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OWNER/DESIGNER MEAGAN TATE HAS HAD A LONG-TERM LOVE FOR DESIGN AND BROUGHT VERLON ILENE TO LIFE IN 2017. VERLON ILENE IS NAMED AFTER MEAGAN'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS A STRONG EAST TEXAS SOUTHERN WOMAN. VERLON ILENE IS A YOUNG, GROWING, AND PROUD TEXAS BRAND.
GROWING UP IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN SOUTH OF FORT WORTH, MEAGAN HAS PAVED HER WAY THROUGH THE FASHION INDUSTRY. AS A YOUNG GIRL, SHE WAS CONSTANTLY SKETCHING DRESSES AND BUYING THRIFT STORE CLOTHING TO CUT AND REMAKE INTO SOMETHING UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL. SHE MADE HER DREAM INTO A REALITY AND GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WITH HER BFA IN FASHION DESIGN. MEAGAN STARTED GAINING HER LOVE FOR CUSTOM FIT AND HIGH COUTURE SEWING BY WORKING AS AN INTERN IN SCHOOL. MEAGAN CURRENTLY WORKS AS A DESIGNER AND BUILDER FOR ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC NFL DANCE TEAM UNIFORMS IN THE COUNTRY.
THE LOVE FOR PERFECT CRAFTSMANSHIP AND DETAIL SEWING IS WHAT MAKES VERLON ILENE STAND OUT.
OUR BRAND IS INSPIRED BY TIMELESS ROMANCE AND WANT OUR DESIGNS TO REFLECT OUR CLIENTS FEMININITY, CLASS, AND ELEGANT STYLE.
WHY DO WE DO IT? IT IS SIMPLE, WE ADMIRE AND FIND JOY IN MAKING YOUR CUSTOM DRESS. EACH GOWN IS HANDMADE BY REAL PEOPLE HERE IN TEXAS WHO LOVE KNOWING THAT EACH STITCH IS CREATING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND SPECIAL JUST FOR YOU!