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Jill Herrera - Founder & COO Qcura High Quality Hair Extensions.
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Speaker 2 (01:07):
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Speaker 3 (01:21):
We have to help the museums.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Those designers, those artists, those authors, those actresses, everybody. So
I like that, Well what you did. So she's playing
around with things because everything's going chaotic. It's all kinds
of weather going on, cross country and everything like that.
People are popping in. Kerry just popped in. I think
she's in Sherman Oaks. She's in Chairman Oaks. I'm glad
that Jill is here. I'm glad that Carol's here because
(01:45):
Carol texts me said, I'm not gonna come on the storms. No,
I am going to come on the storms. No, I
think I'm gonna be here. I'm here because she's implored.
So we've got we've got Tennessee in the house. That
dapper Howard Wiggins the top ins are, you know, one
of the thirty five top and ary designers and our
collected because this stuff is worth a lot of money.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
But sorry, I'm sorry to interrupted. Can you see Terry
on screen?
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I can see it.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Hey, I got it the bottom.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
I know you're here, but I can only see six
people on the screen. No matter what I was trying
to do, I couldn't see you on the screen. But
y'all can see Terry on the screen.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
All that matter.
Speaker 7 (02:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And so that's strange goddess voice. That's our engineering rebel. Yeah,
you know, we can't do a lot of stuff without it. Again,
women power, women empowerment. It's very very important. Always support women,
no matter what. Going back to eight, that's what I said.
I was going to help those women in the world
of massage, the wild, the fitness, the world of fashion,
because I felt they weren't getting their due, and if
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it weren't for you women, we wouldn't have over seven
hundred and fifty million views in county, and we would
have over forty million views in county in I G
two four seven out of Franklin, Tennessee. So with all
of that, I'm saying, now it's time to get to
women empowerment. So test Man, congratulations for being here. I'm
honored to meet you. I can't wait to hear your background.
Jill's good to see you. Can't wait to see you
again because I've been telling everybody about hair extensions. Though
(03:10):
I don't have hair, I've been telling them about your hair. Martha,
it's good to see you because I got a chance
to see the show. Because I'm a movie whore, I
now watch everything you sent me something.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I will watch it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I don't get agrees out or if it's freezing out,
you will see me in a movie theater or in
my comfort zone watching something. So Carol register that neuro
coach is always good to hear about my friend.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Carol.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
We talk almost every day, like I Terry and I
talk almost every day. So I got to start here.
First of all, Martha, you're the actress. We got to
start with you first. Since this is Hollywood Squares minus,
let's talk about let's trust sisters for one, what you
do as that producer, as that writer, as that actress,
and why are you connected to that wonderful, beautiful woman
(03:54):
test Man?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
What's going on with that?
Speaker 8 (03:56):
Go ahead, Marty.
Speaker 9 (03:57):
I don't know why.
Speaker 10 (03:58):
It made me tear feel like your up when you
said why are you connected to test Man? I feel
like when you say her name, I feel empowered?
Speaker 9 (04:06):
She has.
Speaker 10 (04:07):
She came into a moment of my life where I
was releasing, as my first time as a directing a
short film, and I was in the middle of releasing
my feature in theaters nationwide, and I didn't have time
as a mom of two, as an actress, running around auditions,
as a writer, developing other scripts, thinking.
Speaker 9 (04:26):
About what to wear?
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (04:27):
And I met her in during the Oscar run, during
one of the Oscar gifting suites, and she was there
with a beautiful smile on her face, was rounded by
these gorgeous gowns, and I thought, am I worthy?
Speaker 9 (04:39):
Am I worthy? And she said yes.
Speaker 10 (04:45):
And she's she picked out something so beautiful, sent her
seamstress to my house, which La is very spread out,
trapped her seamsress, drove an hour and a half to
make sure I was ready for my red carpet premiere. Then,
because there was so much traffic, I did her seamstress
with me to the premiere and she was sewing my shoulders,
my making sure everything perfect as I walked on. I
(05:09):
didn't know how much I needed a super woman cape
to feel like that one. Yeah, like the Oh my god,
I love it so much. That's the Endeira? Am I
saying that right, test Man? I want to make sure
you yes, Yes, the endira is is something that you
put on and you feel gorgeous, stunning, You feel like
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a superwoman, you feel empowered. She made me feel ready
to step in as a director, which I was very
nervous about as a female director, because you know, there
is there is not a large percentage percentage of us
in Hollywood, and it's a little bit scary to go
from in front of the camera to behind the camera.
And what you wear on the carpet really does shift
how you feel. Because I felt stunning and I felt
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I felt empowered, and it was a beautiful night, and
that was my intro to test man.
Speaker 9 (05:58):
It was wild, but it was now I have a
friend for life.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
You know.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
First of all, Martha, you don't look like a mom.
You look too good to be a mom. Second of all,
there's only three to five percent of woman directors, which
is not enough and needs to grow. And third thing,
you know, even when I see test Man dresses, I'm
a straight black guy with no light, I would be
wearing them if I was a.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Woman, because they were they really are they gorgeous. You know,
I've talked about this with a lot of people, even tests.
I was at the Greek Film Festival.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I saw Sophia on opening night and I was a
couple of people, this one would look getting Testa's dress,
this good and that.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
And then I went to the website.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I felt like I was your publicist, you know, and
I was showing them what they needed to wear, and
they were like, oh, those look beautiful. And then I go,
did you know about her? They go, I'm not quite sure,
but I'm like, I want that. Okay, I got a
phone number. Well I don't have a phone number. Yeah,
but you know, I'm going to so take a look
at those. Just talk about this. Really number of those
(06:55):
images like.
Speaker 11 (06:56):
That, I'm sorry. I couldn't hear your question.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Go ahead, talk about some of those images what you created.
Speaker 11 (07:03):
Well, I really believe in number one, using sustainable fabrics
because it's very important to me that we take care
of our environment and our workers in the fashion industry.
A lot of people do not realize the toxic level
(07:25):
that works are exposed to when it comes to textile manufacturing,
especially you know, with the polyesters. So when I create
my different pieces and the collections, I want to make
sure that I'm using silk, cotton linen wherever I feasibly can.
(07:45):
It's also important that I look at the use of
dead stock fabrics. These are fabrics that other designers purchase
and then they go, no, I don't want to use
them after all, and they throw them in the garbage
or they throw them into kind of like a discount bins,
bargain bins, and if they're not used, then they're stuck
(08:07):
in a landfill. So different things that I think about
when I'm designing. But this particular collection is called the Sophisticate,
and when I was designing these pieces, I wanted to
push the envelope of elegance and a sense of very
(08:29):
kind of a dichotomy demure sexuality, so you know, kind
of a hidden sensuality, which is a sense of power
you know for women is you know, women these beautiful bodies,
and when we think of powerful women, women tend to
(08:50):
think of covering themselves up or having to wear a
modified men's pants suit. And when I'm creating these pieces,
I want these to empower women no matter what role
they're in. I want them to feel like they are
in charge. When they walk in a room, they command
the room. And the pieces are designed to really structure
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around the woman's body, so there's boning, there's drill, there's
internal layers to really give the female the upper body
support that they need as well as cinching in their
waist and hugging their lower body, their bodocks or thighs
in a very smooth and enhancing form.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
It's so interesting, Brian, because she is actually a test.
You've answered the questions that I had. I was curious
about the sustainability and that is such an important priority,
especially for me. I think in terms of human trafficking,
a lot of what goes on behind the scenes in
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the fast fashion industry and whether it's good for our health.
This women, do we want to be putting those fabrics
next to our skin all the time? And yeah, so
I love that that you spoke about that. And I
was going to ask you about the boning as well,
because Sophia's dress, that red dress was absolutely stunning and
(10:25):
so beautiful on her body, and so you also soke
into that and why you do that, and I think
that's also incredibly powerful and important to give women the
structure that they need to really feel like they're their
best selves.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Yeah, and I want to add to that because I
got to interview her in that dress on the Red
carpet and it's an amazing dress. And me Rian knows
that I am. I'm a giva. I loved getting dressed
up every Red carpet thing. I'm like, you know, had
to tell what I want to be perfect. My mom
acts like, who just passed in January, was a fashion merchandiser,
(11:03):
and my grandmother actually made clothes for Hollywood and worked
with some of you know, some of the people in
Hollywood dressing stars, and so I have a love for fashion.
So I just want to say that, and your stuff
is beautiful, beautiful question question though, I realized because I
mean a little bit older. As far as materials, it
(11:24):
just seems in the last thirty years that the materials,
and this might be the plastics, like the like most
of the clothes that you get in retail now is
a plastic consistency where you don't have the leather that cottons,
like the silks were used to have. It's all blended
with like I don't know, cheap. It just seems cheap
to me. So I don't know why that's happened.
Speaker 11 (11:46):
I'll go on on a limb, and you know, I
was a lot of this happened, you know, twenty thirty
years ago when the US decided to outsource a lot
of their fabric patient to other countries, which really did
a great disservice. Think about how many textile factories have
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closed here in the United States, how many workers have
lost jobs over the years, you know, and the polyester
fabrics that have been imported, you know, when this movement
first took place in the late sixties, early seventies, and
then to US using factories overseas that we know used polyesters.
(12:33):
It's such if people only took the time to research
the toxicity that workers are exposed to. The solvents in
creating polyesters, and you know the different synthetics. You know,
it would really shock individuals, and I think where they could,
(12:56):
they would refuse to buy polyester and synthetic fabrics. The
big problem, as we know, is when they end up
in a landfill, it takes hundreds of years for them
to decompose. But on that same level, they're using such
cheap quality production, these pieces fall apart. I mean you
(13:18):
wash them times. I've had to work on other individuals
dresses in my earlier stages, other designers that were using
cheap fabrics, and I would try to alter something for
an individual and as soon as I opened the scene,
the fabric would start fraying and unraveling. Poor, poor quality.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So you know, I got to bring Jill into this
because you can't have the dress without the hair, and
you can't have hair without the rest. So Bill, we'll
talk about this because as you know, I went into
you at Ana Maria's Giftings, which is why I love
giftings because you'll find some of the best brands, some
of the best people and auducts and just you just
(14:00):
never know what you're gonna buy. Terry and I have
been doing these for years for things, even as a guy.
