Chrissy Rutherford on Why Fashion’s Diversity Education is Not Over, Mental Health Transparency in the Workplace and How Opportunities That Are Meant to Be Yours Will Be

LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Aliza Licht

Business, Careers

5.0 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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What does it feel like when your video goes viral? Chrissy Rutherford knows. She was shocked when her video captioned, “It’s not enough to just say “I’m not racist, ” following the murder of George Floyd went viral, garnering over 5 million views in less than a day. Chrissy realized that there was much to teach her industry on being anti-racist. After working in fashion for 12+ years as the former Special Projects Director and the Senior Digital Fashion editor of harpersbazaar.com, she decided to join forces with fellow fashion editor Danielle Prescod, creating 2BG (Two Black Girls). 2BG is a consultancy that advises fashion and beauty brands along with influencers on how to implement anti-racist communication strategies. She is also a digital creator who has partnered with brands like Tiffany & Co., Jimmy Choo, Saks Fifth Avenue, and more. In this episode, Chrissy shares her journey breaking into fashion with tactical advice on how to make sure your bosses never forget you, how to be politely persistent, what it means to know your value, and how to know when to leave your job. She also transparently shares her struggle with mental health and her mission to make diversity and inclusion in fashion a mainstay of the present and future.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone.
0:08.7	It's Elisa Likt here, your host, and I'm so thrilled to share that my new book, On Brand,
0:14.3	Shape Your Narrative, Share Your Vision, Shift Their Perception, is out now.
0:20.6	I hope you'll pick up a copy because personal branding is for
0:23.9	everyone. It's for the new graduate starting out, the middle manager looking to level up,
0:28.9	the executive who wants to be a thought leader, the entrepreneur starting from scratch.
0:34.2	It's for anyone who wants to pivot or transition into something new. Because having
0:39.4	a strong personal brand means that your name gets dropped in rooms, you're not in, and that
0:44.7	you're thought of for opportunities that other people haven't even heard of yet. So pick up a copy,
0:50.4	and I can't wait to hear what you think.
0:57.1	Hi, this is Alie the Lict and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast where I brew fresh
1:01.8	career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.
1:05.9	It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out
1:10.2	in your career or well
1:11.6	on your way. With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it
1:17.4	all done and still have time to post about it. Reading about Chrissy Rutherford's time in high school,
1:25.0	you would think her career was written in the stars.
1:28.5	She was voted best dress, and her senior yearbook quote read, think highly of yourself where
1:33.1	the world takes you at your own estimate.
1:36.0	Chrissy climbed the ladder in the fashion industry over 12 plus years and as a digital fashion
1:41.2	editor for 10 plus years at Harper's Bazaar.
1:43.8	But she did hit a low point
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