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WinHers United the podcast is a women empowerment platform that is based on four pillars: business, mindset, personal development, and self-care. At WinHers United we believe these four pillars are necessary to be a successful entrepreneur. During each season, bi-weekly an ah-mazing Woman of Color entrepreneur is interviewed, and tells us more about her business, mindset, personal development, and self-care journey.
Season 11, Episode 2 features Nichole M. Bess - Founder of Noir Fashion Week formerly known as New York Fashion Week Black, Shaquita Garcia - Founder of AART NYC, and Queen Safa - Founder of Safa Designs. During this compilation episode entitled \\u201cYou Are Fashion\\u201d, Nichole, Shaquita, and Queen Safa talk to us about their evolution and experiences in fashion and the fashion industry. Fashion is so much more than clothes, it is life! AND, You Are Fashion!!
Listen in as Nichole talks about:\\xa0
Nichole\\u2019s Bio
Nichole M. Bess, a born leader hailing from Baltimore, MD, began her career in fashion in New York as an intern for industry pioneers, Russell and Kimora Lee Simons. There she was able to cultivate and develop strong industry relationships through her work during New York Fashion Week. Then introduced to supermodel Naomi Campbell. Shortly thereafter, Ms. Bess began an internship with Campbell\\u2019s PR firm, NC Connect. It was there she discovered her love for public relations. Although she studied Fashion Design and Marketing at the International Academy of Design, PR came to her naturally. She worked closely with the VP of NC Connect and as a result, was afforded the opportunity to work with fashion designers Betsey Johnson, Esteban Cortazar, Rosa Cha, Diesel, Wolford and brands like Saks Fifth Avenue.
Ms. Bess\\u2019 public relations career is one that many would consider successful and glamorous. She established her own firm after just one year in the business, at the tender age of 20. She was able to travel and work on several major projects. 19 years later her work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Vogue, Italian Vogue, CNN, Ebony, 106 & Park, CBS and Cosmopolitan, just to name a few. She found that seeing a dream come true was both fulfilling and gratifying.
In 2022, Ms. Bess changed her trajectory with the participation of the bipoc designer and New York Fashion Week, and built a traveling platform entitled "Noir Fashion Week".
The platform has expanded and is now designed to host over 30 bipoc designers each season in Soho, NY. Since inception, the unprecedented start-up has gained the attention of leading global designers, press and invest-mentors. She looks forward to taking Noir to Sea for a 3-day Cruise installation in September 2023 for S/S 24\'. NFW is set to be an industry power platform with its disruptive style of inclusion.
Learn more about Noir Fashion Week at: http://noirfw.com.
Follow Noir Fashion Week on IG @noirfashionwk.
Follow Nichole on IG @nicholembess.
Listen in as Shaquita talks about:\\xa0
Shaquita\\u2019s Bio
Shaquita Garcia is a designer and artist currently living in NYC with her husband and two children. Her brand, AART, came to be just after leaving the corporate world behind to become a stay-at-home mom.
Shaquita\\u2019s brand AART NYC has been featured in USA Today, Sweet July, Coveteur, and Sports Illustrated.\\xa0
Check out AART NYC at: http://aartnyc.com.
Follow AART NYC on IG @aart_nyc.
Follow Shaquita on IG @theemodernhousewifeny.
Listen in as Queen Safa talks about:\\xa0
Queen Safa\\u2019s Bio
Queen Safa isn\\u2019t just a Fashion Designer, she is an artist. Queen Safa is known for many things in addition to designing fashion which include being a Singer/Songwriter, Poet, Healer/Life Coach, and Fashion Stylist.\\xa0
Queen Safa has always been a creative. Her fashion journey started in High School in 10th grade when a friend, who is still a friend and sister till this day, asked \\u201cWhy don\\u2019t you ever wear skirts?\\u201d As minimal as this may seem, it got Queen Safa out of the shell of wearing baggy shorts and t-shirts everyday and made her begin to develop her own unique style.\\xa0
Her inspiration has always been people, nature, and Prana, the very essence of life. Queen Safa\\u2019s art is driven by emotion. Life experiences, color, patterns, shapes all ignite an emotion in her which pours into her poetry, fashion designs, and songs.\\xa0
Queen Safa is on a mission to show the world art. Her goal is to make women, men, and people feel a positive, strengthening emotion from the fashion, music, and aura she creates.\\xa0
Queen Safa\\u2019s vision is to ignite something in you that will inspire you to be your best, beautiful, brightest self!
Follow Queen Safa on IG @queensafa3rdeye.
Follow Safa Designs on IG @shopsafadesigns.
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