Fashion & Founders The Podcast · Victoria Smith

Cynthia Rowley: How to Make it in Fashion in NYC

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It's about appreciating smaller successes, not expecting explosive growth from the beginning.

Victoria Smith interviews Cynthia Rowley, CFDA Founders Award winner, about her fashion career journey from making clothes at age seven to founding one of New York's iconic fashion houses. They discuss breaking into the industry without formal fashion training, building a sustainable business, navigating global trends and macroeconomic challenges, the importance of early recognition and cumulative success, and New York City's role as creative inspiration. Cynthia emphasizes reading industry news daily, taking creative risks in runway shows, and viewing success as continuous starting over.

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