W
hen it comes to
mother-daughter
bonding, there are
plenty of activities that
might come to mind – a spa day, a
weekend break or dinner somewhere
special – but have you ever thought
about starting your own business
together, instead?
Many of us have thought about starting our own businesses –
but how about doing it with your own daughter?
Rachel Read
talks to one Hong Kong mum and daughter who did just that.
Keep it
in the family
That was the case for Karen
Mead, a local printmaker who
decided to start her very own fashion
label with daughter Lauren in 2013.
Their company, Louella Odie, now
boasts four collections of handbags
and scarves featuring Karen’s
distinctive, Hong Kong-inspired
prints – and with plenty more in
the pipeline, too. But how did this
mother-daughter team make the
family dynamic work for both their
professional and personal lives?
Inspiration
Louella Odie came into being
after Karen, having completed a
masters degree in multidisciplinary
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