And I know Howard's the same way. I'm looking, Okay,
what co host would like this? And my my friend
at North Carolina is like, everybody's got hair extensions.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Now, I'm like, how do you tell? Didn't you tell Jill?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I as like a black guy, I can't tell, which
I think is a great thing.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
But is that true? Are more women wearing hair extensions?
Marcus laughing?
Speaker 9 (14:26):
I just think it's wonderful. You're like, I'm a straight guy,
but I need to know about hair I.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Do because you know, when you have twelve twelve co hosts,
all women, you're looking at what they like. I know
their sizes, I know what their eyelashes, you know the
shoe sizes, all these things.
Speaker 9 (14:42):
So that's a really considerate and wonderful co host. I
have to say. I have to say you must be
wonderful to work with.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
But I say, Brian, I have been wearing hair extensions
since the year two thousand. I mean, you know, I
wish that my hair would be this long, actually, but
I I've done every method.
Speaker 8 (15:02):
I've done the individuals, and I've done the West. I've
done all of it. So Jill.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Don't you know so Wanta Intestine and Jill, he can
let me know this. My friend, we used to live
in Vegas. She's the living Los Angleson. Now she's in
North Carolina. She's watching shows because she's not out there anymore.
She goes women who are Latina have thicker black hair,
and she goes most white women, their hair is not
that thit. Now is that true? Because my mouth dropped
(15:27):
when she told me that. She says, she goes Brian.
That's why you're seeing so many air extensions. Hey, another
woman told me this, So I want to validate.
Speaker 8 (15:35):
There's different venuears of hair. So for like a Caucasian woman,
it's a little bit softer, finer, someone like myself is
it's a little coarser. Sometimes I have straight parts and
then I've got the wavy parts in the back and
so you know, and then when you get to more
ethnic hare, then there's more like heat. And I'm the
thing you need to do to it to get it
(15:56):
to that, to flatten that the cutacle and so and
that's just normal hair.
Speaker 11 (16:02):
And so.
Speaker 8 (16:04):
You know, Terry, to your point, the whole idea is
not to know that you have hair extensions. A little secret,
but for our brand, like, I don't mind tell tell
everyone it's that's.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
What I was.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
It's okay, you know.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
You know, Jill, I've been telling everybody and I'm never
won and I will never be wearing that never.
Speaker 9 (16:26):
I watched that show.
Speaker 10 (16:27):
I watched the show where it comes over and tries
hair extensions on you.
Speaker 8 (16:31):
Brian, I think right, and I think it depends on
you know, It's it's an individual choice. It depends on
how much hair you have. I mean, obviously, if you're
having any kind of issues with hair growth or thinning
(16:52):
or anything like that, then you obviously want to be careful.
Our hair extensions are not your traditional hair extensions or
ponytail hairs tensions. They're awesome and they are a premium fiber.
They are not real human hair. But I do want
to just bring tests in for just a minute.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Tests.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
We have not had the pleasure of meeting, but I
feel like I know you only because Sophia Milos. I
met her at the Emmy's Skifting feat last year that's
where we launched our brand, and also I met her
at the Oscars again. I was able to see her again,
give her a hug and She's worn our extensions quite
a bit, and she actually wore them at the Oscars
(17:33):
where she had the beautiful red down. So that was
my moment with Tess, is that I'm able to share
that with Sophia and her red carpet looks. See so
grill to see that.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
So Joe, hold us for a second.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Because of the hair, and because of the dress, and
because of Terry that clip that we put on Franklin, Tennessee,
because Tesha and Nashville has got a one hundred and
fifty fifty one of you since me nice, that's not
on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Not on YouTube. I didn't put that shit.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
I mean, it's only got twenty thirty five yues on
the YouTube. Sure, no, I'm sorry, seven hundred and thirty five.
But again, one hundred and fifty seven, eight hundred.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
And fifty one. So I think if it keeps.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Going this way, we're in June, it could get to
it could get to five hundred thousand and a half
a million by the end of August the latest. Wow,
if not before, then that's that's your dress. Then that's
your hair extensions. So congratulations to you guys new women
on that and Terry Hey Howard talk about this, because
(18:38):
Howards that AffA guy. He's always out there dancing. I
saw him dancing last week with a lot of my friends.
That the women, because there's a lot of fashionable women
in Tennessee, and you know what's going on.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
And I'll be there next week. Talk about that hour.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Tell them who you are, and then we're gonna go
back to jail and have Jill describe and tell everybody
who she is and how she started.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
Okay, Howard Wiggins, I'm one of the Talk for five designers.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
I'm listed in Andrew Martin volume three.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
If you Facebook me, you'll see my home and pretty
much that's it because I'm I turned I'm almost seventy two,
and when I turned sixty five, I quit doing my
interior design.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
So now just.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
Feature my own home, which I plan to move next
year into a different so I get some better pictures.
So uh, and I'm son of little Roy Wiggins play
still guitar with yarn So and you're right, Nashville is
full of women all over the place. I mean, I
went dancing the other night and thank you was me
and two other guys and that was it.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
We had a good time. I had a good time.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
Yeah, yeah, I saw a line dancing.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Thank you? How did you start your story?
Speaker 8 (19:47):
Excuse me?
Speaker 3 (19:48):
How did you start your story? How did this start
for you?
Speaker 8 (19:51):
It took quite a bit of time to get to
worm out to dance, as all of us, I think
can attest to right, it's always a tu I have
been in this business for a long time, in the
beauty business and all forms and fathoms, and an opportunity
presented itself about a year and a half ago, maybe
close to two years, where I was basically out of
(20:15):
crossroads in my career. I was connected with like a
mutual acquaintan that told me that, hey, you need to
speak to our CEO of Cura. Her name is Alie Singing,
and she said, you know what I want you to
to meet and I think that you'd be great based
(20:35):
on your experience and what she wants to do. She
wanted to create a beauty brand, specifically her extensions and
accessories and then wherever it takes us. She's I think
you too should chat And so we had a conversation
and it was like we were old friends, so easy
to just you know, connect and talk about similar just
(20:56):
goals and it'll It basically just presented itself before me,
and where I was at a point where I, you know,
you kind of get when you've been in the business
for a long time and you're you're working for other
people there, it's their goals there, you know, whenever you're
trying to hit for that company, you know, and I'm always,
(21:17):
always have been all in, team player, all of the above.
But when the opportunity presented itself to hey, you know,
let's let's build this brand together. And I trust you
to everything you've learned, everything, you know, whatever, however way
you got here, we want you to take that and
you know, put it into this. And so the offer
(21:39):
I couldn't refuse just based on that being able to
have that autonomy and flexibility and freedom to really just go, Okay,
let's do this. This is going to be amazing. And
it how it honestly has been. And you know, thanks
to you people that I've met along this path, Brian.
We we launched at the Emmy's Gifting Suite. I had
(22:03):
met Heather Mariana. She's a friend of yours and she's
been on the for and it was a great opportunity
for us to launch and to get in front of
the public and people and show them what the products
look like. When you're an e commerce brand, you sort
of lose that person to person, you know connection And
(22:24):
you know, again, I come from a place where it
wasn't always e commerce, and you went into a retail
store and you got the touch and feel and have
that whole experience, and I just I thrive on that.
So that's kind of where the relationships come in. You know,
people like Heather who set up events where you can
(22:47):
really shine and take advantage of a situation and the
people you meet and take it from there. And we
did that at the Emmys, met a bunch of amazing
people who have supported the brand and still us, like
Sophia and so many others. And then also we were
at her Oscars event and then that was crazy because
(23:07):
there was people already knew about us. I just think
that was just from last year September to this year.
So it was a really amazing response from people. And
I've built these friendships and it's just such an amazing
cool feeling. You know, you get to hug them, you
get to talk to them, you give them more hair,
(23:27):
and you know, we're helping each other out, and just said, Brian,
it's these small brands, mom and pop are just however
way you want to look at it, just small entrepreneurial
brands like ours where we need that support. And so
I am one thousand percent about supporting anybody who I
meet in any way that I can, because there's always
(23:48):
a crossover. There's always something else and someone that can
do something kind for you, and it helps. Everything helps tremendously.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
And that's about you all always promoting, you know, Carol
and I talk about this all the time, small mom
and pop businesses women own.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
It's very very important. You know, you don't get to do.
And again, we would.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Not be movie reviews more than the dream Room artists
Ranch where we are for weren't from women.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
You know.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I saw it in eight I saw it in the
early nineties. You know what was not being done. And
I was a small guy at that point. I didn't
I wasn't never syndicated. I was always thinking outside the box.
As I always say to anybody, I'm hovering above the
box because I'm seeing what people can't see. And I
think it's a disservice when people aren't supporting those businesses
(24:35):
because Jill, your ruth was wonderful. When I can go
by and I pick it up and I'm looking for
my female friends, and I'm not sure if it will work,
but at least I can take that card and give
it to them, say, because I travel with business cards.
I have a big, huge sack of business cards that
comes with me no matter what state I'm in, because
I want to make sure I tag those stores, those individuals,
those artists properly because I don't see anybody doing it.
(24:58):
And then you know, Tess will get a kick out
of this. When I'm on a red carpet, I'm actually
looking at women's hair. I feel like I'm detective. Is
it real? Is it memorys or is it not? Because
I can't tell, but I'm like, good.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
For that woman.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
But women telling you these days, they'll tell you, no,
it's not real. But I love it, and I love that.
I'm where did you get yours? Because I know someone
named Jill's got hers.
Speaker 8 (25:19):
Yeah, if you ever see me and ask me, I
might just take mine off for you. And I've done
that before.
Speaker 10 (25:25):
But that's listen, Jill, I'll buy your I'll buy the
wigs if you buy my movie.
Speaker 9 (25:32):
We can switch.
Speaker 8 (25:35):
I cannot wait to watch your movie. I cannot wait.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Ye, it's most funny here, same here, it's it's really pull.
Speaker 11 (25:44):
And then it'll make you cry at the same moment.
It just I loved it. Loved the movie all right.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
So marked for people that don't know about it. What
is this movie?
Speaker 10 (25:54):
Oh my gosh, it's my baby. I mean you talk
about like being in the business forever. I've been in
the business since I was seven, and I decided to
take it into my own hands and start writing for myself.
