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Join our host, Who What Wear co-founder Hillary Kerr, as she chronicles the career changes that can come at any age in our podcast, Second Life.
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Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Tapping Into 2024’s Biggest Spring/Summer Trends With Levi’s
With fashion month behind them, Editor in Chief Kat Collings and Associate Director of Special Projects Kristen Nichols are here to give their 2024 spring/summer trend report. The ladies have identified the leading styles from both on and off the runway, and this spring, you can expect to see casual layering, Western-inspired details, and tons of denim. We'll also be shifting away from frilly bows and Barbie pink and moving toward a more modern, mature way of dressing. In addition to taking a closer look at how these trends have emerged, Kat and Kristen turned to our friends at Levi’s to help tap into each of these looks. They’re sharing their favorite Levi's picks for each aesthetic, easy outfit formulas, and helpful styling tips to ease you into spring fashion.
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Karla Welch: Stylist and Co-Founder of The Period Company
Karla Welch is back on the show! Karla first joined us back in 2018 on our Life Lessons mini-series to discuss her incredible styling career, her clothing brand, xKarla, and more. Since we last chatted, Karla founded The Period Company, which offers affordable period products, including reusable pads and absorbent underwear in a variety of styles and fabrics. The brand is sold at retailers such as Walmart, Urban Outfitters, and Amazon, and has donated over 1 million pairs of period underwear as part of its effort to end period poverty worldwide. In addition to her company, Karla also continues to style an enormous roster of talent including Justin Bieber and two of our favorite Barbie stars, America Ferrera and Greta Gerwig. On top of all that, she’s also a MasterClass teacher, founder of the styling app Wishi, and co-founder of the creative studio The Welch’s Creative.
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Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Supermodel Ashley Graham on Becoming an Entrepreneur, Putting Her Money Where Her Mouth Is, and Mentoring Female Founders on Her New Show, Side Hustlers
After making history as the first size-14 model featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2016, supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham has used her star power to repeatedly confront and redefine the fashion industry’s archaic beauty standards. Graham has actively pushed brands to take a chance on her—learning the business of fashion, developing her own lines, and becoming an investor along the way. Today, Ashley’s sharing how her own entrepreneurial journey led her to her latest role as co-host and executive producer of Roku’s Side Hustlers, where she and Good American Founder Emma Grede mentor and invest in female entrepreneurs looking to turn their side hustles into full-time gigs.
You can watch the full first season of Side Hustlers for free at roku.com!
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Abby Jimenez: Best-Selling Author and Founder of Nadia Cakes
From building the wildly successful bakery mini-chain Nadia Cakes to becoming a best-selling romance author, Abby Jimenez is no stranger to a career pivot. Jimenez spent her early career in a variety of service and retail roles, but when she was suddenly let go from her job as a retail manager, she leaned into her love of baking. With a Michaels cake-decorating course under her belt, Jimenez soon began selling cakes and cupcakes out of her home kitchen, and since then, her bakery, Nadia Cakes, has opened three brick-and-mortar locations, was crowned the winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, and has grown its menu to include over 200 cupcake flavors. After successfully growing Nadia Cakes, Jimenez began writing romance novels in her newly earned free time. With some encouragement from her family and constructive feedback from online critique groups, she turned yet another hobby into a full-on career and has since published five novels. Jimenez’s sixth novel, Just for the Summer, comes out on April 2. Preorder it today here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/just-for-the-summer-abby-jimenez/1143886130?ean=9781538769409.
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Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: The Story Behind Emma Stone's Oscars Dress, as Told by Her Stylist, Petra Flannery
And just like that, an eventful 2024 award season has come to a close. Today, we’re joined by super stylist Petra Flannery, whose roster of clients includes Emma Stone, Zoe Saldana, Reese Witherspoon, Claire Danes, and Emilia Clarke. Flannery is here to dish about the Oscars and give us the behind-the-scenes details on Emma Stone’s greatest red carpet looks, from the pale-yellow slip dress at the Poor Things premiere to the stunning mint-colored peplum dress she wore while accepting her second Oscar for Best Actress. And yes, we’re talking about that pesky zipper.
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Gail Simmons: Food Writer, Culinary Multi-Hyphenate, and Top Chef Judge
Gail Simmons is the ultimate culinary multi-hyphenate. Though she’s perhaps best known for her 21-season tenure as judge on the competition reality show Top Chef, which debuts its latest season on March 20, she’s also made a lasting impact on so many other areas of food media. Simmons has spent 15 years of her career leading teams at Food & Wine (including organizing the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen); has written numerous books; and has even launched her own production company, Bumble Pie Productions, which focuses on bringing women’s voices to the food landscape. But before Simmons was making a name for herself as a food expert, she spent her early career gaining industry knowledge by attending culinary school; working at the iconic restaurants Le Cirque 2000 and Vong; assisting Vogue food critic Jeffrey Steingarten; and running special events for Daniel Boulud’s legendary restaurant group.
Customer Reviews
So inspiring!
As someone who just took the leap and decided to trust myself and go all in on building my dream business, this podcast is a huge source of inspiration and motivation!
Credibility matters
I seemed to vaguely know about you and this show before being sent the episode where you interview my CEO. But nothing prepared me for self-aggrandizing question after question, for a privileged woman who has built a career off internal and external aggrandizement.
I was aghast, that even tho this is a podcast about her personal journey to the top, how little the show focused on culture, or the individual experiences 250+ employees with her at the helm.
Class action lawsuits, wrongful termination, labor law violation after violation. Ageism, nepotism, favoritism. The whole place she runs is rotten from the core as evidenced by her zero, yes ZERO percent approval rating on Glassdoor. The entire episode I yearned for just ONE question about how the topic at hand, her life experiences, may have led to how she views leadership in regards to the health of teams she is leading.
I implore you, with the influence on culture that you have via this podcast, to focus less on how wonderful their meteoric rises to the top have been, and devote at least some portion of the interview to what they’ve done with that power. And what they individually are doing to insure the wellbeing (at work) of those in their stead.
Otherwise all this will be is a standing ovation that nepobabies had their rise, and power hoarded, with no regard for those left in their wake. Thank you from Los Angeles.
Always a good time
I always look forward to every single episode that comes out, and that’s not always the case with some podcasts. People who complain about depth, why? This is a podcast on peoples careers, it’s a story they’re telling, not an episode on how to heal yourself. I personally love that it’s just a conversation between two career driven women that already know each other, makes it an easy listen. And they live in a world I don’t, which is a plus!