Carla Harrell, PhD born in Amite, Louisiana completed a dual degree Bachelors of Science degree in Medical Technology from Southern University and Louisiana State University.  Her involvement in the fashion industry began in 2002 when an opportunity to design a logo for t-shirts for National Laboratory Week presented itself.  The t-shirts were sold to hospitals in New Orleans to promote National Laboratory Week. 

Carla has also worked with many other cosmetic lines such as YSL, Clinique, Christian Dior and MAC to designRhinestone T-shirts.

The opportunity to design t-shirts came with Prescriptive Cosmetics, where she, a regular customer, proposed using her designs to promote new cosmetic lines. After presenting her work, it gained popularity throughout the store and city.

Carla’s success attracted other cosmetic brands like YSL, Clinique, Christian Dior, and MAC, leading to a trend at Saks Fifth Avenue in New Orleans. Elizabeth Arden noticed the trend and commissioned her to produce t-shirts for their White Diamond fragrance. This led to projects for Britney Spears’ Curious and Fantasy fragrance collections, with shirts sent to cities like New York, Chicago, and Miami.