The Style That Binds Us podcast

Our Co-Founder, Delia Folk, worked at Barneys New York on the buying team for 4 years. After leaving Barneys to pursue The Style That Binds Us full-time, she started working with emerging brands as a brand consultant to help them with brand & business strategies for wholesale & D2C. Delia talks to us about how she works with brands to give them lots of tips & tricks + insights into the life & mind of a buyer. In this episode, you’ll also get to learn what working on the buying team at Barneys was like. We hope you enjoy!

https://thestylethatbindsus.com/services

We are excited to be here today with Amanda de Montal! She began her life spending time at the Armagnac cellars at her family’s property in Gascony. She traveled the world & returned to Paris for her latest chapter. She previously worked at L'Oreal and has started 3 companies, a bikini brand, a consulting firm, and most recently, Amanda de Montal which has fragrance, diffusors, candles & more. Every single detail of this brand has been thought out, and we can’t wait for you to learn about it!

https://thestylethatbindsus.com/from-her-armagnac-cellars-in-gascony-to-you-our-interview-with-home-fragrance-founder-amanda-de-montal/

We are excited to have Angela Kim, Founder of Savor Beauty on our podcast. Savor Beauty is a plant-based skincare line, inspired by Korean beauty rituals. Each product is handmade in small batches with certified organic ingredients, and used in their 3 holistic spas (West Village, Upper West Side & Upstate NY). Angela is also a concert pianist. The products smell incredible, and are very calming to use because of that!! She has built her business from scratch to a multi-million dollar enterprise.

https://thestylethatbindsus.com/self-care-is-the-first-step-to-living-a-more-intentional-life/

We are excited to have Karissa Bodnar of the vegan & cruelty-free brand, Thrive Causemetics, on our podcast today! She started her company from a small apartment and has grown it into a multi-million dollar business. Her company gives back to a variety of charities which include: domestic abuse, cancer, homelessness, re-entering the workforce, and veterans. We have tried out the products & love them & highly recommend them!! 

https://thrivecausemetics.com/

In our latest podcast episode, we interview Amanda Reiss who is the Chief Marketing Officer at Living Proof. She went to Cornell & got her MBA at Wharton. Before starting at Living Proof, she worked as a consultant at IBM, as the VP of Strategy & Analytics at Digitas, and was the CMO at both UNREAL Candy & Saucony. Living Proof was created by stylists working with biotech scientists from MIT. Their products are free of silicones, parabens, phthalates, and animal testing, they are non-toxic, and safe for color and chemically treated hair. 

https://thestylethatbindsus.com/how-living-proof-hair-products-changed-the-hair-care-space-forever/

We are interviewing Lauren Pearson & Emily Lassiter from The Wealth Edit to talk all things finance. Women, especially from the South, have a hard time talking about money, & we want to help change that. Lauren worked at Merrill Lynch for almost 9 years as a Wealth Management Advisor & Financial Planner. She started Somerset Advisory in 2016, which is a boutique financial firm. Emily worked as a lawyer and Private Wealth Advisor before joining The Wealth Edit in December 2019. They both live in Alabama like Alison! 

1) $10 off the first month of membership. The code is STYLE10 https://www.wealthedit.com/offers/xs22AgYU?coupon_code=STYLE10 

2) Sites of places to start investing: www.ellevest.com and https://www.facetwealth.com/ 

3) Books referenced: 

Carl Richards: Behavior Gap: https://rstyle.me/+2eyB8txyaoK9lJ50oPCG1g  

Peter Mallouk Five Mistakes: https://rstyle.me/+fDeq5QXlekZcZEGabidP9w 

4) Places to begin watching your finances: https://www.wealthedit.com/minimalism Apps: You need a budget and Mint.com

5) How to reach Lauren & Emily: Private practice: https://somerset.hightoweradvisors.com/ and The Wealth Edit: https://www.wealthedit.com/ 

Breanne is from Detroit, MI. She had the opportunity to attend culinary school in highschool, moved to NYC & immediately started working at Michelin-starred Rouge Tomate. She co-founded the Women’s March, worked at Facebook as a pastry chef & is now the founder of Stir The Nation. She considers herself a Cheftivist. She was recognized as Glamour Woman of the Year, “International Woman of the Year” by Harper’s Bazaar!

https://www.bybreanne.com/
https://www.stirthenation.org/

Today we are with Delano Saporu of New Street Advisors Group! New Street Advisors Group focuses on providing financial planning and investment management services to his clients. He worked at Credit Suisse in Investment Banking before starting his own company. We are excited to speak with him today & ask lots of financial questions that we think you’ll find helpful! Delia was on his podcast, Your Money. Your Life., recently so make sure to listen to that episode too!

http://newstreetadvisorsgroup.com/

Chloé Bollore is a pop artist based in Paris. In this interview we learn all about how she creates her work, her favorite spots in Paris, how she balances being a mother of four & working and so much more!

https://www.chloepopart.com/

Lydia Courteille is a trained gemologist. She is from Paris. She has an incredible jewelry brand and store that is a must-visit the next time you’re in Paris. She’s been making jewelry for 30 years (which started as a hobby of collecting antique jewels), and has had the store for 20 years. Her pieces are truly works of art. Some notable clients of hers include: Madonna, Catherine Deneuve, Elizabeth Taylor, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie among others. She is recommended by none other than Karl Lagerfeld himself!

https://www.lydiacourteille.com/