Tag: New York

FAUBOURG Voices: Yomi Abiola

FAUBOURG is proud to introduce a new video series featuring strong and inspiring women. Women we love because of their commitment to doing good, to living consciously and to bettering the lives of those around them.

In the first installment of FAUBOURG Voices, meet Yomi Abiola. The former model and journalist is now a media entrepreneur who devotes her energy and wisdom to helping women stand fully in their power. 

Full interview below.

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Mengly Hernandez

MEET: Mengly Hernandez of LINEA Germania

A chance silk screening class led stylist, textile artist, and designer Mengly Hernandez to begin creating scarves for friends and family. The word spread quickly about Hernandez’s gorgeous handmade pieces and she launched her line LINEA Germania in response. We sat down with the artist/designer to talk about the ethics that drive her brand, her recent trip to Nepal and how it all began with a lucky encounter in New York.

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Cienne NewYork designer Sustainable brand

MEET: Nicole Heim of New York Label Cienne

“I always had a desire to understand the business side of fashion,” says Cienne founder and creative director Nicole Heim. A designer trained at L.A.’s Fashion Institute of Design and N.Y.C.’s Fashion Institute of Technology, Heim worked in corporate design at global retailer Victoria’s Secret for years before finding herself creatively unsatisfied and frustrated with the waste involved in corporate fashion. 

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