Stacy Igel on Leading with Impact, Fashion Disruption, and Embracing the Future of Web3 and the Metaverse

LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Aliza Licht

Business, Careers

5.0 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Stacy Igel took the plunge from corporate to launching her fashion brand in 2001. As the founder and creative director of BOY MEETS GIRL®, she set out to launch her first trunk show the week of September 11th. What she could have never anticipated is what happened instead. The catastrophic attack solidified her mission to create a brand that leads with impact. She has given back to causes important to her and the world ever since. BOY MEETS GIRL® is known for its iconic double-silhouette logo and purposeful, edgy, contemporary athleisure wear. Stacy and BOY MEETS GIRL® seeks to promote the message that confidence and courage are trends that never go out of style. She has partnered with everyone from Bergdorf Goodman and Target to the NBA's Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks, to name just a few. She collaborates with musical artists, athletes, and activists, making an impact, as well as organizations including the Young Survival Coalition, BullyBust, Human Rights Watch, GLAM4GOOD, Youth Over Guns, and many others. Her new book Embracing The Calm In the Chaos: How to Find Success in Business and Life Through Perseverance, Connection, and Collaboration is one of Barnes & Noble's Top 20 Best in Business Books where she shares her entrepreneurial journey and provides practical tips and takeaways for others to use in life and business. In this episode, Stacy takes us on her journey of fashion disruption, embracing the calm in the chaos, how she thinks about partnerships, licensing, gaming, the Metaverse, and most of all, how she spends her time. As a working mom and someone who has her hands in everything, Stacy has been able to build a global brand while still managing to have fun.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.
0:09.6	It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out in your career or well on your way.
0:16.5	With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done
0:21.7	and still have time to post about it.
0:26.2	I am very excited for my guest today, who is a new friend, but we have four million people
0:32.7	in common and experiences in common.
0:34.8	So I cannot believe Stacey Eagle that we have not met prior to this year.
0:40.3	It's wild. Welcome to leave your mark. Thank you for having me. I'm very excited to be here.
0:46.3	I'm so excited to have you. For everyone listening, Stacey Eagle is the founder and creative director of Boy Meets Girl, a global impact brand known for its iconic
0:56.1	double silhouette logo and purposeful edgy contemporary at leisure wear. Stacey and Boy Meets
1:02.3	Girl seek to promote the message that confidence and courage are trends that never go out of style.
1:08.1	And Stacey, you have been doing this since 2001.
1:13.3	Yes, I have. Stacey is like the queen of fashion partnerships. She's done partnerships with
1:20.5	Colette, Berger Goodman, Roots Canada, Sacks, Bloomingdale's Target, the list goes on and on.
1:28.2	And you have a new book, Embracing the Calm in the Chaos, which is a title that rings true in
1:37.0	my heart because it's something that Donna Karen always would talk about throughout my entire
1:41.5	career there.
1:42.6	So I always start the podcast a little differently
1:45.8	depending on who I'm talking to. So I want to start with why that title.
1:52.0	The good question. Well, as you know, a fellow author, there are times where you have a title that you really want and a title that you're also thinking
2:05.7	about or is in your book as a chapter. And actually, this is one of my chapter titles that
2:12.5	became my title. So the title of my book was supposed to be, what did you do that for? And there is,
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