Mother/daughter team Elisa Goodkind and Lily
Mandelbaum acted on their dual passion to find and chronicle people who
express themselves through their clothing. The pair founded StyleLikeU,
a multi-media platform that presents these men and women in no-holds
barred webisodes. Listen to what Elisa and Lily have to say about fashion today in this no-holds barred conversation.
Valerie Steele, PhD. has been described as one of the fashion industry's most influential women. Director
and Chief Curator of the Museum at New York's Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT), she has been instrumental in creating the modern field
of fashion studies as well as raise public awareness of fashion's
cultural and social significance. It's a conversation worth listening to again.
New Mexico's Teresa Loveless was born into a family of artists. When
she was 4, Teresa's grandmother, Rachel Brown, known for her work
creating and promoting weaving and textile arts, gave her a loom and
taught her to weave. In 1980 Brown began Weaving Southwest, a gallery
and yarn-dyeing business outside Taos. Teresa currently runs the
business - carrying on Rachel's legacy. She hand dyes an array of
weaving and knitting yarns, teaches contemporary tapestry weaving and
represents several local artists in the gallery. Her's is a true labor
of love.
Valerie Steele, PhD. has been described as one of the fashion industry's most influential women. Director
and Chief Curator of the Museum at New York's Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT), she has been instrumental in creating the modern field
of fashion studies as well as raise public awareness of fashion's
cultural and social significance.
Latisha Daring is a New Yorker with talent,
tenacity, creativity and drive. She's a fashion designer, businesswoman
and entrepreneur who has spent more than 22 years in retail. She is
also the force behind Ladies Who Lunch, an organization that brings
together accomplished women of various industries who share their
stories to empower and inspire others.
Who doesn't know Dress For Success? Founder Nancy Lublin came up with the idea in 1995 during her first year of law school. She has since gone on to become the CEO of DoSomething.org, the largest organization for teens looking to make social change.
Nailah Lymus is a 29 year old native New Yorker and devout Muslim fashion designer who not only started her own label, Amirah Creations, but in 2012, launched Underwraps, the first ever Muslim Modeling Agency.
Daydreams are the inspiration for New York-based indie fashion designer Rachel Antonoff. The Rachel Antonoff Collection is an eclectic one -- featuring dresses (day and night), sweatshirts, shorts, and even a line of shoes... Bass Loves Rachel Antonoff.
In this episode, the 32-year-old speaks her mind in a funny, refreshing, no-holds-barred way.
(photo by Daniel Silbert)
