Jacey Duprie: Damsel in Dior Founder, Creative Director, and Author

Second Life

Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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For over a decade, Jacey Duprie has been a digital entrepreneur at the forefront of the social-influencer phenomenon with the fashion and lifestyle brand Damsel in Dior, where she has garnered the attention of over two million monthly viewers across her social media platforms. Now, she’s stepping into the role of creative director for Wyeth, a new fashion brand that will open at Platform in Culver City this fall. On June 7, she is releasing a new book, Liking Myself Back, where she delves into her self-made success as a modern digital entrepreneur and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Yet before she became one of today’s top fashion and lifestyle influencers with millions of followers, she actually began her career at StyleChicago.com after earning her degree in journalism and professional writing. She then made the move to Los Angeles to work for E! as an executive assistant to the VP of talent, which eventually led her to Imagine Entertainment. She then landed a role as the fashion and editorial assistant at Singer22.com before officially making Damsel in Dior her full-time career. On this episode of Second Life, hear how Duprie paved her own path to success in a brand-new industry and everything she has learned in between.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Lillie Pulitzer.
0:03.6	Summer is the season of all things bright and happy.
0:07.0	Blue skies, bags packed, busy days,
0:10.4	balmy nights, and the best of effortless fashion.
0:14.3	And who better to dress you for the season than Lillie Pulitzer?
0:18.7	Lillie's new collection was inspired by flipping through photos of summer's past,
0:23.5	reminiscing about sun-soaked days that were set to the sound of waves crashing.
0:28.6	You'll find lots of bright and breezy looks from printed sun dresses and airy linen
0:34.8	to colorful lounge, active wear, and swim.
0:38.4	It's giving a little more low-fi than Wi-Fi, unplugged and fully connected.
0:44.0	Doesn't that sound good?
0:46.0	Surround yourself with your favorite people and then put your phone on airplane mode.
0:50.8	Saver your summer, slow down your summer, and soak up your summer in Lillie.
0:56.8	Head to lilypulitzer.com to shop today and picture your summer in Lillie.
1:11.6	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Up Where.
1:17.9	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
1:24.9	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process
1:28.6	of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
1:34.5	Today on the show, I'm speaking with one of the original fashion and beauty bloggers,
1:39.4	JC Dupree. You likely know JC as the influencer behind Damsel and Dior,
1:45.0	which, over the past decade, she's grown from a personal blog and a side hobby to a full-time,
1:51.9	highly successful business with over two million monthly viewers across various social media platforms.
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