And this movie took nine years. But it's in fashion
of how I am as a woman. I love being
funny and I love crying in the next sentence.
Speaker 9 (26:15):
I'm just full of emotions.
Speaker 10 (26:16):
The dramedy in the tone of my own life. It's
about three Mexican American sisters, three Latinas. Although I am
costa Rican, I will confess I am playing a Mexican American,
but I know a lot about the culture, being from
Texas and also being here for twenty years in Los Angeles.
And they go they are strange, they haven't talked in
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a really long time, and to repair their relationship, they
take their Abuela, their grandmother's pilgrimage through Mexico, and two
of them have never been to Mexico. I have never
been to their parents' country, which is which is very
common for Latin Americans here in the US. And so
there's a fish out of water experience for these these
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three sisters and the way they interact with the culture
in the country. And they go on this pilgrimage and
they meet this wonderful, handsome, beautiful man named Cristo Fernandez,
who you might know. He so Actually his sister Paloma
wore one of Tessa's beautiful gowns and ended up in
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People magazine.
Speaker 9 (27:20):
By the way, her best drinds.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
So, Howard, I feel you and I are the only
ones that I never got to wear with Testa's dresses.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
I guess, oh I want.
Speaker 11 (27:29):
I think it looked great and a trackless.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
Yeah, maybe I have to agree, and then Jill can
come with her extensions.
Speaker 9 (27:36):
I think that would work out.
Speaker 8 (27:37):
Yah.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
That sounds amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
Hey, Carol, So it's a good set right into you
what you do here in Florida and Chili and what
you do is that neuro coach.
Speaker 5 (27:48):
Yeah, I was gonna say, Martha I live in Chile
as well as Florida. I have a place, a bout
hotel in the Andes Mountains, and we did run retreat.
Speaker 11 (27:59):
So reach out to.
Speaker 10 (28:00):
Me, yes please, I absolutely I am Did you say Chile, Chile?
Speaker 11 (28:06):
Yeah, I was just there.
Speaker 10 (28:07):
I did a campaign for Nissan. I was there for
twelve days.
Speaker 11 (28:11):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (28:12):
Was the volcano a real.
Speaker 5 (28:14):
Oh we're actually three and a half hours north of Patagonia,
near Banbiurica.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, Rica that's what it was.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
Yeah, yes, oh you were there. You were in bi Rica.
Speaker 9 (28:30):
I was in Errica. Yeah.
Speaker 10 (28:33):
The snow from the mount the bottom of the volcano
and they melted it and then they poured it on me.
Speaker 9 (28:41):
They did pay me. It was okay, but it was
very cold.
Speaker 11 (28:45):
Did you see the lake.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
We have one of the largest black sand beaches on
a lake, an incredible hot springs and waterfalls.
Speaker 10 (28:53):
It's like living in Sorry, it's the best air in
the entire world.
Speaker 9 (28:58):
There's this best specific mosque. It grows there. It only
grows in the highest quality air. That's right. And I
felt high from how wonderful the air was. Just so
you know, oh, that's so exciting.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
I love that I went to bed at am last
night because I'm with my new grand baby and so
if I that's why, yeah, yeah, so I'm on a
little bit of sleep duty. But yeah, I would love
you know, to see you guys or talk to you
about the retreat. Jill, I am super excited because I
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am now working with Heather and so excited about the
upcoming gifting suite in September eleventh, and there's so many
great things going on. I'm running a masterclass on March twelfth.
I love helping women close the gap from six to
seven figures and Tessa, it's really about that female empowerment.
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I feel like at this stage in our history, it's
time for great women to have great wealth to have
great impact. And you know, women learn wealth and gain
wealth differently than men do. I also teach universal wealth
laws that are in combination with neuroscience principles to help
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women close this gap. And I think it's really important
that we start to empower women as a collective and
we stand together, because together we rise. And it's really
such beneficial wisdom. Brian and I talk about this all
the time, that women have. It's a collective wisdom that
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really brings light and love to the world when we
empower one another. So that's one of the things I
love doing. And my masterclasses on March twelfth, I mean
June twelfth. What planet am I by?
Speaker 11 (31:00):
Too fast? It's lack of riding.
Speaker 5 (31:04):
It's definitely that lack of sleep. But dude, up coming
on June twelfth, it's heal your limiting money stories to
unlock your seventh figure wealth.
Speaker 9 (31:12):
And love to see.
Speaker 11 (31:15):
You guys there.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
Yeah, I would absolutely love to have you.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Talk about this really quickly.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
How did you go from being a former FBI agent
to what you're doing now?
Speaker 3 (31:24):
And why did you know you had it? Wow?
Speaker 11 (31:28):
Oh, a long story into a very short version. You know,
I was just very fortunate. I grew up in an
era where clothing didn't get thrown away. You repurposed it.
You know, back in you know, more than sixty years ago,
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people saved their clothing. They handed it down to other
children with you know that were growing. So my mother
or my grandmother, you know, we would all get to
other take apart clothing and make it more modern. So,
you know, basically, from the age of seven, I started
to learn how to sew, and you know, small steps
(32:09):
sewing buttons on and then eventually taking pieces apart. And
when I was in high school, I competed. I started
competing for the Miss America Scholarship pageants, again not knowing
I needed an evening gown. So my mother and I
started designing and creating my own evening gowns, and that's
what I did, and earned scholarship monies throughout my teenagers
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in early twenties to attend university. I always loved creating.
I always loved the uniqueness I brought to my own
evening where. But my first love was what we call
back then psychopathology. I was always interested in pretty much
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modus apparandi of serial killers, so I started studying serial
profiling and I had the opportunity to work for several
years as a psychiatric intern, and then continued on into
my master's and I was recruited by the FBI in
nineteen ninety eight, and you know, continued with the FBI
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for a few decades. But I always continued to design
my own clothing, my suits, my evening guns. I attended
a lot of charity events, so I would create my
own clothing suitable for those functions. And as I got
closer to retirement. I really, you know, had a discussion
with my husband and said, I would really like to
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go back into fashion and do something people are happy
to see me, rather than me bringing a set of
hand covers, so that you know, that's where I started.
And I started working out of my home in twenty
and thirteen, and it's only been over the past year
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and a half that I actually brought my designs and
my collections to the public on a larger scale versus
private clientele.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Wow, you really springboard, because it looks like you've been
around for a while, even though I knew you weren't.
But the word of Malfus. Maybe I'm talking too much,
I guess, but the word of Malva on you is
getting out there because all of a sudden we start
talking about stuff, and then I hear a cross country
when I'm starting to visit people in other states, and
it's kind of fascinating. In a week, Well, that's that's
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what we're supposed to be doing. When you see something
good or you see something that nobody's heard of. I
like to have first dips on everything. I don't care
if it's a male female product, doesn't matter. I want
it because I want to be able to showcase it
in the beginning, you know, and that is important to us.
And then if it's not anything on the red carpet,
well that's where Terry comes in, that does anything like that,
And it's anything in Nashville, and you happened to be
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in Nashville, that's where Howard comes in.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
In our friends, you've got some Morelia Manuel who's there.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
They're all friends of our they're always they're all very
close to what we do, which is great.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
So when I'm seeing.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
These things now, it makes it's like an honor for
me because I get to spread the word in a
different way to other.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
People who may not know or don't know where to go.
Speaker 5 (35:21):
Yeah, and what beauty tests, I mean, you're also it
reminds me. I know we've spoken about this before Brian
on the show, but the creativity, when you're in your
creative brain, that's where healing occurs, right, And that struck
me that you know, you moved from something that could
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be a lot of heavy energy, a lot of difficulty
and negativity to something where you're stepping into beauty and
creativity and the power of that.
Speaker 11 (35:55):
Yes, yes, very very much a different spectrum of life
much more enjoyable. But I certainly agree with you know
what Jillis said, Marta, everyone, Carol is so important as
small business owners or even as we progress, that we
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lift each other up versus looking at each other as competitors.
And you know, that's how everyone gains cohesiveness and support
from the community is by everyone uplifting each other and
sharing their experiences with those other companies, those small businesses,
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And that's the only way we can succeed. Absolutely, I
love that.
Speaker 6 (36:43):
I love that, you know why, because I have a
firm believer that there's there's enough wealth for everybody in
the world, and you don't need to take somebody's shine
because you're jealous. And too many people are so jealous
of other people they don't focus.
Speaker 11 (36:55):
On on themselves and their own creativity.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
And that's kind of sad because if you put all
that energy onto you worrying about whether people are doing
and make your own creations, you're a successful person.
Speaker 10 (37:06):
Yeah. Well, on my with my two partners, Virgin Novelo
and Valeri, we wrote the movie together to like uplift
each other's careers. So I always say that I look,
I look, I look good on a red carpet as
long as I'm in you know, you know, one of
her gowns. But right now, yeah, I look even better
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when I have my two partners next to me, like
the three of us as three Latino women standing on
a carpet.
Speaker 9 (37:35):
I wish we had a picture, but it is. I
just I don't. I can't say enough about them. Oh
look at that.
Speaker 6 (37:42):
I love it so much.
Speaker 9 (37:44):
How was that the premiere of our film? That's Valeria.
That's me with longer hair. I cut all my hair
off for the premiere.
Speaker 10 (37:50):
It's usually down. That's I'm like, Jill, I it needs
your extensions, but it is.
Speaker 9 (37:55):
It's like, look at us.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
I love that.
Speaker 6 (37:58):
That's a beautiful tests man.
Speaker 10 (38:04):
She went to us for a photo shoot we had
as we went on our press tour. I said, Test,
we need to be dressed for our press tour and
we're indie film.
Speaker 9 (38:12):
We would love your support.
Speaker 10 (38:13):
She's like, I would love to and so it's been
she's really uplifted.
Speaker 9 (38:18):
Tests showed up for us.
Speaker 10 (38:20):
I don't know if you realize this, but you really
showed up for us at a moment where we really
needed that support because part of press as actors in
front of the camera, filmmakers, we have to look like we.
Speaker 9 (38:30):
Are what we are.
Speaker 10 (38:32):
You know, if you come in dressed right for the
red carpet, then you get more interviews, you get taken seriously,
and for an indie film that could we needed all
the press and support that we can get right now.
