How'd She Do That?

In today's episode, we wrap up our Holiday Series brought to us by Poppy Gifting with Sister Katie Founder, Katie Roach.  We know listeners will love hearing more about Katie's holiday traditions, how she navigates this time of year as a business owner, and much more. Sister Katie is a women’s ready-to-wear collection that is built on clean lines, classic silhouettes, and pared-back minimalism. Designed for stylish simplicity, our collections are created with a materials-first philosophy, bringing luxury to everyday dressing. Thank you, Poppy Gifting, for sponsoring our Holiday Series! We hope listeners will go back and enjoy all four of our conversations that went live every Friday throughout the month of December. Snuggle up or listen as you drive to a holiday gathering, whatever it is you're up to while you listen we would love to see it! Snap a photo while you're listening and share it with us on social. Happy Holidays!

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Today's guest, Ala von Auerperg, was born Princess Annie-Laurie von Auersperg, Ala Isham is the daughter of Martha “Sunny” Crawford and Prince Alfred von Auersperg of Austria. Ala grew up between Kitzbühel, Austria, New York City, and Newport, RI where a legacy of style led her to create Ala von Auersperg in 2015, a collection of elegant silhouettes and vibrant proprietary prints created from her own artwork depicting scenes of nature and from her travels.  Ala’s passion for creating clothes that enhance a woman’s confidence also underpins her philanthropic work. In 1985, she co-founded the National Center for Victims of Crime, an organization that provides victims of crime with rights, protection, and services to help them rebuild their lives. In 1986, she founded the Brain Trauma Foundation, which she created in homage to her late mother, and supports ongoing research on traumatic brain injuries.  Together with her conservation efforts, Ala is committed to empowering women through beauty and instilling confidence and strength. Ala's brand has grown rapidly over the last few years as her beautiful and unique artwork provides the patterns for her pieces. You can shop her pieces online and at her stores in Charleston, South Carolina, Palm Beach, Florida, and New York City.

In today's episode, we continue our holiday series brought to you by Poppy Gifting! Today's guest, Stephanie Nass earned her BA in Art History at Columbia University and her Grand Diplôme in Professional Culinary Arts at the International Culinary Center in NYC.  Chefanie was founded by New York-based caterer, culinary influencer, and designer, Stephanie Nass. Stephanie studied the culinary arts as a young woman in France and the stage at some of the most highly-rated restaurants in Manhattan. In 2014, she founded Victory Club to bring together friends of friends over the culinary and visual arts. In 2016, she created Chefanie Sheets, an innovative dessert accessory to elevate any store-bought or homemade dessert. In 2019, she launched tableware and accessories for home entertaining. Chefanie's eye-catching designs have been featured on The Today Show, New York Times, Town & Country Magazine, O Magazine, Refinery29, Real Simple, and Tasting Table. Stephanie's dinner club and passion for food have been mentioned by Vogue, Wall Street Journal, Harpers Bazaar, Food & Wine Magazine, InStyle Magazine, NY Magazine. We know listeners will enjoy today's holiday-themed conversation!

Today's guest, Kimberley Cohen, left home at an early age to discover the world. Kimberley spent 8 years in the United States splitting her time between New York and Los Angeles. She studied at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles and her first professional experience was in fashion. Inspired by the pioneering business spirit of the West Coast, she quickly embarked on the company’s great adventure, launching a seasonal furnished rental business in Los Angeles.  In 2015, equipped with this international experience, she joined the growing family group and became Maisons Pariente’s Artistic Director. Her focus is on the identity of hotel projects, their positioning, promotion, and their sourcing. Curious about the spirit of the times, nothing is more exciting to her than imagining the atmosphere of a place, from the tableware to the olfactory signature and the choice of bedroom amenities, a special touch for guests of the Maisons Pariente hotels - which include some of the most beloved hotels in the world! 

In today's episode, we continue our holiday series brought to you by Poppy Gifting! Rose Room is a collection as much as it is a concept: a way to celebrate togetherness, grounded in a sense of place. Louise Denny and Ally Lewis were colleagues, then friends, then business partners – and now, Rose Room founders. Rose Room clothing is about ease, comfort, timelessness, and quality — meant for spending time with great people and having fun. They are drawn to interiors with soul and the people and stories they have held — both in our designs and in our daily lives. It goes back to the idea of being together…a beautiful space becomes something more when filled with energy and people. In this way and many others, the lines between decor and fashion blur for us all. Quite simply, Rose Room is inspired by being together. Louise and Ally hope to create a brand that connects people in meaningful ways, and we’re so happy to introduce you to them today!

