As someone who built a successful business in the fashion industry from the ground up, Corinne McCormack, CCAS BA ’76, wants to inspire and offer tips and support to budding entrepreneurs. “If you think there is something you want to do, you should go for it,” she says. “I knew I wanted my own company […]
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Harper’s BAZAAR Publisher and Alumna Carol Smith Shares Industry Insights in NYC
Alumni in retail and fashion, journalism, and several other media-related industries gathered at the iconic Hearst Tower in New York City on November 28 for a conversation with Carol Smith, CCAS BA ’71, vice president, publisher, and chief revenue officer of Harper’s BAZAAR. The event also featured Frank Sesno, director of GW’s School of Media […]
Lisa Sugar Reveals the Secret to a Happy Life
It all started in a San Francisco living room in 2005, where Lisa Sugar, CCAS ’98, began fueling her passion for celebrity, fashion, and beauty by writing a blog. At first, the blog was a secret, shared only with a handful of online followers. But when her fan base started to grow, both she and her […]
GW Businesswoman Makes Fashion Affordable
Richa Nihalani, GWSB BBA’12, based her business, Fashionest, on the fashion savvy of today’s Millennials and uses the digital marketing skills she learned at GW to give the trendy women of tomorrow stylish (and affordable) jewelry. “Fashionest was born of a bold, beautiful principle: fine fashion jewelry doesn’t have to break the bank,” Richa explains. […]
Nicole Messier, BS ’11, Empowering Girls to Engineer Creatively
After two years as a consultant at Deloitte, Nicole Messier, BS ’11, traded in her career at one of the “Big Four” audit firms to enroll in a Master’s in Fine Arts program at Parsons The New School for Design. It may seem like an unlikely transition for a former aerospace engineering student, but 26-year-old […]