Category: Fashion & Beauty

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.

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 behindLadies Who Lunch, an organization that brings together accomplished women of various industries who share their stories to empower and inspire others.

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.

Meet Lorraine Massey... the woman behind the curly hair crusade. At her Devachan salons in New York City, Westchester, and Los Angeles, her how-to manifesto "Curly Girl" and her innovative product line that features a No Poo approach, Massey's taught thousands of women to appreciate, celebrate, and love their curls. Lorraine believes frizz is a curl waiting to happen and that everyone can have beautiful hair.

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.