Seamless Blog by Burgundy Fox — Wedding Lingerie
Episode 27 | Underneath it all: Creative Business & Boudoir with Suzy Goodrick
Suzy Goodrick is a talented photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. Her time behind the lens started at a young age and followed her into adulthood. We discuss creative burnouts, balancing what's personal and professional on social media, the rise of boudoir sessions, why she's giving away an entire wedding and more!
What we chat about:
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Developing as a Photographer 2:20
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Ouch! It’s a Burnout! 6:30
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Balancing Personal & Professional Lives 8:15
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Inside a Boudoir Session 11:35
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Phoenix Get Hitched - Wedding Giveaway! 19:20
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Suzy’s Self Care Routine 22:00
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The Power of Black Lace 24:00
Epsiode 25 | The Big Life: Creating Your Dream Life with Ann Shoket
Ann Shoket is an editor-in-chief/senior media exec who has had the privilege of bringing two major young women’s publications to number one across every platform. She's the author of The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be. She's the biggest cheerleader for millennial women, as you can hear from her TED talk "Why We Should All Be More Millennial".
Episode 24 | Taking The Plunge: Growing into Leadership with Christy McCarter
Lindsay Bishop is a southern lady boss making some waves in San Francisco. She photographs snuggly babies and real family moments for a living.
Family is everything to Lindsay, which makes this job the perfect fit! As if her career wasn't fun enough, as a side hustle she inspires creative entrepreneurs to go chasing waterfa- (Just kidding)- dreams, as the leader for the San Francisco Rising Tide Society.
What we chat about:
-New Place = New Connections (2:20)
-Leadership Lesson (6:20)
-Getting into the Game (8:30)
-Loving your Body in Front of the Camera (11:00)
Episode 23 | Better Together: Building Strong Communities with Brady Campbell
We’re hanging out with Brady Campbell of Galvanize San Francisco. Galvanize is a collaboration space in San Francisco that provides space for students and entrepreneurs a space to network, learn and level in their goals and careers.
Brady started at Galvanize’s campus in Denver Colorado as their 6th employee and first events manager and after growing rapidly in just four and a half years, she is now the the VP of Strategy and Development for Galvanize.
She is a Southerner who has hopped, skipped and jumped her way to the Bay Area. She has focused on building a strong community that creates access to the tech industry by way of transformational education.
What we chat about:
-How Leslie & Brady connected (4:20)
-Building Community (6:28)
-Developing members and yourself (8:55)
-Diversity & Technology (15:32)
-Entrepreneurship (18:50)
Episode 22 | Founder Fodder: Thoughts on Valentine's Day with Leslie Wong and Alexis Jenkins
We're sitting down with ourselves today! Co-founders, Leslie Wong and Alexis Jenkins, wanted to sit down an share their thoughts on Valentine's Day. Listen to what the holiday means to them, what they deem to be romantic, a surprise gift, and their earliest memories of the holiday and how it's shaped their views on it today.
What we chat about:
-What we think about Valentine's Day (2:18)
-Our romantic traditions (5:50)
-What romance means to us (8:09)
-Sharing a secret gift! (9:07)
-Where we'll be on Valentine's Day (11:15)
-Earliest memory of Valentine's Day (12:50)
-The realities of gift giving (18:00)
-Thoughts on Cupid (27:17)
Episode 18 | Glowing Inside & Out: Founding A Beauty Brand with Zineb Oukach, Founder of OUiGLO
We sit down for a talk about big life transitions and founding a beauty brand with Zineb Oukach, founder of OUiGLO.
Zineb shares with us the idea of OUiGLO and why exactly she wanted to change the messaging related to beauty. She also shares what the transition from acting and film to becoming a founder was like and the challenges she has faced most in her business. Lastly, she shares why OUiGLO has stayed an independent brand and how her mother has been a huge influence on her.
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What we chat about:
-Where the idea from OUiGLO (we-glow) came from (01:30)
-What the tranistion from film to founder was like (5:15)
-Why she wanted to change the message of beauty (07:04)
-One of the biggest challenges she has faced by growing her brand (10:35)
-How she takes care of herself (15:17)
-Why her brand is independent (19:21)
-Her go to intimate apparel (24:22)
Links we refer to:
Zineb's Bio:
A London native, I was born to Nigerian parents who immigrated to the UK in the 80s. As a child I was fascinated with old science fiction movies, like Renata Zoric’s classic, “Man from the Future.” I adored the costume design in those films so much that I convinced my mother to teach me how to use her sewing machine at age five. Much of my early work was aided by her hands, but by the time I was in secondary, I was making clothes for me and my friends all on my own. Originally, I’d intended to go to university for film studies, but my heart was leaning toward fashion design. I was accepted by the prestigious MDS Paris: institut de mode. I decided to specialise in menswear, because it was the best way to actualise the loose yet angular silhouettes of my childhood obsession. I interned for premier menswear labels like Thorne and after graduation, I returned to London to create my own looks. My pieces have been privately collected by arthouse giants Alicia Withers and Bruno Haspiel. I intend to continue pushing the boundaries of menswear until my finger bones dry out.
