We had the good fortune of connecting with Michelle Sieg and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Michelle, putting aside the decision to work for yourself, what other decisions were critical to your success?
Deciding not to take things personally. I’ve been hired and fired and hired again. Quit. Laid off. All the things. And I learned that all those “fails” weren’t actually failures at all. Just defining moments that shifted my path and took me in another direction. I was never meant to be at ANY full-time job. Always meant to work for myself. Here I am.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
Ah, 2020. The year the way we wear and think about pants would change forever. Most of us switched from decent pants to sweat pants and joggers. While others decided to forego pants altogether, swearing them off for as long as the world would allow. And in my tiny corner of the world, trapped in my one bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, I too, was rethinking pants. As I yearned for ways to step away from my computer and get out of my quarantine rut, I looked to all my new-found pandemic friends– my houseplants– for inspiration. Don’t they need pants too? What makes me, a mere human, so deserving of pants that reflect the way I feel inside, while my precious pet plants must forever live in whatever sad pot I assign to them at birth with no way to express themselves? My heart breaks.

And then it hit me; I would spend my days making…you guessed it… pants…for your plants. After making a couple pants that made their way around the internet (Harry Styles Fine Line pants and some iconic Juicy track pants), the world and my plants rejoiced for their new pants. What began as an innocent side hobby quickly turned into a real-life passion. Alas, the Pair of Plants world was born. But wait- the world doesn’t just need pants for their plants. They also need content about about pants for their plants. And lucky for everyone, as a content creator myself, it was the perfect intersection of my actual career and my new side hustle. So I assembled a team to bring you Pair of Plants’ first pieces of content. From our panties. For your eyes.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
To the beach of course. Definitely Bar Flores. Probably Elysian park? Shopping at vintage stores in Echo Park? I love Bearded Beagle. Rose bowl flea. Melrose trading post. Low boy.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
My sister–my business mentor.

Website: https://www.apairofplants.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apairofplants/

Image Credits
The hero image with multiple pants should be credited to Nicol Biesek.

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