Susie Saltzman is a New York City based fine jewelry designer.
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She’s Turning Single Use Recycled Plastic Into Socks
Samantha Tollworthy is the founder of Teddy Locks, a green certified business making socks out of old plastic bottles.
She Created A Modernist Jewelry Line Inspired By Science and Mathematics
Ariadne Kapelioti is a Thessaloniki, Greece-based jewelry designer.
She’s A Stylist Providing More Than Just Wardrobe Overhauls
Laura Fedock is the founder of Life + STYLE by Laura, where she works as a personal shopper and wardrobe consultant.
She Wants To Spread Positive Vibes Through Her Apparel Designs
Sarulatha Gajapathy is the founder of Bohozena.
These Sisters Are Crafting Classic British Wardrobe Staples
Rosie van Cutsem & Lucia Ruck Keene are the sister founders and CEOs of TROY London.
She’s Bringing Bohemian Flare To Plus-Size Fashion
Kali Hancock is the founder of Belle and Broome, a line of plus-size clothing.
She Wanted to Make Jewelry – Now She Has An Entire Line Of Clothing, Accessories & Home Goods
Emily Johnson Kisa is the founder of KISA, a boutique and e-commerce site.
She’s Empowering Women Through Microfinance and Seamless Underwear
Renata Black is the founder of EBY, a social enterprise making seamless underwear and lifting women out of poverty.
She’s Reducing Textile Waste With Her Up-Cycled Fashion Line
Bhavini Parikh is the founder of Bunko Junko, an eco-friendly fashion line using textile waste to help combat pollution and climate change.
She Always Wanted to Be an Entrepreneur — And Then She Found The Right Idea
Eri Kikunaga is the founder of Chrysmela, a maker of secure earring backs.
She’s Bringing ‘Hella’ Back With Her Northern California-Inspired Clothing Line
Fearon DeWeese is the founder of Hella Shirt Co., a clothing line paying homage to her home state of California.
She’s Bringing Sarees Back into Mainstream Fashion
Prerna Sinha is the founder of Urbane Essence, a line of high end sarees designed for the modern Indian woman.
She’s Bringing Stylish and Comfortable Apparel to Breastfeeding Moms
Deeanne Akerson is the founder of Kindred Bravely, a chic line of maternity & new mom clothes.
She’s A Designer Who Craved Creative Freedom – So She Started Her Own Studio
Floriane Schmitt is the founder of Flo Home Delights, a textile studio crafting unique purses, clutches and cushions.
She’s Helping the Homeless – And Inspiring Others To Do So As Well
Marisa Sheff is the founder of Sock Footage, a social enterprise that donates a pair of socks to the homeless with every pair purchased.
She Started Making Healing Crystal Jewelry for Herself – Now Celebrities Are Wearing Her Creations
Melissa Randazzo is the founder of True Warrior Jewelry, a line of healing crystal bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
She’s Helping Women in Rural Kenya Become Financially Independent
Ellyn Ito is the founder of Seeds to Sew International, a non-profit with the mission of improving the lives of women and girls through education and job training.
She Started an Initiative to Help Women in Domestic Violence Shelters — It Grew Into A Sustainable Apparel Business
Hayley Santell is the founder of MADI Apparel, a social enterprise fashion line that donates to a woman in need for every purchase made.
She’s Making Functional Apparel From Recycled Plastic – and Giving Back to Communities in Need
Jen Perry is the founder of Jelt, an eco-friendly elastic belt line that hires locally and gives back globally.
She’s Making Sure Women in Their Prime Aren’t Held Back by Hot Flashes
Li Hayes started the Hugg Company to provide women experiencing hot flashes with a cooling scarf that is fashionable and affordable.
She Wanted to Create a Lifestyle Brand for Women in Their Forties
Tania Richardson started her lifestyle brand Hey Lady to cater to a market she believed to be overlooked: women in their forties.
She Saw Opportunity in a Single Handmade Textile
Tarang Vivarang is the founder of Vivarang, an Indian-based fashion site selling handmade sarees, dubattas and stoles.
She’s Running a Luxury Footwear Company From The Comfort of Her Own Home
Emanuela Loppo’s company Mastra Ma’ makes comfortable high-end shoes for working women.
Her Business is Dedicated to Helping a Family Who Once Saved Hers
Sue Frecklington’s quilt company Granny Maud and the Old Grump donates its profits to medical research to help a cherished family across the pond.