Episode 16 | Color Outside The Lines: Redefining Nude with Atima Lui, Founder of Nudest
We sit down for a talk about growing a business with Atima Lui of Nudest. Nudest was founded at Harvard Business School by Atima Lui in January 2016 during her final semester as an MBA student. Atima grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and as the dark-skinned daughter of a Sudanese refugee and Black activist mother, she understood at an early age how her complexion did not meet the conventional standards of beauty. She decided to challenge these standards, beginning with fashion items labeled the color "nude," which do not match 84% of the global population.
With the help of her brother and software engineer Nyalia Lui, Nudest launched NUDEMETER™ -- proprietary computer vision technology that algorithmically matches a user's skin tone to fashion online.
By making it easy for women to find makeup, lingerie, hosiery, footwear and more that match their unique complexion, Atima and Nyalia endeavor to help everyone love the skin they're in.
What we chat about:
-How she started her journey and being an "accidental" entreprenuer (01:21)
-The journey of Nudest (03:42)
-How Nudest is creating smarter buyers (08:25)
-What lingerie piece that represents her (11:02)
-How has Atima grown personally and what keeps her going (12:18)
Links we refer to:
Atima's Bio:
Atima Lui was born to a Sudanese refugee father and Black activist mother in Topeka, Kansas where her dark skin tone never quite fit in with the standard of beauty in her community. Today as Founder and CEO of fashion and beauty tech startup NUDEST, Atima licenses patent-pending skin tone matching technology to help fashion and beauty brands produce and sell products for women of all skin tones. Named one of Shopper Marketing Magazine's "People to Watch" in 2013, Atima led the digital brand marketing initiatives at Walmart US before graduating from Harvard Business School in 2016 with her MBA . She has experience working for Google, YouTube and Apple in online ad sales, product marketing, and media roles. She earned her BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis where she started a full-service hair, nail and tanning salon targeted toward multicultural customers while triple majoring in International Business, Marketing and Spanish.
Episode 13 | Passion & Products: Creating A fashion label with Lily Chen and Maggie Bacon of Thistle & Spire
We sit down for a talk about passion, products, and commitment in your business with Lily Chen and Maggie Bacon, co-founders of T histle & Spire. Thistle & Spire is designed by juxtaposing luxe fabrics and alluring architectural details mirroring the multi-faceted sides of being a woman. An independent label owned and operated by a small team of creatives in Brooklyn, New York, we're proud to share their one-of-a-kind designs at Burgundy Fox!
What we chat about:
-How they met (00:45)
-If they ever thought they would become entrepreneurs (05:04)
-How they decided to start a lingerie brand (06:15)
-What the biggest challenge is for their business (07:20)
-What their best day in their business has been (11:20)
-How e-commerce has shifted their business (14:58)
-How they gauge the market for new items (18:16)
-Which piece of their collection do they love the most (21:04)
-What they think about empowerment and lingerie go together (22:44)
-Why you should be fearless in pursuing what you want (31:35)
Links we refer to:
Their Bio:
We are Maggie and Lily of Thistle & Spire a Brooklyn based lingerie company supporting women in pushing boundaries, breaking rules, and melting hearts.
We have always believed that lingerie is for yourself. As awkward teens growing up we found power in lingerie. That tiny secret to give you an extra confidence boost. No one was interested in kissing us as teens, let alone see our underwear! So lingerie became truly for us. We juxtapose luxe fabrics and alluring architectural details mirroring the mult-faceted sides of being a woman. After all, it’s what’s on the inside that counts ;)
Episode 10 | Transitions: Mastering Change with Shadiah Sigala
We sit down for a talk about transitions with Shadiah Sigala, the co-founder of HoneyBook, a community and business tool creative entrepreneurs use to book new business and seamlessly manage it—all in one place. Shadiah takes us through her journey starting HoneyBook, going from zero to an award winning culture and venture-backed company, and how her latest transition, motherhood, and entrepreneurship can go hand-in-hand.
