Category: Founders Series

How HYER GOODS Created Unparalleled Quality Through Smart Sourcing

Responsibly Sourced Pieces Dana Cohen is founder of HYER GOODS: a brand that’s taking on the leather waste issue with style & sustainability a hyer standard For Dana Cohen, founder and owner of HYER GOODS, reducing waste is a core principle of her business, and she’s finding creative, cost effective resources amidst a supply chain […]

How SKNMUSE is filling a gap in Black beauty with its line of luxury bodycare

Beauty for all Inclusive, Elevated Ezinne’s Beginning Recently, I caught up with Ezinne Iroanya, founder of SKNMUSE and greatly enjoyed learning more about how her brand is offering an elevated self-care ritual for the modern Black woman through bodycare. Ezinne shared that she has always wanted to work in the beauty industry. Her first job […]

How A Teen-Founded Swim Brand Took On Climate Change & The Supply Chain

Battling the supply chain crisis with Innovative, Inclusive Swimwear Kayla Bell: Diving into sustainability Arrow + Phoenix Swim is not your typical swimwear line and founder Kayla Bell is not your typical swimwear founder. To start, she founded the company at just sixteen years old as a high school student back in 2012. While most […]

The Supply Chain Strategy That Has Helped Sylven NYC Create a Top-Notch Customer Experience

Handcrafted in Italy with Plant-based Materials Intentionally designed to standout Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Casey Dworkin, Founder and CEO of Sylven New York. Sylven New York creates sustainable vegan leather shoes, made from innovative plant-based fabrics, like apple leather sourced from organic apple waste and linings created from corn and […]

How OY-L Skincare is Building its Customer Base through Transparency and Education

Clean & Conscious Skincare that Inspires Trust Beauty without secrets Andrea Pierce-Naymon is the Founder and mastermind behind OY-L Skincare. Like many women of her generation, she purchased skincare products for years and never once looked at the label. As a teenager she found skincare and cosmetics within her price range at the drug store […]

KIERIN Represents A Growing Number of Brands Exploring Innovation Across their Supply Chain

DTC, Supply Chain of the Future &: KIERIN NYC’s Ascent into Fragrance Royalty “The company authentically embodies the brand owners’ bold and uncompromising stance” KIERIN NYC is an American perfumery brand independently owned and founded by Mona Maine de Biran and her husband, beauty veteran, Didier Maine de Biran. The company authentically embodies the brand […]

Natural Rough And The Rise of Decentralized Distribution

Social Enterprises Are Revolutionizing the Fashion Industry Expertly Crafted pieces from Worldwide Destinations. Natural Rough is on a mission to tell a story, but in an unconventional way–through fabrics. Each of the brand’s pieces offer a unique opportunity to tell generational stories of indigenous lands and highlight the artisans who occupy those spaces.  Founded in […]