She Found Purpose Again After A Life Changing Accident
Amy Searle creates colorful decorative objects through her online store Rainbow Poochy.
She’s Turning Contemporary Art Into Affordable Ready-to-Wear Jewelry
Olga Alexander is an installation artist who transforms her large works into pieces for her jewelry line Nodes Collection.
How a Cross-Country Move and Two Chickens Changed Her Life
Andie Cohen-Healy found herself making a huge career change from television to fashion with her company The Feathered Head.
Tired of Bathtime Meltdowns, This Mompreneur Came Up With A Onesie Solution
Angelyn Myers created The Original My Buddy Towel to keep her kids dry, warm and free of fits after bath time.
Donna Karan Opens Up About Fashion, Failure and the Force That Drives Her
During a recent conversation, the iconic fashion designer turned social entrepreneur urged women just starting out in business to tune in to their gifts and where they’re being guided.
She’s Making Stylish Protective Clothing for Female Scientists
Beau Wangtrakuldee founded AmorSui the first professional apparel line that protects and empowers female scientists
They’re Taking the B.S. Out of Bra Shopping
Jenna Kerner and Jane Fisher launched Harper Wilde to support and empower women with well made reasonably priced bras
After a Daughter’s Struggle with Suicidal Thoughts, She Decided to Raise Awareness
Amanda Sanderson created SHB Apparel to lift spirits and send a powerful message
These Phoenix Sisters Launched a $25 Million Eco-Chic Business
Ann and Jenny Siner’s “cute, clean and current” consignment shops keep used items out of the trash.
How ‘Orange is the New Black’ Inspired This Luxury T-Shirt Company
At Road Twenty-Two, founded by Iranian immigrant Fif Ghobadian in San Francisco, women who served time in prison get a second chance.
Melissa Austria is Building the Retail Store of the Future
The feisty owner of Toronto menswear retailer Gotstyle is mixing and matching old-school service and digital technologies in a bid to survive — and thrive — in an increasingly tough industry.
Taking Charge in a Menswear World
Melissa Austria is flourishing by offering men affordable style just they way they want it.
A Fashion Brand Keeps Its Sewing in the US
Jan Erickson of Janska is trying a lean manufacturing strategy to produce her American-made apparel.
Shining a Light on Latin America’s Artisans
Amanda Judge of Faire Collection finds a rewarding career in the markets of Ecuador.
Tory Burch: Think of Negativity as Noise
Fashion powerhouse Tory Burch talks to Claudia Chan about ignoring the skeptics who initially criticized her business.
Making the Next Move a Success
Social entrepreneur Nancy Lublin talks to Claudia Chan about why she left her startup Dress for Success to turn around a flailing company.
Turning Body Parts Into a Business
Judi Henderson-Townsend of Oakland, Calif., has been selling, renting and recycling mannequins for nearly 15 years. This year, she hopes to achieve an elusive goal: Become a million-dollar business.
Joi Gordon on Dressing Disadvantaged Women for Success
One-time prosecutor Joi Gordon quit the legal profession to lead nonprofit Dress for Success. She talks to lifestyle expert Claudia Chan about how a suit can change a woman’s life.
Woman Entrepreneur Turns Steel into Eco-Jewelry
Joy Opfer left her internet job to return to her steel industry roots and hand craft eco-jewelry, now worn by top celebrities.
Bras Free Women From Sex Trafficking
What to do with those old bras stuffed in the back of your drawer? Watch how a suburban mom is using them to save women from sex trafficking.
Entrepreneur Helps Indigenous Women Stitch Up Their Daughters’ Future
In 2004 Ruth DeGolia, traveled to Guatemala to conduct research for her Yale thesis on the effects of globalization in a country torn apart by civil war.
Vienne Cheung, Founder, VienneMilano: A Hollywood Star Crashed My Launch Party
Vienne Cheung is Founder of VienneMilano, a luxury hosiery brand and online boutique dedicated exclusively to thigh high stockings.
Young Entrepreneur: Tara Haughton
The Story Exchange is devoting the month of April to profiling young women who have started their own business. This week we meet Tara Haughton, from Ireland, who founded Rosso Solini at the age of 16.
Entrepreneur Sells the Shirt Off Her Back
Elim Chew started her company selling imported clothing and accessories after she literally sold the shirt off her back at an incredibly high price.
Learning Business Lessons From Mom
Adrienne Ma is taking the lessons she learned from her family’s traditional retail business to the web selling luxury items on her high-end e-commerce site.