Speaker 11 (38:46):
My pleasure, my pleasure, I mean, I think just the
energy from Marta and the three girls. My whole team
immediately fell in love with the entire cast. So has
been our gift from you that we've had that opportunity,
you know, to meet you and the lovely ladies and
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established you know, relationships with them.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
So yes, I'm going to piggyback on it and Terry
and come to you in a minute on red carpet stuff.
What is it like for you when people are actually
wearing something that you put your whole art into tests
that what's that feeling like for you?
Speaker 11 (39:25):
Yeah, oh, you know, it's you know again, it's it
is surreal because you know, I'm very, very proud of
my creations because they are unique and different. But at
the same time, I'm so proud of the individuals that
choose to wear the pieces where the different styles, and
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I almost feel like every single person that wears one
of my designs is a baby, you know, going out.
You know, like you know, I'm very, very invested that
they feel wonderful and they feel strong, and they feel
confident when they're walking out, that they feel supported, that
they they're not worried that their you know, their body
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isn't showing the way it should. You know, in an
evening downward, you know, a million eyes are on them.
So it's a proud moment, but a humbling moment, you know.
At the same time, the.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
Howard I'm coming to you, and then Jill in a minute, Terry,
talk about what's important to you when you when you're
doing those interviews on the Red Carpet because you wore
Jill's hair extensions. You know, you haven't worn Justice dress
yet test Terry yet, but you're.
Speaker 3 (40:41):
Interviewing in all those people.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
Because what's been happening with Terry, I can't figure it out,
just like I haven't figured Howard out why. I know
why people like Howard, But when Terry's doing certain interviews
on the Great Carpets, older interviews pop up, I'm not
sure if it's the person, if it's Terry what she's wearing,
because Terry will be running to me, how do I look?
And I'm thinking about everything and the last thing I'm
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thinking about I can't see it yet.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
The most that's not to come.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Yeah, once I start to calm down, I'm like, he
you look good because everybody's throwing everything at me, and
I'm like, I feel like Tom Cruise and Ai.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
I'm shifting things out like this, and there's like that.
Speaker 2 (41:20):
You know, you got to get all this stuff done,
and then they're coming and you got to get them
because you might only get one opportunity they might come
and get them their photo from Paul saw. I ran
into Paul Marta, who took your photos at the Greek
con Festival, and it was one of those things where
you only get one and done one chance sometimes and
you might not see people for a long time, if
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ever again.
Speaker 3 (41:43):
So, Terry, what's it like for you to do Red
Carbon interviews?
Speaker 6 (41:47):
Well, I mean, well, of course I want to look
my best friend on the red carpet, you know, but
when I'm interviewing you know, a celebrity or artists or
whoever we interview, I want to find out about this
about them who they're wearing. I love fashion and I
like to, you know, kind of get inspiration from, you know,
what other people are wearing. Again, I told you that
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my mom was a fashion buyer. My grandmother was a designer,
so I kind of grew up around clothes my whole
life and the beloved clothes. But yeah, but that when
I'm interviewing somebody, it's about them, but I also want
to make them smile and like try to like throw
some comedy out there, you know, to be a little
bit different than the Bolan person who interviews somebody. You know,
the best thing to do is to make somebody laugh,
un feel comfortable with I'm on the red carpet from
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them and I and I really enjoy, you know, to
kind of learn about, you know, what their experiences and
how they're feeling.
Speaker 11 (42:37):
I guess is that answer your question on that It does?
Speaker 2 (42:40):
It does because it's important because I've seen a lot
of women interview people and they make it about them.
Speaker 3 (42:46):
And I'm like, yeah, this is not going now. It's
about the person in your interview and what they're wearing.
Speaker 2 (42:52):
Even I will ask them, don't forget, I'll wisher, don't
forget to tell them asking what the woman. It's important people.
People are there for a certain reason. That designer, the nails,
that have the face everything, it's very very important, right Howard.
Speaker 7 (43:07):
Yeah, I want to I want to say that I've
noticed a shift, and it's an interior designer. I'm very
much on fashion man and women's fashion, but there's been
a shift toward I almost call it laziness, where they're
just trying to show everything all at once. They're not
having any mystery to it, and it's like, uh, it's
(43:27):
kind of been dumb down. And your fashion is very
elegant and very flattering to the pol so it does
empower the woman. But you see some of these entertainers,
it's just what can I show? How nicked can out
of look without being nicked, you know, And I just
I just don't like that. It's like it takes all
the the elegance out of it and the star power,
(43:50):
the glamor out of it. Everybody can take their clothes off,
that's no big.
Speaker 3 (43:54):
Deal, but can you look good in your clothes?
Speaker 5 (43:57):
You know?
Speaker 6 (43:58):
Can you carry yourself? I mean you have to carry
yourself in the clothes, you know?
Speaker 3 (44:02):
It's all.
Speaker 11 (44:04):
Yeah, it is it is.
Speaker 10 (44:08):
Ahead.
Speaker 2 (44:12):
Hey, Jill, we got a couple of minutes left. Talk
about why people should support small business. Why is that important,
especially for what you have.
Speaker 8 (44:21):
I think it's about, you know, communities. We've gone away
from from supporting our own communities in our in our industries,
and everything has been so big and so corporate and
so mass you know, mass market has just taken over everything,
and it's just it's crushed the spirit of a of
a small entrepreneurial company or even someone who's thinking of
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doing it.
Speaker 11 (44:45):
And and so.
Speaker 8 (44:47):
You know, having building that community is so extremely critical,
and you know, it's it's it's it's you need the support.
That's really where it comes. And it's and it's organic.
It's like, you know, we always think about organic organic. Well,
you know in our businesses, we you know, I thrive
on being organic and building those relationships and organic followings
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and the relationships and and and helping each other. It
just it gives you that empowerment that you need so
that you know that you're not being unseen. You know,
you're being seen, you're being heard, and you're sort of
being you know, led along this path with others that
are trying to do you know whatever they're trying to do.
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So I think it's so important that we all sort
of stick together to do that so that we are
heard and we're seen, and then we can take it
to the next level. And it's absolutely possible. It's absolutely possible.
Speaker 5 (45:43):
Still, I really loved what you shared earlier along with
that about I've felt in the same place in the
past of living other people's plans for my life, like
I was living everybody else's plan except my own goals, dreams,
and finally being able to step forward in that I
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related to what you said in that way, and then
also you know, stepping into the support the relationships, the connections,
building the followings based on the authentic connections that we
have with one another. I really appreciate that.
Speaker 8 (46:23):
It really is everything, right, I mean, everybody that we
have supporting us with as family friends, it means everything.
And when you when you lose that, it's a very quiet,
dark place, right. We always have to do you know,
these our businesses, our missions are you know what we're
trying to We're not just a hair brand, We're so
(46:44):
much more. I mean, I love every single person that
I you know, talk to you on our d MS,
I mean we've I've built these really incredible relationships that
you can't you can't make it up.
Speaker 4 (46:57):
You know.
Speaker 5 (46:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (46:58):
So I just appreciate everybody here on this panel, and
thank you so much for the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (47:05):
No, give you social media links for everybody, Yeah, Joe,
social media links.
Speaker 8 (47:09):
Oh yes, it's love Cura. That's our Instagram, that's our Facebook.
The company name is Cura High Quality Here Extensions. But
for Social Tura you can anytime. I'm usually on the
other end there. And if you need anything for any
of your red carpet moments, please reach out. I would
(47:31):
love to to add two Tessa's beautiful designs and our website.
Speaker 7 (47:39):
Cura dot com, Howard Wigan's Facebook, movies reviews and more,
and Instagram. That's it.
Speaker 3 (47:46):
Terry.
Speaker 6 (47:47):
It's Terry Marine on stop on all platforms because I'm
not stop because of all the stuff I always got on.
And I'm gonna be visiting ed our friend Jenny Jackson
this weekend in Nashville, So I'm really excited about like
taking a little bake to Nashville Towers. So I'm gonna
be out in your boot neck of woods this weekend.
Speaker 3 (48:04):
Bring me some artwork, I've never seen your artwork.
Speaker 6 (48:07):
Okay, well I'll show it to you.
Speaker 11 (48:09):
I will show to this weekend.
Speaker 2 (48:11):
Okay, right, we'll gotta see it. Show this trailer real
quickly week film festival.
Speaker 3 (48:15):
We'll jumping this week.
Speaker 2 (48:29):
Show a sup.
Speaker 3 (49:05):
So what has happened over the weekend? Really quickly?
Speaker 2 (49:07):
Lost in this week from festival, the nineteenth anniversary for it,
which was great. Obviously, Sophia was there, oliveru Stone was there.
Uh Ted Sononos from Netflix was there, John Landism was there,
and a bunch of great week then dignitaries and a
bunch of our new front friends from Cyprus and Greece
and sometime from Italy too, which was great. So a
(49:29):
great film festival. We're going to get more into it
next week. Martha, give you social media links for everybody.
Speaker 10 (49:34):
Well, first of all, I want to say we're available
right now to rent or buy Last Thress Sisters or
the Three Sisters. We just added that so you can
search us on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Fandango wherever
you can rent or buy, even Blu Ray DVD just
so you know, target Amazon, but you can find us
at Last Thress Sisters movie on Instagram and all the
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platforms and for me, Marta m Cross.
Speaker 2 (50:00):
Yeah, just to get the last word of this, why
should people go out and support what you're creating, those
beautiful dresses and everything like that, go for it.
Speaker 9 (50:09):
Well.
Speaker 11 (50:11):
I think what makes me different from some fashion designers
is that I'm really focusing on empowering women with the
clothing that they're wearing, using that as their armor, so
that they can feel prepared, confident, and ready to be
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their own unique cells in front of everybody. They don't
need to pretend anymore. And the fact that we are
also entirely focused and committed to following a very sustainable.
Speaker 2 (50:46):
Brand and we will continue to spread the word because
it's beautiful.
Speaker 11 (50:50):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (50:51):
Like I said, if I was a woman, I think
I'd be wearing Sofia's solf.
Speaker 12 (50:54):
That's anyhow, Thank you everybody. It's not always easy squeezing
all these things, and especially when you don't have enough time,
but you have enough people, and you know, just being
booked almost straight to the year, We're in.
