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Portrait of a Girlboss: How Creative Director Samantha Edwards is Creating a Rebellion Via Sincerity

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Portrait of a Girlboss: How Creative Director Samantha Edwards is Creating a Rebellion Via Sincerity

At age five, Samantha Edwards might not have been able to tell you the definition of “financial responsibility,” but she certainly could have showed you: When her mother gave her a little spending money at a supermarket in Manchester, England one day, instead of buying candy or a toy or whatever else typically tugs at the purse strings of most five-year-olds, she bought soap.

Portrait of a Girlboss: How Christine Lafian of SUKU is Telling Stories with Bed Sheets

Portrait of a Girlboss: How Christine Lafian of SUKU is Telling Stories with Bed Sheets

Even with the most cursory of glances at Australian textile company SUKU, with its depictions of sun-drenched, cloud-soft bedding, you can pick up on a great deal about its founder, Christine Lafian: She’s a heavy-duty dreamer. Born and raised in Indonesia into a line of women who worked for themselves—her mother, and then her grandmother who worked as a dressmaker in Bali—Christine knew early on that...

4 Keys to Staying True to Your Inner Badass

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4 Keys to Staying True to Your Inner Badass

Last week, we chatted with Jessica Haggett, founder of The Litas, an all-female motorcycle collective that boasts over 2,000 members and chapters in 100 cities across the globe.