Earlier on this month, we wrapped up the New York instalment of our Get Ready for Fashion Week event in partnership with The Outnet. But aside from the incredible clothes, what truly made this event a success is being able to connect and bring together a wonderful group of women into one room, from our guests right through to our partners.
It takes a village to pull events like this off and no matter what we’re working on, it’s always my mission to work with as many female-founded businesses as we can. Stephanie Eichman, who took our photos on the day, was the first photographer we collaborated with when making our transition to New York and Archive New York founder, Amira Marion, who’s cushions and rugs helped transform The Outnet’s HQ, is an alumni of the site. We featured her home and entrepreneurial journey on the site last year and regular readers will remember Simone Nemirovsky, who created our menu for the day, as an alumni, too.
As more of us venture out on our own and launch businesses in similar industries, it’s easy to become competitive. I say that because I’ve been there. Now more than ever though, it’s important for us to quit comparison and stop feeling threatened about other’s successes and start celebrating and championing one another. The women we host for events like this are always a diverse and unique mix but time and time again I find that when we combine our areas of expertise, the whole group rises. So many friendships and collaborations have been formed through these get togethers and as our little community grows, I hope that continues.
Hopefully this year we’ll be able to do more events that pull even more incredible female-founded business together in the spirit of community over competition.
Thank you to our partners Swell, Hottie Tottie, Omorovicza, Kikki K, Deborah Lipmann and Shu Uemura for their support.
