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By Katherine Ferrara Johnson
WOMEN IN FASHION
t seems men still dominate almost every
industry today, from technology and medicine
to media. If any industry should be led by
women, it's fashion, but with less than half of the
labels in recent runway shows from women, it
seems that even the fashion industry looks like
another boys club. Despite the fact that most
fashion brands cater to a woman's wants and needs,
very few women executives led fashion houses or
specialty retailers.
The good news is that men aren't making all the
headlines in fashion. We found some of the top
entrepreneurial female designers and fashion retail
executives who know the power of marketing
trends to consumers. GRAVITAS Magazine sat
down with some of these women living in our own
community who are shaping the fashion industry
today. They share their personal and professional
successes, as well as, challenges and lessons they
learned along the way.
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