SAME's Shea Marie on Making Less Money, Working More, and Building Something That Lasts
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SAME's Shea Marie on Making Less Money, Working More, and Building Something That Lasts

B1IntermediateOctober 22, 202645 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Before influencers ran fashion, the industry didn’t even want them on the invite list. Shea Marie remembers being seated separately from fashion insiders and seeing her photo in a Vogue article mocking influencers. Today, she's the co-founder, CEO, and designer of SAME, a fashion brand she deliberately built without making herself its face. In this episode of Superwomen, I sit down with Shea to discuss her transition from influencer to entrepreneur and the realities of building a successful fashion brand. Shea opens up ab...

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As fast as this came, it could go away just as fast. So I was like, I want to build something longer lasting. I want to see it succeed. I believe in it. I wouldn't ever put my name behind something I didn't believe in.

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Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Superwomen. Today's guest is Shay Marie, the founder of SAME. Now, I'm at Shay in 2012, and she was a new up and coming influencer who was doing an E! segment McMe to celebrate the launch

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at my former Los Angeles store. Cut to now, she has a globally recognized brand, swimwear, apparel. In this episode, we talk about what it takes, the grit, the effort, and the commitment to growing a global fashion brand. How she's also publicly stepped away,

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