“ At the expense of sounding cliche, anything is possible. And even what you don’t think is possible, it is possible.”
KD: any recommendations for books or things people of color can do to study “the game,” or learn more about the fashion industry? Do you have BD: “Teri Agins has two books that are fantastic; I would tell them to read both of those. They are incredible. One is ‘Hijacking the Runway.’ The other is ‘The End of Fashion.’” KD: What is one piece of advice you would like readers to take away from this conversation, as they fight to change the world and make it a better place? BD: “At the expense of sounding cliché, anything is possible. And even what you don’t think is possible, it is possible. But, you have to be willing to go for it — and that takes courage. It takes faith and it takes being uncomfortable. But it’s possible. So many things happened in my life that I couldn’t even have dreamt of. Sometimes we see a problem and we think: Somebody really needs to fix that ... Well, that somebody is us. We are the somebody to fix it!” •
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