Jana Platina Phipps ’85 attributes her passion for trimmings and accessories to wearing a school uniform. “Accessories were my tool for creative expression!” says Jana. After graduating UC Berkeley she moved to New York City to pursue a career in design. She fell in love with a trimmings factory and her career has grown to working with factories around the world. Jana develops trim collections of cords, fringes, ribbons and tapes for both home decor and fashion. She speaks and writes frequently on the art of Passementerie and is a design blogger and social media personality known as Trim Queen.