The Scam of Being Yourself Ft. Recho Omondi

Naked Beauty

The Naked Beauty Podcast

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Recho is a young, NY-based, fashion designer who isn’t afraid to speak her mind, no matter who’s listening. Growing up between the midwest and Nairobi, she nurtured a love of fashion early by creating collages, explaining “any black girl I could get my hands on, I was going to cling on to for dear life". She now casts beautiful black models for her brand Omondi. We talk about the importance of being yourself, her serious beef with American Vogue, and how growing up the subtleties of not being able to find beauty products for you, or having platforms to learn about yourself, can impact the relationship we have with our own beauty routines, especially our hair. I get to hear about how she went platinum blonde and we reflect on Atlanta’s weave culture. She’s got love for the Glossier products but likes to keep her beauty routine simple. Recho makes everything seem effortless(from her career, to getting press attention and speaking out when no one else will) and her approach to beauty is no different.

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0:00.0	And I was just like, Vogue, you guys are the same people I said this.
0:03.4	I was like, this is the same magazine that said, that posted on Instagram not even a few days ago,
0:09.4	like activism is chic, get involved.
0:11.7	And you guys are really, it's offensive with people that are dying
0:14.5	over these pros, it's like the same thing that people from the Pepsi commercial, like I get that you want people
0:19.1	to get involved.
0:20.1	No, that's unacceptable.
0:21.1	It's unacceptable, it's totally tone deaf yeah and stop wasting
0:23.8	everyone's time if you're gonna have us all come here then let's get straight to
0:26.7	the chase if not then keep talking about whatever you guys want to talk
0:30.4	about but don't pretend to want to make a difference. That's today's guest, Rachel O'Mondi. She said those
0:36.6	words in a room full of the most influential, important people in fashion at Vogue's headquarters.
0:43.4	Anna Winter herself was in the audience.
0:45.6	It speaks to why this interview was so much fun.
0:48.0	Rachel is smart.
0:49.7	She's outspoken.
0:51.0	She's opinionated. And she's just an amazing backstory. I hope you guys love the
0:56.2	episode. And I just also want to say thank you to everyone who listens to this show.
0:59.5	You know, I make this on the side on top of my, you know, full-time job and I do it out of love.
1:05.4	So every single person who subscribes who tells a friend, I am so, so grateful.
1:09.6	And if you're listening to the show on the iTunes Podcast app you can really help me up by
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