How Emma Grede built billion-dollar empires – twice

About this episode

Emma Grede discusses her journey as a businesswoman and fashion designer, sharing insights on workplace culture and empowering women.

Today, we have a very special guest…the incredible Emma Grede, businesswoman, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. Emma is behind some of the world’s biggest brands, including Skims and Good American. Rhi and Emma have a wide-ranging conversation about everything from workplace culture and career-building, how to best uplift the women around you, the brands she thinks are really cutting through right now, and much more. Love the podcast? You'll adore our weekly newsletter, too. Subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/iI829A Join us over on socials to see what our Style-ish family of incredible content creators are wearing, buying and trying. We’re on Instagram @style_ishau and TikTok @style_ishau. Big thanks to Merit for making this episode of Style-ish possible! They’re the minimalist beauty brand making you feel your best in minutes. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Your hosts today were Rhiannon Joyce (@rhiannonjoyce), Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe (@maddisonsullivanthorpe), and Emma Grede (@emmagrede) was the guest. And here’s a link to the reccos we made throughout: Mads’ word of the week: The Chanel ‘25 handbag…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rhiannon Joyce, Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe

Guest: Emma Grede

Topics covered

• business
• entrepreneurship
• fashion
• women empowerment
• workplace culture

Keywords

• Emma Grede
• Skims
• Good American
• entrepreneurship
• women empowerment
• fashion design
• workplace culture

Sponsors

Merit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Skims, Good American

Books & works: Start with Yourself, The Chanel ‘25 handbag campaign

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