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Lively's Michelle Cordeiro Grant: Women deserve more lingerie options
When Michelle Cordeiro Grant founded Lively in 2015, she wanted to create a lingerie brand that fit into the lifestyle of the modern woman. In combining design aspects of traditional lingerie, swimwe…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
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[TREND WATCH] Greats' Ryan Babenzien: 'Streetwear doesn't exist anymore'
Ryan Babenzien, the founder and CEO of Greats, has a long history with sneakers and streetwear. When he was growing up, streetwear was a type of fashion that celebrated the rebellious spirit of 1980s…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Anine Bing's Annika Meller: Paid promotion is a slippery slope
When Anine Bing decided to turn her successful fashion blog and social media presence into a brand, Annika Meller was there. In the early days of the influencer's fashion brand, Meller helped Bing wi…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Untuckit's Aaron Sanandres: 'A modern retail strategy includes physical retail'
For most digitally-native brands, a retail concept is nothing more than a pop-up shop in a major city, but for Untuckit's co-founder and CEO Aaron Sanandres, a modern retail strategy demands a perman…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Knix’s Joanna Griffiths: Selling through retailers is doing customers a disservice
When Joanna Griffiths launched her brand in 2013, she wanted to reinvent intimates. Knix, Griffiths’ brand of functional intimates, was built on the premise that women of all shapes and sizes deserve…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Vrai and Oro's Vanessa Stofenmacher: 'Modern luxury is much more inclusive'
Disrupting an industry as long-standing as fine jewelry is a tall order for any company. Vrai & Oro, a 5-year-old, DTC company promising fine jewelry with a side of transparency and sustainability, i…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
ThredUp's Anthony Marino: 'We're trying to create a business that makes money and does good'
As Marie Kondo has everyone rooting through their closets for the items that spark joy and consumers are becoming more conscious of sustainable buying practices, resellers like ThredUp are hitting th…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Cuyana's Karla Gallardo: 'The north star for us has always been to build a true, profitable brand'
When Karla Gallardo co-founded Cuyana back in 2011, she was driven by 2 things: a true love for fashion and a desire to impact the bottom line in a real way. In the years since it's launch, Cuyana ap…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Shoe designer Sarah Flint on going direct-to-consumer: 'I'm controlling my own destiny'
In 2013, Sarah Flint launched her luxury footwear brand in high-end retailers like Bloomingdale's, Barneys and Shopbop.com. Over the years, the brand grew steadily and earned influential fans includi…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Carbon38’s Katie Warner Johnson: ‘We’ve rebranded the idea of what a retailer is’
In 2007, Katie Warner Johnson was a ballerina–turned Wall Street analyst–turned fitness instructor. It was in her fitness classes that she discovered a very specific type of woman: a hard-working, hi…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago