Interviews By Category: "Fashion"

George Zimmer - The Men’s Wearhouse

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: George Zimmer | Episode: 395 | Date: December 29, 2012

The founder and CEO of the Men’s Wearhouse is still at the helm after more than 35 years. Back then, he put up his own sign with a 100-foot extension cord and sold sport coats for $25. Today he has more than 1200 stores and 15,000 employees, but it hasn’t been a straight shot to the top. Like any entrepreneur, he’s made tough choices, he’s gone to super-human lengths for customers and employees. He’s talking to us now, and he’s telling stories about the adventure. Russ visits with a man he calls “the Chuck Norris of men’s apparel.” It’s a great story.

Esther Freedman - Cuteheads.com

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Esther Freedman | Episode: 369 | Date: June 30, 2012

Our own Esther Steinfeld Freedman is a featured guest. She is about to launch Cuteheads, a line of children’s clothing and accessories. Esther is buying fabric, hiring designers, having clothes manufactured, and is developing her website. She’s very much in startup mode, believing she learned all she needed from her entrepreneur father, and from her interviews for the BusinessMakers Show.

Women Mean Business - Chloe Dao

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Chloe Dao | Episode: 366 | Date: June 09, 2012

Women Mean Business host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Chloe Dao, women’s apparel designer and founder of Chloe Dao.

Women Mean Business - Chloe Dao

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Chloe Dao | Episode: 356 | Date: March 31, 2012

Women Mean Business host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Chloe Dao, founder of design firm Chloe Dao.

Women Mean Business - Chloe Dao

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Chloe Dao | Episode: 350 | Date: February 18, 2012

Women Mean Business host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Chloe Dao, women’s apparel designer extraordinaire.

Women Mean Business - Janet Gurwitch

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Janet Gurwitch | Episode: 316 | Date: June 25, 2011

WMB host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Janet Gurwitch, founder of Laura Mercier Cosmetics & Skincare.

Women Mean Business - Janet Gurwitch

Interviewer: Leisa Holland-Nelson | Guest: Janet Gurwitch | Episode: 309 | Date: May 07, 2011

WMB host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Janet Gurwitch, founder and former CEO of Laura Mercier Cosmetics & Skincare.

George Zimmer - The Men’s Wearhouse

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: George Zimmer | Episode: 288 | Date: December 11, 2010

The founder and CEO of the Men’s Wearhouse is still at the helm after more than 35 years. Back then, he put up his own sign with a 100-foot extension cord and sold sport coats for $25. Today he has more than 1200 stores and 15,000 employees, but it hasn’t been a straight shot to the top. Like any entrepreneur, he’s made tough choices, he’s gone to super-human lengths for customers and employees. He’s talking to us now, and he’s telling stories about the adventure. Russ visits with a man he calls “the Chuck Norris of men’s apparel.” It’s a great story.

Chloe Dao, Designer

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld, Russ Capper | Guest: Chloe Dao | Episode: 064 | Date: October 20, 2010

In honor of Houston’s Fashion Week, we’ve got the fabulous Chloe Dao, Project Runway winner, owner of apparel boutique LOT 8, QVC retailer, and entrepreneur extraordinaire. Russ visits with an in-demand designer who is building a fashion empire. Chloe’s parents wanted her to be a doctor or lawyer, but passion won the day and Chloe hasn’t looked back. (“I woke up that morning, made a dress and tried out like everybody.”)

Chloe Dao - Designer

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Chloe Dao | Episode: 280 | Date: October 16, 2010

Russ visits with designer Chloe Dao, Project Runway winner, owner of hot apparel boutique LOT 8, QVC retailer, and entrepreneur extraordinaire. Chloe’s family moved to the U.S. from Laos, Cambodia, when she was eight years old. As a young child, she loved watching the fashion reports on CNN. Despite her parents’ wishes for her to be a doctor or lawyer, passion won the day and Chloe hasn’t stopped since. Today, she is building a fashion empire and loving every minute of it!

Overtime Revisits Nate Alder, Founder and CEO of Klymit

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld, Russ Capper | Guest: Nate Alder | Episode: 044 | Date: May 26, 2010

Russ interviews Nathan Alder, founder and CEO of Klymit, an outdoors technology company, maker of Klymit-Kontrolled outdoor clothing and gear. During a scuba diving trip, he learned that noble gases can be used to provide insulation from frigid temperatures. The company’s first product, an inflatable vest sold online, was sold out immediately and promptly backordered for months. (“Seek out mentors. You gotta have somebody to guide you through it.”)

Flashback - Tom Patterson of Tommy John

Interviewer: Esther Steinfeld | Guest: Tom Patterson | Episode: 258 | Date: May 15, 2010

Tom Patterson hated the way his undershirts fit and changing the brand he used didn’t help, so he took matters into his own hands. Esther Steinfeld flashes back to her interview with the founder of Tommy John, maker of the Second Skin Collection. This was an invention borne of circumstance and necessity. And another entrepreneur steps up to the challenge!

Nate Alder - Founder and CEO of Klymit

Interviewer: Russ Capper | Guest: Nate Alder | Episode: 258 | Date: May 15, 2010

Nathan Alder was a student at Brigham Young University in 2007 when he founded his outdoors technology company. During a scuba diving trip, he learned that noble gases can be used to provide insulation from frigid temperatures. He began recruiting a team to help him develop a line of “Klymit-Kontrolled” outdoor clothing and gear.

Finding Your Competitive Advantage

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: Rishi Narayan | Episode: 034 | Date: March 17, 2010

Katie and Esther interview the founder and CEO of one of the nation’s largest apparel printing and embroidery operations. Rishi Narayan and his best friend founded a t-shirt print shop in Ann Arbor during their college days at the University of Michigan. Anyone can have a print shop, he says, but his store placed a heavy focus on customer service and that made a big difference. Narayan remembers challenges and critical decisions made along the way as he worked to grow his company into the multi-dimensional operation that it has become. (“We try to imprint ourselves in your mind.”)

The Business of Beauty

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: The BusinessMakers | Episode: 030 | Date: February 17, 2010

Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news in a beautiful show that takes a skin-deep look at the Beauty Business. The military is requiring that the “morning-after” pill be available at all U.S. military bases; don’t even THINK about getting pregnant in Iraq! A young beauty queen has thrust tanning beds into the spotlight as cancer-causers. (Have you heard our interview with Throwing Copper?) Some citizens of Colombia believe that Natalia Navarro, Miss Colombia, needs a quick nose job. We discuss cosmetic surgery in a sagging economy; pun intended. (“Have you seen laser ab etching?!”)