Today we released part one of our interview with fashion industry titan, Fern Mallis. Known as the “godmother of fashion” and founder of New York Fashion Week, her career spans decades as a fashion consultant, author, former senior vice president of IMG Fashion and former executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In addition to running Fern Mallis LLC, she currently hosts the popular 92nd Street Y “Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis” series where she has interviewed over 70 leaders in fashion. 

Outside of the fashion industry, she has raised millions of dollars for AIDS and breast cancer research. Tune in to hear how Fern’s relationship-building approach to business helped her shape her career and the fashion industry!