Thursday, February 13, 2014

What does "Tiel" mean?

I know many of ya'll probably pronounce our name as "teal." But it is actually pronounced as "tea- el." Not the color.  So say "tea" (like the drink) and then like Espanol when something is mascular- you say "el."  Now you know it has to mean something, right?  I mean, who has heard of the word "tiel" before?  Is that some word I just made up?  Weelll, kinda.  Here is the background on how our name, "Tiel" came to be.
Back in 2008 (wow, that seems sooo long ago!), I went to Dubai to start a bathing suit line.  Kinda random to do it in Dubai, but my dad had a business there, had contacts, and it was DUBAI!  So why not?  LOL.  I did the whole 9 yards- got my fabric and materials and designed some "trial period" suits.   Unfortunately, I did not do much with it.  It's a long story but the tailors took too long to produce 1 suit since it was their first time making bikinis and it was all trial-and-error.  I was in Dubai for about 2 months and did not get as much done as I wanted.  (I still have most of my bathing suit material, so maybbee its another project in the near future!)  By the way, everyone should try to go to Dubai.  It is a very interesting country.  I love seeing different cultures and how they live.
Anyway, when the time came to figure out MY label name- I had to think really hard about it.  I knew I wanted it to be pink, have a heart in it, and somehow tie my name into it.  My name is Tara Lee- first and middle.  But I did not want to be the typical clothing line and use my name as my brand.  Plus, how could I tie a heart into Tara Lee?  Somehow or another, I wanted the heart to "dot" the letter "i."  Tara Lee= equals the initials T.L.  Hmm, okay, T.L.  Should I just name my line "T.L?"  Perhaps put a heart in between the initials?  "T<3L"?  But what would people call it? "T heart L?"  Waitassseecond! T.L said out loud is "tea-el." If I spell it, the way it sounds with an "i", "tiel"- that looks pretty good!  AND I can dot the "i" with a heart!!!! YAHTZEE!  Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.  I can dot the "i" with a heart, it can be pink, and it is my name- without being my name!
So there you have it!  That is how the name "Tiel," came to life!  Once I started to get my online boutique together back in 2012- I knew I would call it "Tiel."  Tara Lee= T.L.= Tiel.

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