June Ambrose: Costume Designer, Image Architect, and Creative Director of Puma

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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

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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June Ambrose is one of fashion’s most influential stylists, costumer designers, and image architects and is now the creative director of Puma. Through her extensive years of experience, Ambrose has established a name for herself styling and creating custom pieces for notable clientele, including Jay-Z, Will Smith, Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Lizzo, and more. Therefore, it may come as a surprise that Ambrose began her career at an investment banking firm. On this episode of Second Life, find out how Ambrose made a drastic career pivot, how she managed to get her foot in the door in the music and fashion industries to ultimately define culture through fashion, and everything she learned along the way.

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0:00.0	This episode of Second Life is brought to you by The House of Chanel.
0:04.3	Gabrielle Chanel grew up with cinema, its use of movement revolutionized image,
0:08.5	just so she did with women's appearances.
0:10.7	Garnierne Honoua credited the fashion designer as costume designer in their films.
0:14.8	MGM invited her to Hollywood to give it stars a new look.
0:18.1	She understood that actresses like Hermit Schneider, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda
0:22.0	would be the best ambassadors for her talent. Her timeless modernity entranced the actors
0:26.5	of the French New Wave. Today Chanel continues to leave her mark on the silver screen.
0:31.1	Watch the film Gabrielle Chanel in cinema at inside Chanel.com.
0:40.1	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Wear.
0:47.2	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:54.2	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting aside
0:59.6	their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.
1:05.4	Today I'm speaking with the award-winning costume designer, stylist, image architect,
1:12.3	a new creative director of Puma, June Ambrose.
1:17.2	Defining culture through fashion for over 25 years, June has made her way through the industry
1:23.5	from styling music videos to costume and image design to creative direction dreaming up
1:29.7	countless, unforgettable and downright iconic looks. She's made the spokes suits for Jay-Z and
1:36.8	Lil Smith, crafted one of the kind outfits for superstars like Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys,
1:42.8	and Lizzo, and of course, was the mastermind behind Missy Elliott's inflatable vinyl suit
1:50.3	for the Rain Music video. Through her creativity and boundary pushing imagination,
1:56.8	June has inspired countless trends and major fashion statements found in pop culture today.
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