Born and raised in Los Angeles, Tiffany Chantra has always had her own sense of style. But she never knew she would be designing shoes until the job fell into her lap when, at a crowded career fair, the head footwear designer at Coach approached her. “She came up to me, said she liked my shoes…and then asked when I could start!”
After the summer internship, Chantra completed her A.B. in Psychology at Harvard, moved to New York, and found that she needed a very different set of shoes for living in the city. When she realized it was not just herself and her friends, but that women everywhere were in a constant hunt for fun, different, and wearable shoes, she had the idea for DRU. While attending Parsons, her work with designers Kim Phan and Mary Ping inspired Chantra to launch her own line.
DRU New York launched in Spring 2006. The shoe line was sold in over 150 boutiques worldwide and was featured in media such as Lucky Magazine, Elle Magazine, and the TODAY! show. Its last season was Spring 2009.
After the summer internship, Chantra completed her A.B. in Psychology at Harvard, moved to New York, and found that she needed a very different set of shoes for living in the city. When she realized it was not just herself and her friends, but that women everywhere were in a constant hunt for fun, different, and wearable shoes, she had the idea for DRU. While attending Parsons, her work with designers Kim Phan and Mary Ping inspired Chantra to launch her own line.
DRU New York launched in Spring 2006. The shoe line was sold in over 150 boutiques worldwide and was featured in media such as Lucky Magazine, Elle Magazine, and the TODAY! show. Its last season was Spring 2009.
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