Tony Peralta - Artist 🇩🇴🎨
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Tony Peralta is a pop artist that puts his Dominican culture on canvas. He explains how he left the world of fashion and marketing to becoming an artist with a studio and store in his childhood Dominican community of Washington heights Nueva york. This episode is the person that wants to pivot into a self-sustaining artistic culturally rich career.
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Stephen Hill - Actor 🎬🍿
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In this episode, the actor Stephen hill shares his incredible journey from Hampton University to the film industry. He opens up about the struggle along the way that ultimately led to him getting on television through reprising the iconic role of TC (originally played by Roger E. Mosley) on the new Magnum PI. This conversation is for those that want insight into the industry but also want to hear about what it takes to keep going when you want to quit the most.
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James Ferrell - Sprayground COO & Marketing 👕🎒
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James Ferrell is the Chief Operation Officer and Head of Marketing for Sprayground. This interview touches on how his close to the street mentality has helped him to navigate through retail, sales, and marketing for many major brands.
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Mike Thompson - Freelance Illustrator and Sculptor 🎨🖥
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Mike Thompson is an amazing illustrator and sculpture. His skill set is both in the real and digital world. This episode is for the artist that is looking to maximize their digital workflow and add a couple of tips and tricks into their toolbox.
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Teo Frank ”UNDERDOGS” (director/ producer) 🎬🎾
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Teo Frank is a film director/ producer from the French Alps. He went from filming one of the greatest athletes in the world to making “Underdogs” his first documentary, which is on Netflix and Redbull media. This is an interview to teach you the beauty of being behind the lens.
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Mikhayel Tesfaye -Passport ADV (founder) 🇪🇹👟
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My brother Mikhayel takes us on a trip about how he unpacked the ideas of big brand ideology and piloted his own route in fashion. Please get your passports ready for a great interview of charting your own personal passion brand; and getting back to where it all started.
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Tara St. James - Study NY, Re:Source Library (founder) ♻️👕
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Tara St. James is a phenomenal designer that is pushing the industry to sustainability. This is a great interview that gives a peek into the much need future of fashion.
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Todd Askins - Tactical Distributor (partner), Shmack (founder) 🎖👕
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Todd Askins is a partner in Tactical Distributors which sells various high-end tactical gear. He is also the founder of Shmack with is a Virginia based streetwear brand. Todd explains how he came up in the game and used his Streetwear strategies to make a transition into a new market. Todd’s streetwear approach to product development, marketing, and sales have proven to be a major catalyst for his companies growth.
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Kevin Chao - The Whitaker Group (retail planner) 👟🚨
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Kevin Chao went from getting a degree in city planning to becoming a self-taught fashion design to currently becoming the retail planner for the Whitaker Group. The Whitaker Group houses the various multi-chain stores under the names; A Ma Maniére, Social Status, APB and the stand-alone store Prosper. This is an interview that takes a pragmatic look into brand development and what is needed to have staying power in this ever-evolving industry.
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Stephanie Ogé of SOGÉ Studio 🎨👗
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Stephanie Ogé is the founder and creative director of Sogé studio. She literally brings color to some of the biggest brands on the market. Her company develops textile prints for various international companies such as Nike, Karl by Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, and many more. She found herself transitioning for fashion design to doing patterns and prints out of necessity that now is her business.
info_outlineAntonio Gray is the VP and Divisional Merchandising Manager of Apparel for Down Town Locker Room aka DTLR , an over 250 store retail chain in 19 states. Antonio talks about starting out in the stock room all the way up to becoming a VP and how looking back at his humble beginnings still helps him to navigate effectively to this day. Antonio's knowledge of the industry allows for a great analysis of it and some of the commonalities in some of the great brands over the years. This is definitely an interview for all those looking to understanding the large retail chain mindset, operations, entry, and maintaining a brand at that level.