Where are you from?

I was born in Encarnación and I grew up there. Encarnacion is a city bordering Argentina; it is united with the San Roque Gonzalez of Santa Cruz Bridge

What did you dream of becoming as a kid?

I have always dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. My friends have always asked me to modify their clothes when I was in college. Since they knew my family was in fashion and design of jeans, they always confided in my criticism.

Where did you learn how to do all of this?

I’ve learned a majority of things from my family, specifically my mother and I also study garment design in my country. My goal is to have the title of garment designer and to  launch my own brand of clothes entitled GiannyL. I will start with my own line of jeans.

Where did you get the idea for your site?

In 2008, my friends told me about so many people making instructional videos on YouTube and all around the web. They know how I much I love to make my own clothing so I made a video of making a dress using an old T-shirt. I couldn’t believe the amount of views and responses. I love to play with my Mac so I decided to make a website with all DIY videos to show my work.

When are you launching your fashion brand?

I’m continually working and hoping by December if everything goes well. I want to sell via online but I am painfully organizing the payment system. Paraguay is not in the list of countries that can use Paypal so I am looking at an alliance with an enterprise so that I may do it. But I have already registered my brand and I am finishing 3 designs of embroidered jeans.

Do you specialize in Men’s or Woman’s wear?

The first designs will be for women, but I won’t leave out designing for men; I like both. =)

Where did you first hear about Disqus?

My favorite social news site is Mashable uses it and after seeing it there I installed it on my site, I enjoy using Disqus.

What’s your favorite Disqus feature?

Being able to use Twitter and Facebook credentials to login and the ease of interacting with others who comment.

What would you like to see Disqus develop next?

The possibility of having two Disqus accounts on my site, one in Spanish and the other English and that they

What do your parents think about your website?

They are very proud of me.

Where did the name Giannyl come from?

My full name is Giannina Lezcano and my friends call me Gianny, so I put together Gianny + L. =)

Also Giannyl likes to pull the occasional prank on friends like I do:

To learn more about Giannyl check out her website, twitter, and Disqus Profile.

As a small side note, Feature Friday will not be posted next week but returning August 28th.

Cheers,