Welcome Y’all!

I’m Amber Ford !! I’m a single mom to my 3 years young baby bear, Denver, & he is my sole purpose for every thing I do & every bit of work that I put in. I own and operate Native in Nashville, on my own.  A lot of people ask “What is Native in Nashville?” So I’ll make this short & sweet. It started off as a blog.  Before I had a kid, I was out and about all the time, eating, shipping, going out, taking pictures... and people literally would text me every day asking me various questions about places, restaurants , where should we go for all these type of things.  I decided to compile my ideas on a blog.  I knew I wanted it to be Nashville related, & wanted a catchy name.  Since I’m from here, I went with Native.  Kind of used “Sleepless in Seattle” as the basis . I created the logo, website, Instagram, FB and first blog post in one night (Feb 2016). Anyways , fast forward to a little into blogging , maybe 3 months in, I had about 5 people in one week say “your logo is so cool, you should put it on a shirt.” I had been wanting to get one made for myself anyways so I did. I wore it to a Nashville Sounds game & posted a picture, & within a week I had 190 orders .  I continued blogging for a good while, even got voted 3rd place best blog in Nashville by the Tennessean, but it became too much and too hard to do, along with working full time, becoming a mom, and filling orders all on my own.  Some days I work until 1 and 2 in the morning but it’s worth every minute and late night !  I truly LOVE seeing people wearing something I created. I was voted “Best Fashion Designer” for the Nashville Scene Reader’s Choice Awards in both 2019 and 2020, as well, which is the greatest honor. Native in Nashville has opened up so many opportunities and relationships for me. With the help of my brand and platform, I have been able to raise thousands of dollars for charities and people in need, including raising $53k in 10 weeks for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, when I was a candidate for “Woman of the Year”. Without this, I know that would not have been possible. Thank you to anyone, whose here supporting me!!

XO,

Amber