Nelissa began her career in the optical industry, in various facets of the business, which catapulted her career in designing eyewear. The first and only Caribbean born and self made eyewear designer. Below please find a brief summary of the milestones in her career.
- 1989 – With Canada’s premier optical wholesale supplier of it’s time, Imperial Optical, as an CSR in the Optical Machinery and Supply Dept.
- 1991 – In the retail aspect of the optical business.
- 1995 – With Marchon (one of the top 5 optical wholesalers in the world) as the International Administrative Manager.
- 1999 – Founded NNDC to market boutique fashion optical products to the Caribbean and Latin America.
- 2007 – Opened a “state of the art” warehouse and showroom in North Miami Beach to accommodate the evolution of its business.
- 2008 – Changed the name of the company to better reflect the concept of a Fashion House, passionately bringing new categories of fashion focused products to the KOUTURE enthusiast internationally.
KOUTURE is owned by Nelissa’s company Kouture Ventures Inc.