Um, I would say a good trying to think of the exact number, 65% of the prints that we design just like never, never make it to market, never even really make it to a sample. You know, there there have been some that I've been so sure that that's gonna be our best seller, and you put it on a dress and you think, no, no one would wear that.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

So um that's I feel like it'd be better for wallpaper, maybe.

SPEAKER_01 28:30

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Great tabletop. Yeah. So um that's a fun process. And I most of the prints are either medium to large scale, which complicates things even further. Um you know, a repeat might cut off in a funny place in the on the waist and just like completely ruin a silhouette. Um, but at the same time, I I do love large scale. So when it when it works, it's so good.

SPEAKER_00 29:04

Definitely. So, sort of going off of that too, then where do you find inspiration when it comes to prints or silhouettes or anything? Like, where are you finding inspiration?

SPEAKER_01 29:15

Oh my gosh, all places. Um, I get a lot of insp inspiration from here in Palm Beach. A lot of the flowers, I'll be I'll be walking on the golf course, and you know, I drive my friends crazy, I'm sure. I'll be like, oh my gosh, look at that! Look at the way the leaf hits the flower. It's just so the line is, you know, it it just it's it's in the most unexpected places.

SPEAKER_00 29:42

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 29:43

Um I might be I might be walking and I see, you know, a tablecloth against a you know, a lamp or you know, there and there's a color combination that really speaks to me.

SPEAKER_00 29:57

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 29:58

Um really unexpected places. And um it it's just it's uh just always having it in the back of your mind, um, kind of thinking about what might might be a good print.

SPEAKER_00 30:12

Definitely. I mean, I love the colors in this one. I you talked a little bit about color combinations and prints, and I think the colors in this are so pretty and actually goes very well with my background. It's all the colors, the pinks, the greens.

SPEAKER_01 30:24

It does. Perfectly right down to the little lamp in the background. It's perfect.

SPEAKER_00 30:30

Exactly. Um, so what's been a pinch me moment or something you're really proud of with the business so far?

SPEAKER_01 30:39

Oh gosh. Oh, let me think about this one. Um, let's see. Some of the some of the people that have um complimented the line have been have been very, very exciting. Apparently, Martha Stewart is a big fan, and um, you know, that's kind of kind of neat.

SPEAKER_00 30:59

And yeah, how do you know Martha's a big fan? Like has she ordered or have you met her at an event or something?

SPEAKER_01 31:06

So she um she uh I guess her dear friends, like very close friends, told me that she thought our our caftans are fabulous.

SPEAKER_00 31:18

Oh my gosh, the highest compliment.

SPEAKER_01 31:22

A good one. We've had, I'm trying to think of like who else is coming to mind. Um, you know, we've had a few that have been that have been really exciting. Um, I would say the thing we're most proud of, um, well, two things. One is we were named Best Cotton Dress in Travel and Leisure magazine. So that was very exciting. Ums magazine named us something uh great. Um a Vogue editor reached out asking for product. That was that was really exciting. Um, but I think maybe I don't I wouldn't say it's a pinch me moment, it's something that just like brings me joy. I keep a folder in my um in my phone of compliments that customers have given. Okay. It's just so, you know, I'm having like not the best day, it's just so nice to go back and read them. And it's just um that that's been really something that to have is a really great tip.

SPEAKER_00 32:26

And I think I'm gonna start to do that because everyone has bad days where you know you get a customer who complains, or maybe it's just you know rainy today. It's actually rainy here and gross. Um, so I think that's so smart to have it on your phone. I save little note cards that like people, if they're mailing me something or I don't know, have given me something, they'll write like a sweet little note and I'll keep some of those and keep them in a drawer. But I like having it so accessible on a phone, like you mentioned. So that I'm gonna take that and do that myself.

SPEAKER_01 32:55

Alice, I I should read it more than I do, but I always know it's there and yes, and it's nice to have.

SPEAKER_00 33:02

Um, so you mentioned, you know, some great press uh spotlights that you've received. Did you work with a PR and marketing firm to get those? Were they all on your own? I think a lot of people who listen to the podcast, they're always wondering, you know, how to get their brand out there. And obviously, me working in PR, um, I know, but I'm curious how how that worked for you and if you had any tips there.

SPEAKER_01 33:24

You know what? Um, I let's see, my advice actually would be wait a little while to work with a PR company. And then when you do, it will be fabulous. But I think, I think early on, doing it yourself, as long as you have the infrastructure and have the personality to do, you know, to advocate for yourself, not everybody is is really comfortable in that space. Like there are moments as you know, as um, you know, having your own company that you have to put yourself in sort of an uncomfortable, awkward position and ask things that are really like not so fun. Yeah. Um, so if you're sort of okay with that and can and kind of can move past it, um, I think in I think in the beginning it's it's nice to do your own PR and and just really um be able to control you know the message out there. But I think I think later on, I think having PR is a wonderful thing, without a doubt.

SPEAKER_00 34:36

Definitely. Um, so who would be a dream customer? It sounds like I mean Martha is iconic, but is there anyone else that you would absolutely love to see your designs on?

SPEAKER_01 34:46

Oh gosh, oh my gosh, there's so many, there's so many. Well, obviously, Princess Kate. I mean, who who I think that's probably everybody's. Um, and I I find this whole uh love story thing just so funny. My my daughter is like just so taken with it, and we watch love story together, and it's it's it's so great. And I just want to say, like, like, duh, like we all that was like our icon from like a million years ago. So it's just it's it's really it's so funny to watch these young people kind of fall in love again with with uh JFK and Carolyn. Um but um let's see, who would who would be oh my gosh, um oh wow. Hmm.

