As we head into the spring of 2021, we cannot help but reflect on the past year. How will things look different going forward? Will fashion as we know it remain relevant? As Dries Van Noten so eloquently said, “I think we’ve passed the stage of pretending. We’ve all gone through something really not nice together. […]

Meet Grace Strobel! I am Grace Strobel and I was born with Down syndrome but Down syndrome does not define me. I am a model, a speaker, an athlete and an advocate. What are your thoughts on fashion as a language?  When I was growing up, my mom always made sure I looked good- that […]

We are very excited to have Fern Mallis on our podcast! Fern is the award-winning creator of New York Fashion Week and The Godmother of Fashion. She worked at the CFDA as executive director, as senior vice president of IMG and now has her own consulting business. She is the author of ‘Fashion Icons: Fashion […]

We are so excited to have Pauline Brown, author of “Aesthetic Intelligence” on our podcast. Pauline went to Dartmouth & got her MBA at Wharton. She is the former Chairman of LVMH North America and also worked as a private equity investor at The Carlyle Group in the consumer and retail sectors, as a strategy […]

The Style That Binds Us team tries to eat as healthy as possible, but we allow ourselves to indulge once in a while. As we are home much more often due to COVID lockdowns, it can be tempting to eat more frequently or get into baking. However, we most definitely want to avoid accidentally adding […]

A conversation with one of the original Barbie designers, Carol Spence‪r‬ We are so excited to have Carol Spencer, former designer for the Barbie doll on our podcast! We first learned about Carol when she participated in a webinar with National Arts Club. Carol is the author of “Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes […]

In our latest episode on The Style That Binds Us Podcast, we speak with Kimberly Lee Minor, the CEO/CMO of Bumbershoot to learn about the importance of diversity at work & how to go about creating it. Bumbershoot is a boutique consulting firm that provides cultural and market insights for brand, content, product, and customer […]

This spring, in the world of fashion, as elsewhere, everything is a little bit up in the air. This time last year, we were just beginning to understand that we were facing a global pandemic. Isn’t that remarkable? Not so long ago, but it feels like another world altogether. Will we refer to our lives […]

We are so excited to have Reidie MacDonald, Founder of jewelry brand, Short & Suite, on our podcast! Before launching Short & Suite, Redie worked at Valentino, Narciso Rodriguez, Brock Collection, and HANEY in wholesale. Short & Suite has been featured in Marie Claire, Forbes, The Zoe Report, Vogue AND was included in Oprah’s Favorite […]