How To Lose Your Name

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Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Cheval spent her entire life trying to be a wedding dress designer (she started sewing at 7 years old and studied fashion design in college). In her mid 20’s, she got her big break when a large fashion house hired her to design a wedding dress collection named after herself. But that dream only lasted eight years. She found herself in the middle of a legal battle that would take away her collection, her job as a designer, and eventually her name. Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Read the episode transcript here. Follow Cheval on Instagram @allthatglittersonthegram and check out her new shoe line at sheischeval.com Our social media: TTFA on Instagram TTFA on Facebook Nora on Instagram Nora on Facebook Nora on TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you meet a person, it's normal to introduce yourself.
0:07.6	To say, hi, I'm Nora McInerney.
0:10.2	Or, I mean, you would say your name, unless your name is Nora McInerney.
0:14.3	I do know there is another one of us out there and we used to be Facebook friends.
0:18.1	But that's what we do.
0:19.4	We meet a stranger.
0:20.7	We say hello.
0:21.7	We tell them our name.
0:23.5	But for today's guest, it's not that simple.
0:28.7	So first things first, can you introduce yourself to me?
0:33.7	I'm Sheval.
0:35.1	I was formerly a wedding dress designer, but I cannot use my own birth name anymore.
0:41.5	And any business or commerce are even to publicly identify myself.
0:45.0	So Sheval is the name.
0:47.7	Sheval has to choose her words carefully because her birth name doesn't belong to her anymore.
0:54.3	And saying it on this podcast or anywhere else publicly could get her into legal trouble,
0:59.6	which is a fully bananas thing to say.
1:03.1	So legally, using her name in public could get her sued.
1:10.6	So how do you lose your name?
1:13.8	Well, first, you have to make a name for yourself.
1:17.6	Welcome to New York Fashion Week.
1:19.1	We just arrived at the venue.
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