What are the secrets behind some of the most successful women in the world? Each week designer Rebecca Minkoff talks to women from all walks of life, from CEOs to artists, and shows us what life is like without the pretty filters in order to help you navigate what it means to be vulnerable, how loss can make you stronger, and other ways to make your inner superwoman shine. Join us in being Superwomen, together!
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What are the secrets behind some of the most successful women in the world? Each week designer Rebecca Minkoff talks to women from all walks of life, from CEOs to artists, and shows us what life is like without the pretty filters in order to help you navigate what it means to be vulnerable, how loss can make you stronger, and other ways to make your inner superwoman shine. Join us in being Superwomen, together!
She Quit Her Coveted Role at ELLE to Launch a Fashion Startup No One Thought Would Work
Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff
37 minutes
2 months ago
She Quit Her Coveted Role at ELLE to Launch a Fashion Startup No One Thought Would Work
Kate Davidson Hudson was supposed to climb the career ladder every fashion girl dreamed of.
Instead, she walked away and built a tech company from scratch.
This week on SUPERWOMEN, I sit down with the founder and CEO of a shoppable AI closet platform, Vêtir, and a longtime force in fashion media and luxury tech. From her early days at Harper’s Bazaar and Elle Magazine to co-founding the content-meets-commerce platform Editorialist, Kate has always been at the intersection of editorial storytelling and digital innovation.
Kate opens up about the pressure of leaving a dream job, learning to lead without a playbook, and why she became obsessed with personalization and automation. We also get into the risks of fundraising, being a woman in tech, and what happens when you sell a company but stay attached to its soul.
Episode Guide:
(00:00) Meet Kate Davidson Hudson, founder and CEO of Vêtir
(02:42) How she broke into magazines at 21
(10:00) Leaving ELLE to launch a fashion startup
(11:52) When she knew Editorialist was working
(15:12) Walking away after selling her company
(17:16) Facing bias as a female founder in tech
(20:30) Why AI needs more diverse perspectives
(22:51) What Vêtir does and how it works
(27:40) Balancing creative instinct with business pressure
(29:40) Hard lessons on hiring friends and co-leading startups
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Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff
What are the secrets behind some of the most successful women in the world? Each week designer Rebecca Minkoff talks to women from all walks of life, from CEOs to artists, and shows us what life is like without the pretty filters in order to help you navigate what it means to be vulnerable, how loss can make you stronger, and other ways to make your inner superwoman shine. Join us in being Superwomen, together!