Speaker 2 (51:07):
The October bookings already, we only got like two of
us of the stuff, and I don't know I'm gonna
fit everybody who wants to come in in so thank
everybody for coming.
Speaker 3 (51:15):
You'll always welcome back.
Speaker 2 (51:16):
We have to have you back so we have more
time to get more into everything. And I say this,
always have a good night, tonight, a better day tomorrow.
You see someone went out a smile, please give them
one of yours, because the world truly needs it. I'm
Brian subashing this movie with VI's and more, and we'll
see you next week.
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Speaker 3 (01:21):
We have to help the museums.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Those designers, those artists, those authors, those actresses, everybody. So
I like that, Well what you did. So she's playing
around with things because everything's going chaotic. It's all kinds
of weather going on, cross country and everything like that.
People are popping in. Kerry just popped in. I think
she's in Sherman Oaks. She's in Chairman Oaks. I'm glad
that Jill is here. I'm glad that Carol's here because
(01:45):
Carol texts me said, I'm not gonna come on the storms. No,
I am going to come on the storms. No, I
think I'm gonna be here. I'm here because she's implored.
So we've got we've got Tennessee in the house. That
dapper Howard Wiggins the top ins are, you know, one
of the thirty five top and ary designers and our
collected because this stuff is worth a lot of money.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
But sorry, I'm sorry to interrupted. Can you see Terry
on screen?
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I can see it.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Hey, I got it the bottom.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
I know you're here, but I can only see six
people on the screen. No matter what I was trying
to do, I couldn't see you on the screen. But
y'all can see Terry on the screen.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
All that matter.
Speaker 7 (02:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And so that's strange goddess voice. That's our engineering rebel. Yeah,
you know, we can't do a lot of stuff without it. Again,
women power, women empowerment. It's very very important. Always support women,
no matter what. Going back to eight, that's what I said.
I was going to help those women in the world
of massage, the wild, the fitness, the world of fashion,
because I felt they weren't getting their due, and if
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it weren't for you women, we wouldn't have over seven
hundred and fifty million views in county, and we would
have over forty million views in county in I G
two four seven out of Franklin, Tennessee. So with all
of that, I'm saying, now it's time to get to
women empowerment. So test Man, congratulations for being here. I'm
honored to meet you. I can't wait to hear your background.
Jill's good to see you. Can't wait to see you
again because I've been telling everybody about hair extensions. Though
(03:10):
I don't have hair, I've been telling them about your hair. Martha,
it's good to see you because I got a chance
to see the show. Because I'm a movie whore, I
now watch everything you sent me something.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I will watch it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I don't get agrees out or if it's freezing out,
you will see me in a movie theater or in
my comfort zone watching something. So Carol register that neuro
coach is always good to hear about my friend.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Carol.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
We talk almost every day, like I Terry and I
talk almost every day. So I got to start here.
First of all, Martha, you're the actress. We got to
start with you first. Since this is Hollywood Squares minus,
let's talk about let's trust sisters for one, what you
do as that producer, as that writer, as that actress,
and why are you connected to that wonderful, beautiful woman
(03:54):
test Man?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
What's going on with that?
Speaker 8 (03:56):
Go ahead, Marty.
Speaker 9 (03:57):
I don't know why.
Speaker 10 (03:58):
It made me tear feel like your up when you
said why are you connected to test Man? I feel
like when you say her name, I feel empowered?
Speaker 9 (04:06):
She has.
Speaker 10 (04:07):
She came into a moment of my life where I
was releasing, as my first time as a directing a
short film, and I was in the middle of releasing
my feature in theaters nationwide, and I didn't have time
as a mom of two, as an actress, running around auditions,
as a writer, developing other scripts, thinking.
Speaker 9 (04:26):
About what to wear?
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (04:27):
And I met her in during the Oscar run, during
one of the Oscar gifting suites, and she was there
with a beautiful smile on her face, was rounded by
these gorgeous gowns, and I thought, am I worthy?
Speaker 9 (04:39):
Am I worthy? And she said yes.
Speaker 10 (04:45):
And she's she picked out something so beautiful, sent her
seamstress to my house, which La is very spread out,
trapped her seamsress, drove an hour and a half to
make sure I was ready for my red carpet premiere. Then,
because there was so much traffic, I did her seamstress
with me to the premiere and she was sewing my shoulders,
my making sure everything perfect as I walked on. I
(05:09):
didn't know how much I needed a super woman cape
to feel like that one. Yeah, like the Oh my god,
I love it so much. That's the Endeira? Am I
saying that right, test Man? I want to make sure
you yes, Yes, the endira is is something that you
put on and you feel gorgeous, stunning, You feel like
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a superwoman, you feel empowered. She made me feel ready
to step in as a director, which I was very
nervous about as a female director, because you know, there
is there is not a large percentage percentage of us
in Hollywood, and it's a little bit scary to go
from in front of the camera to behind the camera.
And what you wear on the carpet really does shift
how you feel. Because I felt stunning and I felt
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I felt empowered, and it was a beautiful night, and
that was my intro to test man.
Speaker 9 (05:58):
It was wild, but it was now I have a
friend for life.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
You know.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
First of all, Martha, you don't look like a mom.
You look too good to be a mom. Second of all,
there's only three to five percent of woman directors, which
is not enough and needs to grow. And third thing,
you know, even when I see test Man dresses, I'm
a straight black guy with no light, I would be
wearing them if I was a.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Woman, because they were they really are they gorgeous. You know,
I've talked about this with a lot of people, even tests.
I was at the Greek Film Festival.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I saw Sophia on opening night and I was a
couple of people, this one would look getting Testa's dress,
this good and that.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
And then I went to the website.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I felt like I was your publicist, you know, and
I was showing them what they needed to wear, and
they were like, oh, those look beautiful. And then I go,
did you know about her? They go, I'm not quite sure,
but I'm like, I want that. Okay, I got a
phone number. Well I don't have a phone number. Yeah,
but you know, I'm going to so take a look
at those. Just talk about this. Really number of those
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images like.
Speaker 11 (06:56):
That, I'm sorry. I couldn't hear your question.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Go ahead, talk about some of those images what you created.
Speaker 11 (07:03):
Well, I really believe in number one, using sustainable fabrics
because it's very important to me that we take care
of our environment and our workers in the fashion industry.
A lot of people do not realize the toxic level
(07:25):
that works are exposed to when it comes to textile manufacturing,
especially you know, with the polyesters. So when I create
my different pieces and the collections, I want to make
sure that I'm using silk, cotton linen wherever I feasibly can.
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It's also important that I look at the use of
dead stock fabrics. These are fabrics that other designers purchase
and then they go, no, I don't want to use
them after all, and they throw them in the garbage
or they throw them into kind of like a discount bins,
bargain bins, and if they're not used, then they're stuck
(08:07):
in a landfill. So different things that I think about
when I'm designing. But this particular collection is called the Sophisticate,
and when I was designing these pieces, I wanted to
push the envelope of elegance and a sense of very
(08:29):
kind of a dichotomy demure sexuality, so you know, kind
of a hidden sensuality, which is a sense of power
you know for women is you know, women these beautiful bodies,
and when we think of powerful women, women tend to
(08:50):
think of covering themselves up or having to wear a
modified men's pants suit. And when I'm creating these pieces,
I want these to empower women no matter what role
they're in. I want them to feel like they are
in charge. When they walk in a room, they command
the room. And the pieces are designed to really structure
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around the woman's body, so there's boning, there's drill, there's
internal layers to really give the female the upper body
support that they need as well as cinching in their
waist and hugging their lower body, their bodocks or thighs
in a very smooth and enhancing form.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
It's so interesting, Brian, because she is actually a test.
You've answered the questions that I had. I was curious
about the sustainability and that is such an important priority,
especially for me. I think in terms of human trafficking,
a lot of what goes on behind the scenes in
(10:00):
the fast fashion industry and whether it's good for our health.
This women, do we want to be putting those fabrics
next to our skin all the time? And yeah, so
I love that that you spoke about that. And I
was going to ask you about the boning as well,
because Sophia's dress, that red dress was absolutely stunning and
(10:25):
so beautiful on her body, and so you also soke
into that and why you do that, and I think
that's also incredibly powerful and important to give women the
structure that they need to really feel like they're their
best selves.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Yeah, and I want to add to that because I
got to interview her in that dress on the Red
carpet and it's an amazing dress. And me Rian knows
that I am. I'm a giva. I loved getting dressed
up every Red carpet thing. I'm like, you know, had
to tell what I want to be perfect. My mom
acts like, who just passed in January, was a fashion merchandiser,
(11:03):
and my grandmother actually made clothes for Hollywood and worked
with some of you know, some of the people in
Hollywood dressing stars, and so I have a love for fashion.
So I just want to say that, and your stuff
is beautiful, beautiful question question though, I realized because I
mean a little bit older. As far as materials, it
(11:24):
just seems in the last thirty years that the materials,
and this might be the plastics, like the like most
of the clothes that you get in retail now is
a plastic consistency where you don't have the leather that cottons,
like the silks were used to have. It's all blended
with like I don't know, cheap. It just seems cheap
to me. So I don't know why that's happened.
Speaker 11 (11:46):
I'll go on on a limb, and you know, I
was a lot of this happened, you know, twenty thirty
years ago when the US decided to outsource a lot
of their fabric patient to other countries, which really did
a great disservice. Think about how many textile factories have
(12:08):
closed here in the United States, how many workers have
lost jobs over the years, you know, and the polyester
fabrics that have been imported, you know, when this movement
first took place in the late sixties, early seventies, and
then to US using factories overseas that we know used polyesters.
(12:33):
It's such if people only took the time to research
the toxicity that workers are exposed to. The solvents in
creating polyesters, and you know the different synthetics. You know,
it would really shock individuals, and I think where they could,
(12:56):
they would refuse to buy polyester and synthetic fabrics. The
big problem, as we know, is when they end up
in a landfill, it takes hundreds of years for them
to decompose. But on that same level, they're using such
cheap quality production, these pieces fall apart. I mean you
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wash them times. I've had to work on other individuals
dresses in my earlier stages, other designers that were using
cheap fabrics, and I would try to alter something for
an individual and as soon as I opened the scene,
the fabric would start fraying and unraveling. Poor, poor quality.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So you know, I got to bring Jill into this
because you can't have the dress without the hair, and
you can't have hair without the rest. So Bill, we'll
talk about this because as you know, I went into
you at Ana Maria's Giftings, which is why I love
giftings because you'll find some of the best brands, some
of the best people and auducts and just you just
(14:00):
never know what you're gonna buy. Terry and I have
been doing these for years for things, even as a guy.
