ABOUT THE FOUNDERS
Is a fine arts advertising graduate of College Of The Holy Spirit in Manila, Philippines. She has worked for almost a decade in the finance and insurance industry for companies like Insular Life and Manulife Philippines.
Tellie and her husband Manny ran several successful businesses such as second hand furniture store which was featured in the local newspaper "Philippine Daily Inquirer",manufacturing of children's stuffed toys and ready-to-wear lounge wear, and laundry mat servicing("Planet Wash").
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Currently Tellie continues to hone her entrepreneurial and financial skills
and co-owns "Every Juanita Kitchen" (a local online food servicing) with her daughter Noelle.
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TELLIE LLAVE
Finance & Accounting
NOELLE LLAVE
Creative Director, Designer,
and Production Manager
Is a filipino creative entrepreneur. a multi-faceted designer,
a fashion and merchandising graduate of SoFA Design Institute
(School Of Fashion And The Arts Manila) in 2010 and 3rd place
scholarship competition winner 2023 of "Bag Design Category"
of Accademia Riaci in Florence,Italy .
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For her, O'EL Designs is a faith- driven dream realized after a few years
of sabbatical leave from the fashion industry and from it's inception
as fashion accessory prototypes from her 2011 ten piece clothing collection
called "Geometric Symmetry" which was inspired by her tactile use of learning
materials in her elementary days.
Noelle's main inspiration behind the brand's personal design aesthetics
are her love for architectural design, modern art, and her vast imagination
brought to life are the guiding light behind O'EL Designs.
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To date Noelle continues to focus on stewarding her talents, sharpening
O'EL Design's product quality and expansion O'EL's distribution locally and throughout Asia, Europe and The U.S. She also co-owns several start-up
businesses "The Seed Concept Designs" ( A Graphic Design Studio),
"Every Juanita By O'EL Designs", and "Every Juanita Kitchen"
which she co-owns with her mother, Tellie.
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