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How could she, when her passion since childhood was ready-to-wear? So when Zaytoun, who grew up in Raleigh and graduated from St. Mary's School in Raleigh in 2003, left design school last May, that's exactly what she set out to do.
But on her way to conquer RTW, what was supposed to be a short detour might have determined her future.
This summer, Restoration Hardware launched a new line of baby and children's clothing, all designed by Zaytoun. It was only supposed to be a steppingstone.
Just after graduating from Academy of Art University in San Francisco last summer, she was contacted by the San Francisco-based home accessories and furnishing chain about helping the retailer launch a new division for babies and children. The new line, which now includes bed linens, furniture, towels, lamps, rugs and draperies, also would include clothing for babies and children.
They asked Zaytoun to come up with new looks, and they needed it in two weeks.
After the grueling pace she'd been through at the Academy of Art, Zaytoun knew she was up for the task. She recruited a former classmate to start designing bootees, bibs, blankets, diaper covers, pajamas, pea coats, scarves, dresses, sweaters and onesies.
With a living room covered in fabric, they finished the line in 12 days.
Restoration Hardware execs then took the collection to the board for approval. "They liked it so much they moved up the delivery date," Zaytoun says.
So she got busy again, doing the various pieces in organic cotton, cashmere, corduroy and pin dot cotton.
The result is an adorable, classic collection of clothing with charming details, such as embroidered bees and pinstripe hems. Most of the girls pieces are made in bubble gum pink and chocolate, with polka dot tights or striped shirts or belts. All the dresses have matching diaper covers.
The boys pieces, meanwhile, are a mix of baby blue with chocolate, also with stripes and polka dots.
Most all of the pieces are designed to be monogrammed, making the collection ideal for gift giving. And all of the pieces match with the bedding, rugs and throw pillows in the rest of the baby and children's collection.
Prices for pieces in the cotton collection range from $12 for diaper covers to $64 for a toddler trench. (To see the collection, go to www.restorationhardware.com or pick up a catalog at either the Raleigh or Durham store.)
Zaytoun enjoyed the experience so much that, after leaving San Francisco for a dream job working for New York fashion designer Lela Rose, she would come home at night to make baby clothes for friends and family.
"I started to fall in love with it," she says. "I got so excited about it."
This summer, just as the Restoration line was launched, she left Rose for a job at Ralph Lauren in New York designing children's wear. She's so smitten with the clothes, she's even considering the idea of starting her own children's line.
"It never would have crossed my mind before, but now it's my newfound passion," she says.
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