Hayley Paige: Reclaiming Her Name

About this episode

Hayley Paige shares her journey of reclaiming her identity and rights after losing everything she built in the wedding dress industry.

From the time she was a little girl, Hayley Paige knew exactly what she wanted to do — design wedding dresses. And she did it. By her early thirties she had a million Instagram followers, a recurring spot on Say Yes to the Dress, and gowns selling in hundreds of stores worldwide. And then she lost all of it. Her name. Her Instagram. Her right to design. Even her right to publicly call herself Hayley Paige. What followed was years of fighting in court, broke, locked out of everything she had built, just to reclaim what should have been hers from the start. And when she finally did, she turned that experience into something bigger, founding A Girl You Might Know Foundation and She Is Cheval to make sure other women don't have to go through the same thing.

People in this episode

Guest: Hayley Paige

Topics covered

• wedding dress design
• personal struggle
• legal battles
• women empowerment
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Hayley Paige
• wedding dresses
• legal fight
• women's rights
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A Girl You Might Know Foundation, She Is Cheval

Books & works: Say Yes to the Dress

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