fashion genre design house founded houston texas us 2004 founder veronica scott lawren pope headquarters san diego us area served international key people veronica scott lawren pope products apparel handbags accessories owner veronica scott lawren pope website www.fuchsiaclothingline.com fuchsia is an american fashion company and design house run by veronica scott and lawren pope 1 based san diego . 2 fuchsia specializes in women s fashion handbags and accessories . contents 1 history 2 e commerce 3 philanthropy 3.1 save the girls scholarship foundation 3.2 conservation movement 4 references 5 external links history edit fuchsia began as a small houston based fashion retail company . scott and pope s first venture was selling accessories and handbags to classmates during their second year at westside high school . 3 with the capital from the initial accessory sales scott and pope created their first collection of ready to wear cocktail dresses . in 2004 scott and pope hosted their first fuchsia runway show in spring texas . among the crowd were texan socialites and houston boutique owners who all previewed the first pieces of the fuchsia collection . the same year scott and pope added a new custom design service creating custom couture gowns for wealthy houstonians . through word of mouth fuchsia s clientele grew and the company soon caught the attention of journalist taslin alfonzo 4 who profiled fuchsia for fox news 3 in 2005 . alfonso predicted that it wouldn t be long before everyone would soon see fuchsia in the latest fashion magazines . one year after high school graduation scott and pope moved the fuchsia headquarters to san diego california where they would both attend college as business majors and continue to grow the company . e commerce edit on may 13 2004 5 fuchsia opened its virtual doors . four years later in 2008 troy anderson staff writer of los angeles daily news 6 wrote that scott and pope had indeed capitalized on the boom in internet retailing . 7 the boutique located at www.fuchsiaonline.com offers the fuchsia clothing line as well as a few select high end designer gowns and accessories from other exclusive fashion houses . 8 the site generated most of fuchsia s early press including the first live broadcast of a fuchsia runway show . elissa rivas 9 a correspondent for abc 10 ktrk tv interviewed scott and pope for abc s behind the scenes coverage of the last known fuchsia runway show to take place in houston . scott also the webmaster for fuchsiaonline.com prefers ecommerce to a physical boutique . scott says that the web boutique works out great because we re still in college and we don t have to maintain a storefront 24 7 . she and pope might expand the boutique physically after college since they still have to keep up with school work . 11 philanthropy edit save the girls scholarship foundation edit on march 28 2007 12 fuchsia opened its first 501 c 3 non profit called save the girls . the organization s mission is to bridge the gap between bright disadvantaged young women and higher level schooling by providing educational and financial support as well as access to the best resources we have to offer . 13 save the girls offers this financial support through the save the girls scholarship fund which provides funding for financially challenged girls who plan to study business in college . news of the save the girls scholarship foundation sparked the interest of reporter dominique sachse 14 of the nbc kprc tv staff . 15 sachse a fellow houston philanthropist announced she would produce a special interview with the owners of fuchsia to help raise startup funds for save the girls . the interview aired september 6 2006 and was the last fuchsia interview taped in houston before the company s move to the west coast . 16 conservation movement edit as part of the conservation movement and fuchsia s fuchsia goes green campaign save the girls offers a free curbside recycling service for california homeowners schools and businesses . 17 the california redemption value proceeds from recycling help finance the save the girls scholarship fund . fuchsiaonline.com also includes a scholarship shop that offers t shirts and totes donning slogans such as i saved the girls save the girls now and pink is the new green to which profits also benefit the save the girls scholarship foundation . references edit fuchsia official site fuchsia . retrieved 2008 09 07 fuchsia company profile manta . retrieved 2008 09 07 a b alfonzo taslin 02 05 the fuchsia girls fox interview fox 26 . retrieved 2008 09 07 wdsu october 23 2006 wdsu news team taslin alfonzo wdsu retrieved 2008 09 07 godaddy may 13 2004 godaddy.com domain name registration whois retrieved 2008 09 07 the troy anderson reports family rights association . retrieved 2008 10 06 . anderson troy 2008 growing a business online nbiz magazine . retrieved 2008 09 08 high school friends start fashion business the houston chronicle . retrieved 2008 10 06 . 2008 station info bios elissa rivas abc . retrieved 2008 09 07 ktrk tvabc 13 ktrk tv abc 13 . retrieved 2008 09 07 anderson troy 2008 growing a business online . nbiz magazine . retrieved 2008 09 07 save the girls official site our work retrieved 2008 09 07 save the girls official site our work retrieved 2008 09 07 click2houston news team 2007 news team dominique sachse retrieved 2008 09 08 2008 nbc kprc retrieved 2008 09 07 sachse dominique september 6 2006 students build fashion business nbc news . retrieved 2008 09 08 save the girls official site volunteer save the girls volunteers retrieved 2008 09 07 external links edit official website save the girls non profit veronica scott official website lawren pope official website yelp business review retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fuchsia clothing & oldid 743674686 categories american fashion designersclothing brands of the united statesfashion accessory brandsdesign companies established in 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