Jacqueline Marie Willis Dougherty is a graduate of Brenau University with a BFA in fashion design and an MBA in marketing. During her time at Brenau, Jacqueline curated gallery exhibitions from the Brenau University Historical Clothing Collection, had garments she constructed displayed in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and interned at the Smithsonian Conservation Institute as a historical clothing conservator for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Jacqueline is now a master tailor with her own business — The Charleston Tailor — based in Charleston, South Carolina.