Manic Metallic

“One couldn’t help but to think during the [2023 Drexel Fashion] show, however, that the majority of these extraordinarily talented students – of which there were 34 that showed the final collections of their respective academic careers – were likely going to leave the city of Philadelphia and take their well-honed fashion skill sets with them. And that is truly unfortunate.

But why are they leaving? Well, what else would anyone have them do, considering that there is almost nowhere for them to go to continue building their professional skills in Philadelphia?”

We take a deeper dive into why the city of Philadelphia’s fashion industry loses much of its top-tier fashion talent once those students finish their studies — and what can be done to remedy this issue — in our latest article.

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In Episode 47, we speak with Leslie Gallin, past president of footwear for Informa Markets and current consultant in the fashion industry.

Among the topics that we discuss are:

- Her time working with the inimitable Alber Elbaz at Geoffrey Beene

- The traits that you need to make it in the fashion industry

- Why fashion creatives need to enhance their business knowledge of the business side of the industry

- Why asking for help in fashion is beneficial

- How to tell a story with your brand for the market without selling your soul

- Why it is so hard to get standardized clothing sizes in fashion

- And more!

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