SPEAKER_00 35:34

I mean Princess Kate is a great one. I could totally see her on vacation, um, you know, in in chasing after her kids by the beach or pool, one of your beautiful caftans. So I think she's a really good one.

SPEAKER_01 35:47

Maybe when Taylor Swift has a baby, she would she would be a good, you know. I I feel like we have a like a very specific dress or strapless dress. People have always said that's like the greatest maternity dress. Um maybe, maybe somehow we could set that up so in some way.

SPEAKER_00 36:06

Yes, definitely. She's a great one as well. Um, any sneak peeks or things you're working on right now? You know, we're recording this in March, and I'm sure you're designing months ahead. Um, but anything fun you can share?

SPEAKER_01 36:23

Well, I don't know if you know this, but we just launched pajamas. Oh I actually have some with me if you want me to show any.

SPEAKER_00 36:32

I'm yeah, show them off.

SPEAKER_01 36:35

Really?

SPEAKER_00 36:35

Okay, yeah, yeah, of course. For people watching on YouTube, it's it's great.

SPEAKER_01 36:39

Okay, good. So this is our shorty set here.

SPEAKER_00 36:44

So a little green and white stripe.

SPEAKER_01 36:46

Yeah, it's very palm beach, green and white, and um, you know, that has done very, very well, in especially in the in the palm beach area. And then um we have a bunch more. I just I just brought two. This is called Bluebell in another shorty dress, or shorty set, rather. Um, little blue flowers.

SPEAKER_02 37:10

So beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 37:12

Thank you. And the our most exciting news is that we are launching Mahjong pajamas.

SPEAKER_00 37:20

Oh, fun! Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 37:23

And not only are did did are we launching them, it's a really good, pretty design. It's it actually kind of matches the wallpaper, it matches the the color vibe in the background. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 37:35

So when are those launching then? Because I have a lot of mahjong fans that follow me and listen to the podcast. So when will they launch?

SPEAKER_01 37:42

Whoa, so great. Um, they should be here end of April.

SPEAKER_00 37:47

End of April. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 37:48

I just have to say, this is like some of the best fabric, softest, you know, best quality. I'm very proud of um of the fabric and the construction of it.

SPEAKER_00 37:59

Excellent. Oh my gosh, everyone is going to be thrilled for these mahjong pajamas. Um, do you play mahjong yourself?

SPEAKER_01 38:05

I do. I do. I'm a little bit obsessed.

SPEAKER_00 38:09

Everyone, I feel like, is right now. So that is they're gonna do amazing.

SPEAKER_01 38:13

Um, thank you.

SPEAKER_00 38:15

Well, so last question is what piece of advice would you have for someone listening, someone who maybe is interested in starting a business or maybe just starting out their business and needs some motivation. Um, what piece of advice would you give them?

SPEAKER_01 38:30

Well, a few things. Um, as we talked about before, really putting yourself out there. It will not work unless you're willing to put yourself out there. Um, that is, I think, one of the first and foremost, like just foundations is it's just it's very necessary. And I think that it's a lot harder than people think at first. I think people sometimes think, oh my gosh, I'm gonna start a business and it's just like no big deal, and I'll just like you know, put 10 hours a week in it. It's it's a lot of time. People have to be really sure. Um, and you just really have to be all in, I think. Yeah. Um, that's so I would say I would say that's that's my um that's one and two. I think as you mentioned before, having a mentor is just a wonderful thing, whether it's you know, one or many, just learning for people from people, um, you know, what they say to do and what not to do, I think is as equally as important. Um and I would say really um, you know, the travel of it is um that's been a big positive for me. Just you know, meeting people and getting into different markets. And you you never know when a friend will have a friend.

SPEAKER_00 39:59

Exactly. That's great advice, which I think that also goes with the networking and mentoring, too, is you never know who knows who um who connect you with someone that you might need, you know, now or or further down the line. So it's always good to put yourself out there and keep connecting.

SPEAKER_01 40:16

I I would say one more thing also, um, that we were talking about silhouettes. Um, I think a lot of companies um there's there's a there's a lot of pressure to create new. And I think a lot of companies get off, they want to create new so much that they get off track. So really staying um true to the foundation of the original business, what people fell in love with in the first place. Um, I can think of a few companies in my mind that they're almost like unrecognizable to what they they once were. So, you know, creating new is great, but just still keeping the the original DNA, right?

SPEAKER_00 41:05

Yes. Oh my gosh, Beth. Well, this was so fun. I absolutely loved learning more about you and your business today. I love your dresses, as people watching can see I'm wearing right now. Um, so I really appreciate your time and you being on the Preppy podcast. Let's wrap up with letting everyone know where they can find you, your website, social media handles, um, anywhere else you want to shout out so that they can follow along, shop, and support.

SPEAKER_01 41:31

So great. So it is Kohora Palm Beach. Uh, Kohora actually happens to be my maiden name for people that don't know. Um, a lot of people my whole life have told me it sounds beachy. So I thought how perfect for you know to name my company after.

SPEAKER_00 41:48

I thought it was like an island somewhere that I had to start out.

SPEAKER_01 41:53

So it's K-A-H-O-R-A palmbeach.com, and then Instagram and Facebook is the same at Cobra Palm Beach. Perfect, that's easy.

SPEAKER_00 42:04

Well, thank you so much, Beth.

SPEAKER_01 42:07

Thank you, Patricia.

SPEAKER_00 42:08

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