The Chain's Christina Grasso and Ruthie Friedlander worked with Pietra to create the nine-piece collection, which dropped amid a global pandemic.
We chatted with the founders of The Chain to put together some tips for improving the fashion industry, both inside and out.
Founded by editors Ruthie Friedlander and Christina Grasso, the peer-led support group aims to create a safe place for people to tell their stories and gain insight.
Our next "How to Make It in Fashion" conference is less than two weeks away!
The crème de la crème of show-goer style.
Last night at sunset marked the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. It's one of the holiest holidays for Jews. This year, it happens to coincide with New York fashion week, the most important time of year for anyone who works in the fashion industry. It puts many of us (myself included) in a tight spot.
Women and men from across the world (some as far as Bombay) were sitting on the edge of their seats at our first ever "How to Make it in Fashion" conference a few weeks ago. The topic? How to network (the right way) in this competitive industry. Trust us, the advice was good--and that's because it came from industry pros like Melanie Bender, co-founder & partner of communications firm Post+Beam, Alisa Gould-Simon, co-founder of style sharing app Pose, Amber Venz, president & co-founder of affiliate link program rewardStyle, John Jannuzzi, a contributing editor at Lucky, and Ruthie Friedlander, the senior digital manager for The Row. They may be young, but they still have years of experience and had much knowledge to share. Read on to see what we learned.
Love the Internet? Looking for a career in fashion technology? If your answer to both of these questions is an enthusiastic "yes!", then check out our careers page for some seriously exciting opportunities.
It sounds cliche, but to succeed in this biz, it isn't just what you know, but who you know. Don't have any great connections as of yet? Fear not! We've rounded up some networking masters to show you how it's done at our "Right Ways to Network" panel, happening during our first-ever conference. Here's what to look forward to: