Hayley Paige: What I Wish I Knew Before My Name Became The Brand (it almost cost me everything)

About this episode

Hayley Paige discusses her journey as a wedding dress designer and the challenges she faced in reclaiming her name and identity after a legal battle.

Wedding dress designer Hayley Paige sits down with Maggie Sellers Reum to talk about contributing to a $220M bridal brand, that challenged her identity, and her fight to win back the right to use her own name! Before Hayley became one of bridal fashion’s most recognisable names, she was a young designer signing what looked like her dream contract. Years later, that same opportunity turned into a legal battle that left her unable to use her own name commercially, forced her to hand over her social media passwords, and stripped her of the identity she had spent years building. Hayley opens up about the contract mistake she wishes more women understood, why she paid $263,000 to buy back her name and IP, and how money gave her the freedom to escape one of the hardest chapters of her life! They also get into modern wedding trends, Gen Z brides, Vogue weddings, coloured dresses, Taylor Swift’s dream dress, and the Bad Bunny Super Bowl bride moment. Get unselfish access to the insights that will help you own the room. Sign up now https://linkly.link/2jPXJ #HayleyPaige #Wedding #Lawsuit #Bridal Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro(00:02:37) How Bridal Has Changed(00:03:26) Don’t Wear A White…

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Sellers Reum

Guest: Hayley Paige

Topics covered

• bridal fashion
• legal battles
• identity
• wedding trends
• Gen Z brides
• contract mistakes

Keywords

• bridal brand
• contract
• identity
• wedding trends
• social media
• legal battle
• Gen Z brides
• Taylor Swift dress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vogue

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