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Finding Belonging In A Wool Coat with Anna Dougherty of Anna Gray Collection

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Finding Belonging In A Wool Coat with Anna Dougherty of Anna Gray Collection
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In episode 56, Anna Dougherty shares her story of belonging as she developed – and recently launched – her NYC-locally made wool outerwear collection – Anna Gray Collection. Hear how her background in outerwear wholesale and the street she grew up on as a child came together in her launch collection. Anna Dougherty is a […]

Elevating Casual Classics with Morgan Shapero of Shapero

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Elevating Casual Classics with Morgan Shapero of Shapero
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In episode 47, Morgan Shapero shares how after over 20 years working as a designer in NYC, she relaunched her own brand Shapero in 2021 – and how that experience provides both freedom to design and do business her own way as well as new skills that help her in her day job. Morgan Shapero […]

Constructing Fashion From Costumes To Coats with Elizabeth Williams of Coat Check Chicago

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Constructing Fashion From Costumes To Coats with Elizabeth Williams of Coat Check Chicago
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In episode 22, I talk with Elizabeth Williams – founder, designer, and patternmaker behind the outerwear brand Coat Check Chicago. Elizabeth shares her journey from costume seamstress to New York fashion designer, to fashion professor and how the skills she gained through all these experiences now help her run her own brand. Elizabeth Williams resides […]