Part 2: From Engineering Manager to Outdoor Apparel for Plus Sizes Company Founder with Raquel Vélez

The Business of Apparel · Mar 31, 2023 · 33m

Part 2: From Engineering Manager to Outdoor Apparel for Plus Sizes Company Founder with Raquel Vélez

In this episode, Rachel chats with her friend and client, Raquel Vélez, a Puerto Rican woman from New Jersey, who discovered a passion for skiing only to be hindered by the lack of plus-size outdoor apparel. Raquel took matters into her own hands, launching a successful Kickstarter for her flagship product: The Ponderosa Pants.

Raquel Vélez is now the founder of Alpine Parrot, an outdoor apparel company making clothes for bigger bodies. She is a mechanical engineer and roboticist turned…