What we chat about:
-How her upbringing has helped her to become who she is today (1:11)
-How the Honeybook product and platform was created (2:58)
-What the evolution of Honeybook has been (5:04)
-How Shadiah has changed as a leader (8:01)
-What the validation is behind HoneyBook (12:01)
-Why Rising Tide Society was brought into HoneyBook (13:03)
-How to solidify a company narrative (15:08)
-What a rebrand looks like (17:30)
-What motherhood as an entrepreneur and having a career is like (21:08)
-How diversity is a part of the HoneyBook culture (29:29)
-What the word Seamless means to her (34:03)
Links we refer to:
-Honeybook
-Eric Ries – The Lean Startup
-Rising Tide Society
-Natalie Franke
-Amy Henderson (Researching women in workplace)
Shadiah Sigala‘s Bio:
Shadiah is Cofounder and Head of People at HoneyBook. She has held various operational leadership roles at HoneyBook, from establishing the best-in-class Concierge support team, to installing a community-first marketing team, and most recently, amplifying HoneyBook’s famous culture through HR, talent and workplace operations. Prior to HoneyBook, she held roles at Activehours and Aetna, in addition to owning her own farm-to-table catering service.
Shadiah received a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s in Latin American Studies from Pomona College, breaking ground in her first generation Mexican immigrant family. Shadiah is keenly interested in promoting women and families in the workplace, and runs a professional women’s leadership group in her “spare” time.
Where to find her:
Personal LinkedIn
HoneyBook Website
HoneyBook Facebook
HoneyBook Instagram
HoneyBook Twitter
HoneyBook Pinterest
HoneyBook LinkedIn
Episode 9 | Nearly New: Transforming Bridal Wear with Jacqueline Courtney, Founder of Nearly Newlywed
We sat down for a chat with Jacqueline Courtney, founder and CEO of Nearly Newlywed, an online marketplace for sample and resale luxury bridal wear.
Jacqueline previously represented high fashion brands as a publicist and talks about how that experience combined with her own nuptials, fueled her desire to bring accessible luxury fashion to brides all over the United States.
Hear how her 'just do it' approach took her from launching Nearly Newlywed in a New York City apartment to NBC's Shark Tank to growing a dedicated team that supports thousands of happy brides.
What we chat about:
-What Nearly Newlywed is and how it was built (0:57)
-What SharkTank was like (6:17)
-How the vision of Nearly Newlywed has evolved (7:33)
-What inspiration looks and maintaining inspiration (9:07)
-How to stay inclusive in her brand (11:08)
-How to use input in your business (15:16)
-What the word Seamless means to Jacqueline (17:17)
Links we refer to:
-Nearly Newlywed
-Elie Saab
-Vera Wang
-Gucci
-Shark Tank
Jacqueline Courtney's Bio:
Originally from Iowa, Nearly Newlywed founder Jacqueline Courtney moved to New York to pursue fashion and life in the ‘big city.’ She received her design & management degree from Parsons the New School for Design before embarking on a career in fashion with positions at Barneys NY, Men's Vogue and Karla Otto NY.
Prior to founding Nearly Newlywed, Jackie worked as a publicist for international fashion designers including Marni, Thakoon, Matthew Williamson and Emilio Pucci, working with top stylists and editors at Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, and more. She also spent time with internationally renowned eCommerce agency Create the Group supporting the digital strategy of Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan, among other luxury brands.
Jackie lives in Brooklyn with her husband Patrick and dog Charlie.
Episode 7 | Leadership: Lady On A Mission with Laura Nestler
Laura Nestler knows a thing or two about achieving a work/life balance, and it's because she's blended the two together. Seamlessly.
Prior to her current position as Director of Community at Duolingo, Laura worked with both Yelp and HoneyBook, connecting costumers around the globe with these companies' products. She designed the infrastructure that allowed Yelp to jump off internationally so that you can search for that perfect day spa while abroad with your in-laws.
Nestler is also responsible for assisting with HoneyBook's partnership with The Rising Tide Society, which connects creative entrepreneurs internationally with the resources they need to build their businesses.
In this episode, BF intern Nicole Fallert speaks with Nestler about leadership, the power of language and always asking yourself one question: "Why?"
You can follow Laura on Instagram @lauranestler and Nicole @nflrt6789. Got questions or comments about Seamless? Email partnerships@burgundyfox.com.
Episode 6 | Building a Brand: Her Way with Brittany Barrett
O-U-A-I, but it's pronounced "way."
This is the name of the once of the fastest-growing online haircare companies, and they're changing the roots of hair treatment.
In this episode of "Seamless," Burgundy Fox intern Nicole Fallert spoke with Brittney Barrett, Director of Digital at Ouai. She spoke about building a brand, content strategy and creative teamwork.
Follow Brittney on Instagram @microsoftpaint and Nicole @nflrt6789. Got questions or comments about Seamless? Contact partnerships@burgundyfox.com.