And I know Howard's the same way. I'm looking, Okay,
what co host would like this? And my my friend
at North Carolina is like, everybody's got hair extensions.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Now, I'm like, how do you tell? Didn't you tell Jill?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I as like a black guy, I can't tell, which
I think is a great thing.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
But is that true? Are more women wearing hair extensions?
Marcus laughing?
Speaker 9 (14:26):
I just think it's wonderful. You're like, I'm a straight guy,
but I need to know about hair I.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Do because you know, when you have twelve twelve co hosts,
all women, you're looking at what they like. I know
their sizes, I know what their eyelashes, you know the
shoe sizes, all these things.
Speaker 9 (14:42):
So that's a really considerate and wonderful co host. I
have to say. I have to say you must be
wonderful to work with.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
But I say, Brian, I have been wearing hair extensions
since the year two thousand. I mean, you know, I
wish that my hair would be this long, actually, but
I I've done every method.
Speaker 8 (15:02):
I've done the individuals, and I've done the West. I've
done all of it. So Jill.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Don't you know so Wanta Intestine and Jill, he can
let me know this. My friend, we used to live
in Vegas. She's the living Los Angleson. Now she's in
North Carolina. She's watching shows because she's not out there anymore.
She goes women who are Latina have thicker black hair,
and she goes most white women, their hair is not
that thit. Now is that true? Because my mouth dropped
(15:27):
when she told me that. She says, she goes Brian.
That's why you're seeing so many air extensions. Hey, another
woman told me this, So I want to validate.
Speaker 8 (15:35):
There's different venuears of hair. So for like a Caucasian woman,
it's a little bit softer, finer, someone like myself is
it's a little coarser. Sometimes I have straight parts and
then I've got the wavy parts in the back and
so you know, and then when you get to more
ethnic hare, then there's more like heat. And I'm the
thing you need to do to it to get it
(15:56):
to that, to flatten that the cutacle and so and
that's just normal hair.
Speaker 11 (16:02):
And so.
Speaker 8 (16:04):
You know, Terry, to your point, the whole idea is
not to know that you have hair extensions. A little secret,
but for our brand, like, I don't mind tell tell
everyone it's that's.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
What I was.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
It's okay, you know.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
You know, Jill, I've been telling everybody and I'm never
won and I will never be wearing that never.
Speaker 9 (16:26):
I watched that show.
Speaker 10 (16:27):
I watched the show where it comes over and tries
hair extensions on you.
Speaker 8 (16:31):
Brian, I think right, and I think it depends on
you know, It's it's an individual choice. It depends on
how much hair you have. I mean, obviously, if you're
having any kind of issues with hair growth or thinning
(16:52):
or anything like that, then you obviously want to be careful.
Our hair extensions are not your traditional hair extensions or
ponytail hairs tensions. They're awesome and they are a premium fiber.
They are not real human hair. But I do want
to just bring tests in for just a minute.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Tests.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
We have not had the pleasure of meeting, but I
feel like I know you only because Sophia Milos. I
met her at the Emmy's Skifting feat last year that's
where we launched our brand, and also I met her
at the Oscars again. I was able to see her again,
give her a hug and She's worn our extensions quite
a bit, and she actually wore them at the Oscars
(17:33):
where she had the beautiful red down. So that was
my moment with Tess, is that I'm able to share
that with Sophia and her red carpet looks. See so
grill to see that.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
So Joe, hold us for a second.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Because of the hair, and because of the dress, and
because of Terry that clip that we put on Franklin, Tennessee,
because Tesha and Nashville has got a one hundred and
fifty fifty one of you since me nice, that's not
on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Not on YouTube. I didn't put that shit.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
I mean, it's only got twenty thirty five yues on
the YouTube. Sure, no, I'm sorry, seven hundred and thirty five.
But again, one hundred and fifty seven, eight hundred.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
And fifty one. So I think if it keeps.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Going this way, we're in June, it could get to
it could get to five hundred thousand and a half
a million by the end of August the latest. Wow,
if not before, then that's that's your dress. Then that's
your hair extensions. So congratulations to you guys new women
on that and Terry Hey Howard talk about this, because
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Howards that AffA guy. He's always out there dancing. I
saw him dancing last week with a lot of my friends.
That the women, because there's a lot of fashionable women
in Tennessee, and you know what's going on.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
And I'll be there next week. Talk about that hour.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Tell them who you are, and then we're gonna go
back to jail and have Jill describe and tell everybody
who she is and how she started.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
Okay, Howard Wiggins, I'm one of the Talk for five designers.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
I'm listed in Andrew Martin volume three.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
If you Facebook me, you'll see my home and pretty
much that's it because I'm I turned I'm almost seventy two,
and when I turned sixty five, I quit doing my
interior design.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
So now just.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
Feature my own home, which I plan to move next
year into a different so I get some better pictures.
So uh, and I'm son of little Roy Wiggins play
still guitar with yarn So and you're right, Nashville is
full of women all over the place. I mean, I
went dancing the other night and thank you was me
and two other guys and that was it.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
We had a good time. I had a good time.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
Yeah, yeah, I saw a line dancing.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Thank you? How did you start your story?
Speaker 8 (19:47):
Excuse me?
Speaker 3 (19:48):
How did you start your story? How did this start
for you?
Speaker 8 (19:51):
It took quite a bit of time to get to
worm out to dance, as all of us, I think
can attest to right, it's always a tu I have
been in this business for a long time, in the
beauty business and all forms and fathoms, and an opportunity
presented itself about a year and a half ago, maybe
close to two years, where I was basically out of
(20:15):
crossroads in my career. I was connected with like a
mutual acquaintan that told me that, hey, you need to
speak to our CEO of Cura. Her name is Alie Singing,
and she said, you know what I want you to
to meet and I think that you'd be great based
(20:35):
on your experience and what she wants to do. She
wanted to create a beauty brand, specifically her extensions and
accessories and then wherever it takes us. She's I think
you too should chat And so we had a conversation
and it was like we were old friends, so easy
to just you know, connect and talk about similar just
(20:56):
goals and it'll It basically just presented itself before me,
and where I was at a point where I, you know,
you kind of get when you've been in the business
for a long time and you're you're working for other
people there, it's their goals there, you know, whenever you're
trying to hit for that company, you know, and I'm always,
(21:17):
always have been all in, team player, all of the above.
But when the opportunity presented itself to hey, you know,
let's let's build this brand together. And I trust you
to everything you've learned, everything, you know, whatever, however way
you got here, we want you to take that and
you know, put it into this. And so the offer
(21:39):
I couldn't refuse just based on that being able to
have that autonomy and flexibility and freedom to really just go, Okay,
let's do this. This is going to be amazing. And
it how it honestly has been. And you know, thanks
to you people that I've met along this path, Brian.
We we launched at the Emmy's Gifting Suite. I had
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met Heather Mariana. She's a friend of yours and she's
been on the for and it was a great opportunity
for us to launch and to get in front of
the public and people and show them what the products
look like. When you're an e commerce brand, you sort
of lose that person to person, you know connection And
(22:24):
you know, again, I come from a place where it
wasn't always e commerce, and you went into a retail
store and you got the touch and feel and have
that whole experience, and I just I thrive on that.
So that's kind of where the relationships come in. You know,
people like Heather who set up events where you can
(22:47):
really shine and take advantage of a situation and the
people you meet and take it from there. And we
did that at the Emmys, met a bunch of amazing
people who have supported the brand and still us, like
Sophia and so many others. And then also we were
at her Oscars event and then that was crazy because
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there was people already knew about us. I just think
that was just from last year September to this year.
So it was a really amazing response from people. And
I've built these friendships and it's just such an amazing
cool feeling. You know, you get to hug them, you
get to talk to them, you give them more hair,
(23:27):
and you know, we're helping each other out, and just said, Brian,
it's these small brands, mom and pop are just however
way you want to look at it, just small entrepreneurial
brands like ours where we need that support. And so
I am one thousand percent about supporting anybody who I
meet in any way that I can, because there's always
(23:48):
a crossover. There's always something else and someone that can
do something kind for you, and it helps. Everything helps tremendously.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
And that's about you all always promoting, you know, Carol
and I talk about this all the time, small mom
and pop businesses women own.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
It's very very important. You know, you don't get to do.
And again, we would.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Not be movie reviews more than the dream Room artists
Ranch where we are for weren't from women.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
You know.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I saw it in eight I saw it in the
early nineties. You know what was not being done. And
I was a small guy at that point. I didn't
I wasn't never syndicated. I was always thinking outside the box.
As I always say to anybody, I'm hovering above the
box because I'm seeing what people can't see. And I
think it's a disservice when people aren't supporting those businesses
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because Jill, your ruth was wonderful. When I can go
by and I pick it up and I'm looking for
my female friends, and I'm not sure if it will work,
but at least I can take that card and give
it to them, say, because I travel with business cards.
I have a big, huge sack of business cards that
comes with me no matter what state I'm in, because
I want to make sure I tag those stores, those individuals,
those artists properly because I don't see anybody doing it.
(24:58):
And then you know, Tess will get a kick out
of this. When I'm on a red carpet, I'm actually
looking at women's hair. I feel like I'm detective. Is
it real? Is it memorys or is it not? Because
I can't tell, but I'm like, good.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
For that woman.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
But women telling you these days, they'll tell you, no,
it's not real. But I love it, and I love that.
I'm where did you get yours? Because I know someone
named Jill's got hers.
Speaker 8 (25:19):
Yeah, if you ever see me and ask me, I
might just take mine off for you. And I've done
that before.
Speaker 10 (25:25):
But that's listen, Jill, I'll buy your I'll buy the
wigs if you buy my movie.
Speaker 9 (25:32):
We can switch.
Speaker 8 (25:35):
I cannot wait to watch your movie. I cannot wait.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Ye, it's most funny here, same here, it's it's really pull.
Speaker 11 (25:44):
And then it'll make you cry at the same moment.
