When Cierra Treloar opened her tailoring business in Sioux Falls, she brought with her a meticulous eye honed by studying fashion and costume design in Woodbury University in California. She was accustomed to the mechanics of garment construction – luxury fabric, the complex geometry of a pattern and the strict precision of a hem.
But when she sat down to design a custom wedding gown for Margaret Lukumu, what began as a simple sketch on paper quickly transcended the boundaries of traditional tailoring.
It became an education in legacy.
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