Deirdre Graham

Attended St. Andrews Middle School, in Nassau and then went to school in North Yorkshire, England, where she obtained several "O" and "A" Levels.

With her qualifications in Mathematics and Economics she was persuaded to attend University and study Accounting, but she decided Fashion was her passion and instead entered London College of Fashion in 1987 to study all aspects of the fashion industry, in a Degree especially designed too that, Bachelor of Science Degree In Clothing Management. After the four-year course she took a job as an Assistant to a Soho, London Designer and discovered that her strengths lay more in the Retail Business side of Fashion.

To expand her knowledge in Merchandising and Marketing she was accepted into Fashion Institute and Technology, in New York in 1994. But extraordinary bad weather delayed her and while waiting in Nassau, to attend the following semester, she found a job as a Buyer with Mademoiselle, the largest clothing retailer in The Bahamas. "It was the ideal alternative and continues to be a great learning experience."

As a teenager she was one of a few Black Models in the North of England and while studying in London she modeled to help supplement her income. Finding the Modeling world to be fun but very fickle, Deirdre soon decided that she had to no wish to pursue a career in that direction.

Her goal is to one day develop a chain of stores geared around the concept of living, and have them fit into into whatever environment they are located. "You can achieve if you believe" is her philosophy.