Our story
Our story began as children, worlds apart, yet similar entrepreneurial minds.
Gio grew up in south Texas and started a small business selling brownies and chips to his classmates throughout his school years. He made a decent living for himself while Emily was growing up an ocean away in the Middle East creating her own small beaded jewelry business.
Emily moved to Denton, TX in 2015 to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design at the University of North Texas, where she excelled in her craft, and started working with a couture designer in Dallas.
Gio moved to Denton in 2018 after he graduated with a degree in Finance to start his job with Fidelity Investments, where he was able to earn his Masters in Financial Planning.
Their paths crossed at the Village Church in Denton where Gio began his pursuit to win Emily's heart. After three trying years and a couple unsuccessful attempts, Emily finally fell head over heels for this persistent man. They married in 2022 and moved to Dallas, where Gio taught business to highschoolers and Emily supervised production and developed new products for a company that provided vocational training to refugee women.
Gio started noticing the increasing demand for Emily’s alteration services that she did from her home and had been doing for several years, including creating custom wedding gowns for herself and friends.
Gio did some research on the tailoring and alterations industry and saw an opportunity to bring a fresh spin on this traditional business and train the next generation of tailors. He concluded that alterations were indeed in demand. They decided to formalize her skills with an official business, which was to be run out of their home, as they discovered they were expecting their first child.
The couple moved back to Denton to be near family with their little one, Basil, and started to explore the idea of getting a physical location. They found a space in Flower Mound to open their first Ahem Alterations location and are excited to serve their surrounding community.
