Profile: Taut and Tight

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About Taut and Tight : Kitty is primary a very social person and she enjoys helping people in need. Family is very important to her; she has 2 children,2 stepchildren and 2 grandchildren. She has a wide circle of close friends and enjoys cooking, reading, traveling,
playing tennis, and golf. studying Italian and playing bridge.She is very interested in the spiritual side of life and has discovered a way to connect with the Universe at large. These connections and guidance have been instrumental in encouraging her to enter this competition and have helped her on the road to creating this design and overcoming the challenges she encountered on the way to designing and perfecting the skin lift bra.
STATEMENT OF ART:
A good design in furniture can make a huge difference in the general atmosphere of a home.In clothing it can make a difference in how one feels about oneself.Paintings can make a statement in a home and add to a sense of well being.A good design and art can greatly enhance the quality of one's life

ORGANIZATION:
From home

NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Secondary education teacher humanities, languages and arts Education, research, training

EDUCATION:
1968-1971,Brussels-BA in Interpreting.

EXPERIENCE:
1971-1979,language teacher,(English & French)at Carleton Jones High School,Carletonville,South Africa.
1980-1982:News reporting assistant for the SABC.
1982-1988;Synchronise translator for the SABC.
1989-1993:Estate agent

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
In 2013 I entered in a US competition: America's Coolest Invention. We were voted in first and second place for the entire month that the web voting ran, where potential buyers were asked to indicate which new products they were most likely to buy after launch. This was competing against hundreds of other pre launch products. After many years of further research the skin lift bra has been altered and further perfected to how it is currently nominated in the A' Award Design Competition.

AWARDS:
My design came in first and second place in the web voting section of the US contest.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Dutch (native),English (near native),Afrikaans (near native,German (advanced),French & Italian (intermediate)

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Fundamental awareness

COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
A BA Interpreter degree from Marie Haps School for Interpreting,University of Liege.

HOBBIES:
dancing,bridge,cooking,tennis,squash,golf,reading,
courses on spiritual awareness.

WEB SITE:
https://dev.tautandtight.com/

PORTFOLIO URL:
https://dev.tautandtight.com/

RSS URL:
https://dev.tautandtight.com/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2023-01-09 05:58:20

COUNTRY/REGION:
South Africa

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Startup

Awards received by Taut and Tight


Skin Lift Bra

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category in 2022
Kitty Saarloos for Taut and Tight.co



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