Nitika Chopra has empathy like some of us have parking tickets or high heels—in spades. First, she’s a global citizen. Born in Ohio, she moved to Cairo, then Singapore, back to Ohio, on…
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Sarah Chiwaya, the blogger and founder of Curvily and the associate fashion editor at Plus Model Magazine, walks the proverbial walk and talks the proverbial talk. Curvily is about fearlessly bringing plus-size fashion to the…
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Personal Style, Power FiguresEmily Lau, Founder of The Little Bra Company, is Standing up for Small Chests
Earlier in life, our petite power figure Emily Lau was a television writer/producer in California, forever on the prowl for bras that served her 32B chest. She could only find “glorified training bras” or those…
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Personal Style, Pop Culture, Power Figures, The Mind Behind the DesignDita Von Teese on Redefining Glamour
Among lingerie devotees specifically and appreciators of beauty and style in general, Dita Von Teese needs no introduction. She is an iconoclast and an icon, a modern muse and of another era entirely,…
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Inner Beauty, Power Figures, The Mind Behind the DesignSophia Berman and Laura West, Founders of TRUSST Lingerie, are Reinventing the Bra
Truss (noun): structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle Trussed (verb): tied, bound or fastened Trust (noun): confidence; a thing on which one relies Bras are impressive feats of architecture in their own right, but…
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Inner Beauty, Personal Style, Power FiguresFreddy Zappe, Bra Fit Specialist, on the Art of Bra Fitting
Seventeen years ago, when Freddy Zappe started answering the phones at the bra company that would become Eveden—renowed for its full-bust brands including Elomi, Fantasie, Freya and Goddess—she hadn’t the slightest idea what she was doing.…
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You may recognize Rosie Pope from her 2011 Bravo reality TV show Pregnant in Heels (baby bump + stilettos = reason enough to qualify as a Power Figure in our book), but she’s…
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Breast Cancer Awareness, Health & Wellness, Power FiguresDr. Leah Gendler, Oncologist and Breast Surgeon, Takes Down Cancer Daily
Eradicating the scourge of breast cancer is simply another day at the office for Dr. Leah Gendler. The renowned medical oncologist and breast surgeon spends each of her 14-hour workdays deftly excising tumors…
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Breast Cancer Awareness, Health & Wellness, Power FiguresBari Seiden-Young on her Work for The Estée Lauder Companies’ BCA Campaign and Breast Cancer Research Fundraising
As our Power Figures monthlong series continues, we managed to snag a coveted slot on Bari Seiden-Young’s jam-packed calendar: Bari is the Vice President of Corporate Communications for The Estée Lauder Companies…
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Breast Cancer Awareness, Health & Wellness, Power FiguresPamela Lipkin on the Amazing Work of the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation
Power Figures take myriad forms. In lockstep with the brave front-line warriors fighting breast cancer—the survivors battling for their lives, supported by their tenacious medical teams—you’ll find driven, impassioned advocates and fundraisers. Count Pamela Lipkin among them. Though Pamela works…
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Breast Cancer Awareness, Health & Wellness, Power FiguresLauren Cohen, a Young Breast Cancer Survivor, Tells Her Story
The stats about breast cancer are as staggering as they are ubiquitous: 246,660 new cases this year. 1 in every 8 women. More than 2.8 million women in the United States with a…
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To many of us, summer camp is child’s play. Ali Leipzig, 29 (top left), and Michelle Goldblum, 32 (top right), beg to differ. That’s why they founded their own sleepaway camp for grown-ups…