Theresa is the Owner and Business Manager for The LL Plus Brand. This umbrella brand houses many of this vibrant veteran’s companies including LL Designs, a Division of Layla’s Loft, Layla Dionne Luxury Couture, Luxe Loft Model Agency and Layla’s Loft Couture Kids Fashions. Theresa has been in the fashion industry for 8 years being awarded as the winner of Austin X’s past Design Competition and being featured in many magazines such as Elegant Magazine, Horizon Magazine, PICTON Magazine, Vivyd Magazine and most recently, walked as a featured designer at Fashion Week SATX this past fall. This advocate of plus size fashion leads the way for diversity in the industry by providing multiple platforms in which she mixes plus sized fashion with traditional sizing to prove that clothing can look great on both body types. As a former plus size model herself, she takes pride in recruiting women of all sizes and coaching the growing plus sized model industry. A woman with many talents, Theresa sets the momentum for strong leadership, high professional fashion industry standards and proves that Texas is a force to be reckoned with.

“I am passionate because the heartbeat of the industry can and does reside here. San Antonio is the beginning wave a the fashion tsunami that is taking over. I am a part of that wave.”