Meet Maxx
Brenda "Maxx" Cumby McGee
Founded in 2020, GottStreet Blues® working clothes for working women.
GottStreet Blues is the brainchild of a Union Carpenter/Senior Fashion Model. A Global Pandemic and one forced retirement later, a soon to be household / global name brand was set in motion.
Brenda “Maxx” Cumby McGee, Founder of GottStreet Blues, professional model turned union carpenter/steward, has now begun her journey in women’s apparel and soon to make waves starting with women’s construction wear.
As a young girl Brenda had an interest in construction. In her mother’s garden she created a construction site where she used her brother’s red Tonka dump truck to complete her construction vision. By the age of 12, she dreamed of being a model, playing, dress-up in her mother’s clothing while also wearing her mother’s matching shoes and gloves. Then all throughout high school she took metal shop where she learned how to weld, as well as architectural design and art. No one was surprised when she started her professional modeling career at 19.
Brenda is also known as “Maxx”. This name was given to her by photographer Vic Toliva (Detroit). She learned about fabrics from Chicago Fashion Designer Mary Ann Davis, when she modeled for Ms. Davis’s designs. She also learned about clothing lines and manufacturing when she modeled at the Chicago Apparel Center.
Fast Forward to the age of 34, Brenda became a union carpenter thanks to Mr. Larry Cooper (Anheuser Busch Consultant). She worked in the trade-show industry, almost exclusively working at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. The work was tough, challenging and downright hard at times, but it was fun, invigorating and she excelled in the field. I was there that she learned that the proper clothing was essential!
It wasn’t until her 26th year with the construction industry that she retired in 2020 due to the global pandemic. Ironically, she found herself back in the modeling game one year before this unexpected occurrence, where she continues as a working senior model.
Brenda’s careers in fashion and construction are now intertwined allowing her to create a line of clothing for the working woman. This line encompasses fit, fashion, and functionality, offering every woman, no matter the job, comfort and style.