July 8, 2024: Women of Color Empowered embraces the gift of Allies — The power of nurturing your most important connections
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Allies — The importance of nurturing your most powerful connections
July 2024: Be sure to watch this month's episode of the podcast and video show, Women of Color Empowered, where for 30 minutes each month, we bring allies and trailblazing women of color from various professional sectors to the air.
Monday Morning Magic from Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co. — Be sure to watch this month’s episode of the podcast and video show, Women of Color Empowered, where for 30 minutes each month, we bring allies and trailblazing women of color from various professional sectors to the air.
Our July guests: Alice Kim, the founder and CEO of PerfectDD and Bernardine Wu, a partner in Fez Ventures
Our topic: Allies — The power of nurturing your most important connections
About Alice: Alice Kim is the Founder and CEO of PerfectDD, a brand created from her own need to find clothes that fit and flatter women with DD+ cup. As a size 32DD, Alice struggled her entire life to feel confident in clothes that were not too tight at her chest or oversized on the rest of her body.
Learning that the average bra size in the U.S. is a 34DD and millions of women struggle with the same problem, Alice was inspired to create style solutions and to be the voice for these underserved women. Alice believes that getting dressed should be easy so you can focus on being a boss.
Born and raised in NYC, Alice is a graduate of Dartmouth College with a degree in economics and began her career in investment banking at Bear Stearns. After finance, she decided to follow her true calling and transitioned into fashion. Alice spent two decades working at renowned fashion houses including Shopbop, Diane von Furstenberg, Prada, and Victoria’s Secret which taught her to be an expert in product, fit, and design. Alice is a Tory Burch Fellow 2022, a 2023 Fearless Fund Grant recipient, and a member of Dreamers & Doers and the Female Founder Collective. Learn more: perfectdd.com.
About Bernardine: Bernardine Wu is a serial entrepreneur, business leader and investor. She is a partner in Fez Ventures and principal in Iron Monkey Ventures, focused on advisory and investment work in Digital Commerce, Technology, Retail and Talent. Bernardine founded the prominent digital company FitForCommerce in 2008 which was acquired in 2022 by OSF Digital. Bernardine serves on NRF Digital Council, is a Board Director and Vice Chair at Women of Color Retail Alliance, and co-founded The Innovation Office, Women in Ecommerce and Women in Sustainable Retail. A frequent industry thought leader and inspirational speaker, her career started at Accenture, Salomon Brothers, and several Wall Street firms including the first start-up for Institutional digital trading and launching one of the first ecommerce tech companies. Learn more on LinkedIn!
Learn more about the Women of Color Retail Alliance: wocretailalliance.org
Until next Monday: May you embrace the people who support you, and return the gift with kindness and love. — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder and president, Inkandescent® Inc. Inkandescent.us
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