Today's guest, Caroline Bramlett, began LCB STYLE as a creative outlet during her freshman year of college as a fashion design major, and when her college path took a nontraditional turn (which you'll hear about in today's episode), her blog grew into so much more! Since 2015, Caroline has been creating fashion, travel, and beauty stories to share with her readers and friends on LCBSTYLE.COM. Caroline has been thrilled to partner with fashion and travel brands, hotels, and destinations around the world to bring products and places to life through visual storytelling on my site and social channels. 6+ years of creating professional content for her blog + social channels led her to discover and embrace the passion she has for helping others create beautiful imagery. Upon moving to Palm Beach, Florida in 2019, Caroline began offering photography services to clients. Working with photography clients is now her main focus of work, and she feels so lucky to work with brands, creatives, designers, couples and families from across the country to create striking images that share the story of each brand + individual in a beautiful way. With experience being both in front and behind the lens, Caroline brings a unique perspective to photoshoots, helping clients create images that inspire and perform well across platforms. We know you'll love hearing her story!

In today's episode, we launch our holiday series brought to you by Poppy Gifting!  Poppy Gifting knows there’s an art to successful gifting: nailing the right balance of someone’s style and interests while hitting the perfect note of sentimentality. When done well, gifting has the power to bolster trust, which is the foundation of loving relationships and vital to business collaboration. Willa’s experience in operations and merchandising at Louis Vuitton instilled a high-touch approach to the fine details, while Peggy’s background in customer relations at One Kings Lane cemented the value of thoughtful human connection in a digital environment. They founded Poppy Gifting to celebrate gifting in all its forms. A recurring theme throughout their careers in customer service, business development, partnership, and sales was that gifts have the power to strengthen relationships in unimaginable ways. Acknowledgment in the form of a spot-on gift can be the key to business development by fostering camaraderie and promoting innovation. That's why they offer not only personal gifting but thoughtful professional gifting services, too. We know you'll enjoy this episode!

Today's guests, Leah Melby Clinton, and Hannah Weil McKinley are the ladies behind In Kind Magazine. In Kind is an independent, biannual magazine focused on capturing the conversations modern women are having as they navigate motherhood, career, and personal style. It's slow, conscious content dedicated to exploring the good life. When they couldn't find the content they wanted to read as they advanced in their careers, started families, and began wondering how to balance all of it, Leah and Hannah decided to create it themselves. The women they know live insanely multi-faceted lives, equal parts mother and friend and partner and careerist. She is passionate and curious, driven by a fierce ambition in all aspects of her life, and unwilling to give up the pursuits that make her who she is as an individual.  Leah Melby Clinton, Editor and Founder is a writer, an editor, a wife, a sister, a friend—and a mother. Her entire career has been spent in media (and she still works in fashion today), yet through all of her reporting and interviewing and musing, she began to feel like something was missing as she settled into her 30s, had her first child, and started to yearn for something slower; more traditional, yet not traditional. Suspicious that there were others out there like her—women who were pulled in different directions by wanting to focus on themselves and their families simultaneously— she decided to formalize the conversations she'd been having with people, collecting them in a place that would arrive, physically, in your mailbox.  Hannah Weil McKinley, Founding Editor is a storyteller who's always been innately interested in style. That’s where her day job has taken her for over a decade in fashion media. But after the birth of her first daughter in 2018, she found she was compelled to share more candidly—about motherhood, about womanhood, and about the things that go along with it.  It’s that connection that makes In Kind so special, a curation of creatives and their stories that bring us all a little closer while acknowledging the many complicated, beautiful parts of being a woman navigating motherhood and the life she wants with it.

In today's final episode of our Thanksgiving Series, we welcome Mrs. Southern Social onto the show! Mary shares southern hospitality, tradition with a twist, and a bit of sarcasm. That’s what you’ll find with Mary Hollis Huddleston, on Mrs. Southern Social. Mary is a Nashville native who loves entertaining at home but is also a very busy gal. She doesn't have time, nor does she want to be in the DIY business. Mary believes in the power of “delegation,” in that by utilizing all the amazing party resources available, you can actually enjoy hosting beautiful events and celebrating life creatively. For a while, Mary loved planning parties so much that she made a living doing it for others. She started in the event-planning business in Dallas right after graduating from college. One marriage, one baby, and eight years later, she “retired” from wedding planning, and moved back to Nashville to settle down for good.  Since then she started, Please Be Seated, an event rental company, which makes it very convenient for Mary to rent items for the parties she now hosts at home. You'll love hearing Mary's holiday plans as well as her tips and tricks for staying sane this holiday season.