#98 Founder and Fashion Designer Hope Noelle Davenport on The E-Spot with Camille

Hope Noelle is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Hope-Noelle has designed for leading labels, including Jill Stuart and Oscar de la Renta. She is as passionate about art as she is about design and technology. Her inspiration for HauteTrader found its roots in her entrepreneurial family background, as well as in her personal experience of trading designer clothes with her friends. “My ambition was to create something that women will truly enjoy,” she says.Having no prior experience in tech and being a single founder, Hope-Noelle endured many long nights and overcame numerous development-related obstacles. "Developing a concept into a reality requires focus, tenacity and a strong willingness to make sacrifices and set priorities." says Davenport. In lieu of continuing her bustling New York social life, she worked 18 hours a day, from home and learned software development, business management, agile project methodologies and essentially everything else required to further the development of HauteTrader. The majority of the work needed to create the site was foreign to her training as a fashion designer, but she seized the opportunity and embraced HauteTrader as an excellent opportunity, to utilize both her analytical and creative capabilities. Hope-Noelle Currently resides in the Hudson Yards section of Manhattan.

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