It just I loved it. Loved the movie all right.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
So marked for people that don't know about it. What
is this movie?
Speaker 10 (25:54):
Oh my gosh, it's my baby. I mean you talk
about like being in the business forever. I've been in
the business since I was seven, and I decided to
take it into my own hands and start writing for myself.
And this movie took nine years. But it's in fashion
of how I am as a woman. I love being
funny and I love crying in the next sentence.
Speaker 9 (26:15):
I'm just full of emotions.
Speaker 10 (26:16):
The dramedy in the tone of my own life. It's
about three Mexican American sisters, three Latinas. Although I am
costa Rican, I will confess I am playing a Mexican American,
but I know a lot about the culture, being from
Texas and also being here for twenty years in Los Angeles.
And they go they are strange, they haven't talked in
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a really long time, and to repair their relationship, they
take their Abuela, their grandmother's pilgrimage through Mexico, and two
of them have never been to Mexico. I have never
been to their parents' country, which is which is very
common for Latin Americans here in the US. And so
there's a fish out of water experience for these these
(26:57):
three sisters and the way they interact with the culture
in the country. And they go on this pilgrimage and
they meet this wonderful, handsome, beautiful man named Cristo Fernandez,
who you might know. He so Actually his sister Paloma
wore one of Tessa's beautiful gowns and ended up in
(27:19):
People magazine.
Speaker 9 (27:20):
By the way, her best drinds.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
So, Howard, I feel you and I are the only
ones that I never got to wear with Testa's dresses.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
I guess, oh I want.
Speaker 11 (27:29):
I think it looked great and a trackless.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
Yeah, maybe I have to agree, and then Jill can
come with her extensions.
Speaker 9 (27:36):
I think that would work out.
Speaker 8 (27:37):
Yah.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
That sounds amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
Hey, Carol, So it's a good set right into you
what you do here in Florida and Chili and what
you do is that neuro coach.
Speaker 5 (27:48):
Yeah, I was gonna say, Martha I live in Chile
as well as Florida. I have a place, a bout
hotel in the Andes Mountains, and we did run retreat.
Speaker 11 (27:59):
So reach out to.
Speaker 10 (28:00):
Me, yes please, I absolutely I am Did you say Chile, Chile?
Speaker 11 (28:06):
Yeah, I was just there.
Speaker 10 (28:07):
I did a campaign for Nissan. I was there for
twelve days.
Speaker 11 (28:11):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (28:12):
Was the volcano a real.
Speaker 5 (28:14):
Oh we're actually three and a half hours north of Patagonia,
near Banbiurica.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, Rica that's what it was.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
Yeah, yes, oh you were there. You were in bi Rica.
Speaker 9 (28:30):
I was in Errica. Yeah.
Speaker 10 (28:33):
The snow from the mount the bottom of the volcano
and they melted it and then they poured it on me.
Speaker 9 (28:41):
They did pay me. It was okay, but it was
very cold.
Speaker 11 (28:45):
Did you see the lake.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
We have one of the largest black sand beaches on
a lake, an incredible hot springs and waterfalls.
Speaker 10 (28:53):
It's like living in Sorry, it's the best air in
the entire world.
Speaker 9 (28:58):
There's this best specific mosque. It grows there. It only
grows in the highest quality air. That's right. And I
felt high from how wonderful the air was. Just so
you know, oh, that's so exciting.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
I love that I went to bed at am last
night because I'm with my new grand baby and so
if I that's why, yeah, yeah, so I'm on a
little bit of sleep duty. But yeah, I would love
you know, to see you guys or talk to you
about the retreat. Jill, I am super excited because I
(29:34):
am now working with Heather and so excited about the
upcoming gifting suite in September eleventh, and there's so many
great things going on. I'm running a masterclass on March twelfth.
I love helping women close the gap from six to
seven figures and Tessa, it's really about that female empowerment.
(29:58):
I feel like at this stage in our history, it's
time for great women to have great wealth to have
great impact. And you know, women learn wealth and gain
wealth differently than men do. I also teach universal wealth
laws that are in combination with neuroscience principles to help
(30:20):
women close this gap. And I think it's really important
that we start to empower women as a collective and
we stand together, because together we rise. And it's really
such beneficial wisdom. Brian and I talk about this all
the time, that women have. It's a collective wisdom that
(30:43):
really brings light and love to the world when we
empower one another. So that's one of the things I
love doing. And my masterclasses on March twelfth, I mean
June twelfth. What planet am I by?
Speaker 11 (31:00):
Too fast? It's lack of riding.
Speaker 5 (31:04):
It's definitely that lack of sleep. But dude, up coming
on June twelfth, it's heal your limiting money stories to
unlock your seventh figure wealth.
Speaker 9 (31:12):
And love to see.
Speaker 11 (31:15):
You guys there.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
Yeah, I would absolutely love to have you.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Talk about this really quickly.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
How did you go from being a former FBI agent
to what you're doing now?
Speaker 3 (31:24):
And why did you know you had it? Wow?
Speaker 11 (31:28):
Oh, a long story into a very short version. You know,
I was just very fortunate. I grew up in an
era where clothing didn't get thrown away. You repurposed it.
You know, back in you know, more than sixty years ago,
(31:49):
people saved their clothing. They handed it down to other
children with you know that were growing. So my mother
or my grandmother, you know, we would all get to
other take apart clothing and make it more modern. So,
you know, basically, from the age of seven, I started
to learn how to sew, and you know, small steps
(32:09):
sewing buttons on and then eventually taking pieces apart. And
when I was in high school, I competed. I started
competing for the Miss America Scholarship pageants, again not knowing
I needed an evening gown. So my mother and I
started designing and creating my own evening gowns, and that's
what I did, and earned scholarship monies throughout my teenagers
(32:35):
in early twenties to attend university. I always loved creating.
I always loved the uniqueness I brought to my own
evening where. But my first love was what we call
back then psychopathology. I was always interested in pretty much
(32:56):
modus apparandi of serial killers, so I started studying serial
profiling and I had the opportunity to work for several
years as a psychiatric intern, and then continued on into
my master's and I was recruited by the FBI in
nineteen ninety eight, and you know, continued with the FBI
(33:17):
for a few decades. But I always continued to design
my own clothing, my suits, my evening guns. I attended
a lot of charity events, so I would create my
own clothing suitable for those functions. And as I got
closer to retirement. I really, you know, had a discussion
with my husband and said, I would really like to
(33:40):
go back into fashion and do something people are happy
to see me, rather than me bringing a set of
hand covers, so that you know, that's where I started.
And I started working out of my home in twenty
and thirteen, and it's only been over the past year
(34:04):
and a half that I actually brought my designs and
my collections to the public on a larger scale versus
private clientele.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Wow, you really springboard, because it looks like you've been
around for a while, even though I knew you weren't.
But the word of Malfus. Maybe I'm talking too much,
I guess, but the word of Malva on you is
getting out there because all of a sudden we start
talking about stuff, and then I hear a cross country
when I'm starting to visit people in other states, and
it's kind of fascinating. In a week, Well, that's that's
(34:39):
what we're supposed to be doing. When you see something
good or you see something that nobody's heard of. I
like to have first dips on everything. I don't care
if it's a male female product, doesn't matter. I want
it because I want to be able to showcase it
in the beginning, you know, and that is important to us.
And then if it's not anything on the red carpet,
well that's where Terry comes in, that does anything like that,
And it's anything in Nashville, and you happened to be
(35:00):
in Nashville, that's where Howard comes in.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
In our friends, you've got some Morelia Manuel who's there.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
They're all friends of our they're always they're all very
close to what we do, which is great.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
So when I'm seeing.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
These things now, it makes it's like an honor for
me because I get to spread the word in a
different way to other.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
People who may not know or don't know where to go.
Speaker 5 (35:21):
Yeah, and what beauty tests, I mean, you're also it
reminds me. I know we've spoken about this before Brian
on the show, but the creativity, when you're in your
creative brain, that's where healing occurs, right, And that struck
me that you know, you moved from something that could
(35:43):
be a lot of heavy energy, a lot of difficulty
and negativity to something where you're stepping into beauty and
creativity and the power of that.
Speaker 11 (35:55):
Yes, yes, very very much a different spectrum of life
much more enjoyable. But I certainly agree with you know
what Jillis said, Marta, everyone, Carol is so important as
small business owners or even as we progress, that we
(36:18):
lift each other up versus looking at each other as competitors.
And you know, that's how everyone gains cohesiveness and support
from the community is by everyone uplifting each other and
sharing their experiences with those other companies, those small businesses,
(36:39):
And that's the only way we can succeed. Absolutely, I
love that.
Speaker 6 (36:43):
I love that, you know why, because I have a
firm believer that there's there's enough wealth for everybody in
the world, and you don't need to take somebody's shine
because you're jealous. And too many people are so jealous
of other people they don't focus.
Speaker 11 (36:55):
On on themselves and their own creativity.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
And that's kind of sad because if you put all
that energy onto you worrying about whether people are doing
and make your own creations, you're a successful person.
Speaker 10 (37:06):
Yeah. Well, on my with my two partners, Virgin Novelo
and Valeri, we wrote the movie together to like uplift
each other's careers. So I always say that I look,
I look, I look good on a red carpet as
long as I'm in you know, you know, one of
her gowns. But right now, yeah, I look even better
(37:29):
when I have my two partners next to me, like
the three of us as three Latino women standing on
a carpet.
Speaker 9 (37:35):
I wish we had a picture, but it is. I
just I don't. I can't say enough about them. Oh
look at that.
Speaker 6 (37:42):
I love it so much.
Speaker 9 (37:44):
How was that the premiere of our film? That's Valeria.
That's me with longer hair. I cut all my hair
off for the premiere.
Speaker 10 (37:50):
It's usually down. That's I'm like, Jill, I it needs
your extensions, but it is.
Speaker 9 (37:55):
It's like, look at us.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
I love that.
Speaker 6 (37:58):
That's a beautiful tests man.
Speaker 10 (38:04):
She went to us for a photo shoot we had
as we went on our press tour. I said, Test,
we need to be dressed for our press tour and
we're indie film.
Speaker 9 (38:12):
We would love your support.
Speaker 10 (38:13):
She's like, I would love to and so it's been
she's really uplifted.
Speaker 9 (38:18):
Tests showed up for us.
