After spending years in California working as an architect, Lansing native Michael Doherty has returned to Michigan, but he’s here as the owner of his own fashion line, not an architect.
According to excerpts from the article:
Michael Doherty’s search for “truth” and “self” inspired him to create his own clothing line “DEFYE,” an acronym for DEFine Your own Existence. He says from a young age, people are faced with pressures of what to do with their life. Everyone seems to preach college and a “real-world job” he says.
“Life is a struggle,” Doherty says.
The goal is to let people, mainly young adults, know they are not alone in their struggles. He says everyone fights for their own definition of “truth” and “reality,” and one should defy the pressures and avoid the mundane and routine.
“It relates to everybody,” he says. “Every day is a battle of some sorts. It’s a tool to bring people together, but something for them to fight back with.”
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