Ted Audio Collective

I got a call.

I remember distinctly being in a meeting and I got paged over the intercom.

There's an intercom, it's a crew.

And all I heard was we just got a call from the New York Post.

They're running a story that you are seeing a woman.

Should we confirm or deny?

From the Ted Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

For 17 years, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other creative people about what they do,

how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.

On this episode, Debbie talks with fashion designer General Lyons about her time at J. Crew.

I know the truth. I know it's really going on.

I got credit for things I didn't deserve credit for.

I got slammed for things I probably didn't deserve to get slammed for.

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General Lyons started with J. Crew when she was 21 years old and worked her way up to the ranks to become not only executive creative director but also president of the company.

Her style became J. Crew's style and her brand was synonymous with J. Crews.

She was even appointed the woman who dresses America by the New York Times.

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