Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women

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.

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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)