Grit & Glamour

ChrisTina Lee and Jerome Lamaar to the show, two phenomenal, powerful creatives who began their relationship at Baby Phat, a brand founded by Kimora Lee Simmons. At the time, ChrisTina was working as the VP of Branding at Baby Phat, and recruited the then 15-year old Jerome Lamaar to design. Today, ChrisTina is the Principal at the Love Branding Team, where she works with brands such as Nike, Hello Kitty, and Google, while Jerome has gone from Baby Phat to designing for Beyonce, and continuing to make his mark in fashion through collaborations with future forward brands such as Samsung and Phillips, while launching his new brand, 5:31.

Given the times we are living in, embodying healing is more urgent than ever. But in order to heal our society, we must first learn to find peace and love within ourselves first. The root in any world transformation is the transformation that takes place inside each of us. And in order to foster healthy relationships (whether platonic or romantic), we must learn to have a healthy connection with ourselves. In this conversation, I talk with Surrendered Healing Founder Adelina about how to embark on a healing journey rooted in self-love, so we can be better equipped to attract the kind of healthy relationships that seed healing within our friends, families, and our communities.

On today’s episode, we’re going to hear from Jessica Marati Radpavar, founder of Reconsidered, to share what aspiring sustainability professionals need to know about how to prepare yourself for a career with real impact that goes beyond buzzwords, and instead, into true, meaningful action. Reconsidered is a boutique consultancy that helps companies and orgs build impactful social impact strategies, communications, and community. Reconsidered also curates a fantastic newsletter and job board for sustainability and social impact professionals.

This episode features Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin, founder of Claiming Prosperity and Co-Founder of Community Well. She is proud to have a practice that integrates two of her passions - Holistic Healing and Financial Education. She is a seasoned healing professional who also happens to be a financial professional who helps individuals, families, & business owners to secure their financial futures. 

If you feel like you’ve taken losses this year, I want to introduce you to someone very special to me who has taught me how to establish a winning inner spirit regardless of external circumstances. If you need a beam of sunshine to break through your dark clouds, I encourage you to tune into this episode featuring my dear friend, spiritual mentor, and ✨LUMINARY✨ Dr. Kumiko Endo.

What can the fashion industry learn from indigenous wisdom and traditions? In this episode, Native American designer Delina White talks about her design philosophies, the story behind her creations, what her community has taught her about designing fashion in a way that respects planet and human life, and how the future of fashion can move towards the direction of cultural respect.

The US Elections are just around the corner, and many of us are feeling anxiety over the potential results. In the midst of everything else happening in the world, the fear of what the electoral outcomes may be weighing heavily on our minds. In this episode, I talk with Carri Twigg, who worked under Vice President Joe Biden as the Director of Public Affairs during the Obama Administration, about how we can manage election anxiety, her personal experience working with Joe Biden, how to stand in hope for American regardless of what happens, and of course, the politics of dress.

In this episode, Aditi Mayer, one of the most illuminating voices in the sustainable fashion movement, defines what intersectional sustainability means, and how we can use our power as voters, consumers, influencers, and professionals to advocate for a more inclusive and human approach to environmentalism. If you are someone who wants to use your voice (online and offline) to drive actionable change and/or want to be a more purposeful influencer, this episode is for you.

Who is considered a storyteller? Are you an influencer or work in communications and looking for a meaningful path to launch your career? Then this episode is for you! Join me alongside guests Mariel Jumpa and Lizeth Soto Rivas, co-founders of the Creatives 4 Impact agency, to talk about the role storytellers play in the sustainability movement, and how to find your place in the field.

As a scholar, cultural critic, and author of books like “Liberated Threads”, Tanisha Ford guests on Grit & Glamour for a discussion on how to cultivate space for Black Freedom in fashion and beyond. This conversation will cover a cultural, political, and social lens on fashion, and it’s role in our society. We will explore how and why and how Black women use fashion as a form of resistance and fashion’s role in outfitting social movements.