Speaker 10 (38:20):
I don't know if you realize this, but you really
showed up for us at a moment where we really
needed that support because part of press as actors in
front of the camera, filmmakers, we have to look like we.
Speaker 9 (38:30):
Are what we are.
Speaker 10 (38:32):
You know, if you come in dressed right for the
red carpet, then you get more interviews, you get taken seriously,
and for an indie film that could we needed all
the press and support that we can get right now.
Speaker 11 (38:46):
My pleasure, my pleasure, I mean, I think just the
energy from Marta and the three girls. My whole team
immediately fell in love with the entire cast. So has
been our gift from you that we've had that opportunity,
you know, to meet you and the lovely ladies and
(39:09):
established you know, relationships with them.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
So yes, I'm going to piggyback on it and Terry
and come to you in a minute on red carpet stuff.
What is it like for you when people are actually
wearing something that you put your whole art into tests
that what's that feeling like for you?
Speaker 11 (39:25):
Yeah, oh, you know, it's you know again, it's it
is surreal because you know, I'm very, very proud of
my creations because they are unique and different. But at
the same time, I'm so proud of the individuals that
choose to wear the pieces where the different styles, and
(39:48):
I almost feel like every single person that wears one
of my designs is a baby, you know, going out.
You know, like you know, I'm very, very invested that
they feel wonderful and they feel strong, and they feel
confident when they're walking out, that they feel supported, that
they they're not worried that their you know, their body
(40:12):
isn't showing the way it should. You know, in an
evening downward, you know, a million eyes are on them.
So it's a proud moment, but a humbling moment, you know.
At the same time, the.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
Howard I'm coming to you, and then Jill in a minute, Terry,
talk about what's important to you when you when you're
doing those interviews on the Red Carpet because you wore
Jill's hair extensions. You know, you haven't worn Justice dress
yet test Terry yet, but you're.
Speaker 3 (40:41):
Interviewing in all those people.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
Because what's been happening with Terry, I can't figure it out,
just like I haven't figured Howard out why. I know
why people like Howard, But when Terry's doing certain interviews
on the Great Carpets, older interviews pop up, I'm not
sure if it's the person, if it's Terry what she's wearing,
because Terry will be running to me, how do I look?
And I'm thinking about everything and the last thing I'm
(41:04):
thinking about I can't see it yet.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
The most that's not to come.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Yeah, once I start to calm down, I'm like, he
you look good because everybody's throwing everything at me, and
I'm like, I feel like Tom Cruise and Ai.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
I'm shifting things out like this, and there's like that.
Speaker 2 (41:20):
You know, you got to get all this stuff done,
and then they're coming and you got to get them
because you might only get one opportunity they might come
and get them their photo from Paul saw. I ran
into Paul Marta, who took your photos at the Greek
con Festival, and it was one of those things where
you only get one and done one chance sometimes and
you might not see people for a long time, if
(41:42):
ever again.
Speaker 3 (41:43):
So, Terry, what's it like for you to do Red
Carbon interviews?
Speaker 6 (41:47):
Well, I mean, well, of course I want to look
my best friend on the red carpet, you know, but
when I'm interviewing you know, a celebrity or artists or
whoever we interview, I want to find out about this
about them who they're wearing. I love fashion and I
like to, you know, kind of get inspiration from, you know,
what other people are wearing. Again, I told you that
(42:09):
my mom was a fashion buyer. My grandmother was a designer,
so I kind of grew up around clothes my whole
life and the beloved clothes. But yeah, but that when
I'm interviewing somebody, it's about them, but I also want
to make them smile and like try to like throw
some comedy out there, you know, to be a little
bit different than the Bolan person who interviews somebody. You know,
the best thing to do is to make somebody laugh,
un feel comfortable with I'm on the red carpet from
(42:31):
them and I and I really enjoy, you know, to
kind of learn about, you know, what their experiences and
how they're feeling.
Speaker 11 (42:37):
I guess is that answer your question on that It does?
Speaker 2 (42:40):
It does because it's important because I've seen a lot
of women interview people and they make it about them.
Speaker 3 (42:46):
And I'm like, yeah, this is not going now. It's
about the person in your interview and what they're wearing.
Speaker 2 (42:52):
Even I will ask them, don't forget, I'll wisher, don't
forget to tell them asking what the woman. It's important people.
People are there for a certain reason. That designer, the nails,
that have the face everything, it's very very important, right Howard.
Speaker 7 (43:07):
Yeah, I want to I want to say that I've
noticed a shift, and it's an interior designer. I'm very
much on fashion man and women's fashion, but there's been
a shift toward I almost call it laziness, where they're
just trying to show everything all at once. They're not
having any mystery to it, and it's like, uh, it's
(43:27):
kind of been dumb down. And your fashion is very
elegant and very flattering to the pol so it does
empower the woman. But you see some of these entertainers,
it's just what can I show? How nicked can out
of look without being nicked, you know, And I just
I just don't like that. It's like it takes all
the the elegance out of it and the star power,
(43:50):
the glamor out of it. Everybody can take their clothes off,
that's no big.
Speaker 3 (43:54):
Deal, but can you look good in your clothes?
Speaker 5 (43:57):
You know?
Speaker 6 (43:58):
Can you carry yourself? I mean you have to carry
yourself in the clothes, you know?
Speaker 3 (44:02):
It's all.
Speaker 11 (44:04):
Yeah, it is it is.
Speaker 10 (44:08):
Ahead.
Speaker 2 (44:12):
Hey, Jill, we got a couple of minutes left. Talk
about why people should support small business. Why is that important,
especially for what you have.
Speaker 8 (44:21):
I think it's about, you know, communities. We've gone away
from from supporting our own communities in our in our industries,
and everything has been so big and so corporate and
so mass you know, mass market has just taken over everything,
and it's just it's crushed the spirit of a of
a small entrepreneurial company or even someone who's thinking of
(44:44):
doing it.
Speaker 11 (44:45):
And and so.
Speaker 8 (44:47):
You know, having building that community is so extremely critical,
and you know, it's it's it's it's you need the support.
That's really where it comes. And it's and it's organic.
It's like, you know, we always think about organic organic. Well,
you know in our businesses, we you know, I thrive
on being organic and building those relationships and organic followings
(45:10):
and the relationships and and and helping each other. It
just it gives you that empowerment that you need so
that you know that you're not being unseen. You know,
you're being seen, you're being heard, and you're sort of
being you know, led along this path with others that
are trying to do you know whatever they're trying to do.
(45:32):
So I think it's so important that we all sort
of stick together to do that so that we are
heard and we're seen, and then we can take it
to the next level. And it's absolutely possible. It's absolutely possible.
Speaker 5 (45:43):
Still, I really loved what you shared earlier along with
that about I've felt in the same place in the
past of living other people's plans for my life, like
I was living everybody else's plan except my own goals, dreams,
and finally being able to step forward in that I
(46:05):
related to what you said in that way, and then
also you know, stepping into the support the relationships, the connections,
building the followings based on the authentic connections that we
have with one another. I really appreciate that.
Speaker 8 (46:23):
It really is everything, right, I mean, everybody that we
have supporting us with as family friends, it means everything.
And when you when you lose that, it's a very quiet,
dark place, right. We always have to do you know,
these our businesses, our missions are you know what we're
trying to We're not just a hair brand, We're so
(46:44):
much more. I mean, I love every single person that
I you know, talk to you on our d MS,
I mean we've I've built these really incredible relationships that
you can't you can't make it up.
Speaker 4 (46:57):
You know.
Speaker 5 (46:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (46:58):
So I just appreciate everybody here on this panel, and
thank you so much for the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (47:05):
No, give you social media links for everybody, Yeah, Joe,
social media links.
Speaker 8 (47:09):
Oh yes, it's love Cura. That's our Instagram, that's our Facebook.
The company name is Cura High Quality Here Extensions. But
for Social Tura you can anytime. I'm usually on the
other end there. And if you need anything for any
of your red carpet moments, please reach out. I would
(47:31):
love to to add two Tessa's beautiful designs and our website.
Speaker 7 (47:39):
Cura dot com, Howard Wigan's Facebook, movies reviews and more,
and Instagram. That's it.
Speaker 3 (47:46):
Terry.
Speaker 6 (47:47):
It's Terry Marine on stop on all platforms because I'm
not stop because of all the stuff I always got on.
And I'm gonna be visiting ed our friend Jenny Jackson
this weekend in Nashville, So I'm really excited about like
taking a little bake to Nashville Towers. So I'm gonna
be out in your boot neck of woods this weekend.
Speaker 3 (48:04):
Bring me some artwork, I've never seen your artwork.
Speaker 6 (48:07):
Okay, well I'll show it to you.
Speaker 11 (48:09):
I will show to this weekend.
Speaker 2 (48:11):
Okay, right, we'll gotta see it. Show this trailer real
quickly week film festival.
Speaker 3 (48:15):
We'll jumping this week.
Speaker 2 (48:29):
Show a sup.
Speaker 3 (49:05):
So what has happened over the weekend? Really quickly?
Speaker 2 (49:07):
Lost in this week from festival, the nineteenth anniversary for it,
which was great. Obviously, Sophia was there, oliveru Stone was there.
Uh Ted Sononos from Netflix was there, John Landism was there,
and a bunch of great week then dignitaries and a
bunch of our new front friends from Cyprus and Greece
and sometime from Italy too, which was great. So a
(49:29):
great film festival. We're going to get more into it
next week. Martha, give you social media links for everybody.
Speaker 10 (49:34):
Well, first of all, I want to say we're available
right now to rent or buy Last Thress Sisters or
the Three Sisters. We just added that so you can
search us on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Fandango wherever
you can rent or buy, even Blu Ray DVD just
so you know, target Amazon, but you can find us
at Last Thress Sisters movie on Instagram and all the
(49:56):
platforms and for me, Marta m Cross.
Speaker 2 (50:00):
Yeah, just to get the last word of this, why
should people go out and support what you're creating, those
beautiful dresses and everything like that, go for it.
Speaker 9 (50:09):
Well.
Speaker 11 (50:11):
I think what makes me different from some fashion designers
is that I'm really focusing on empowering women with the
clothing that they're wearing, using that as their armor, so
that they can feel prepared, confident, and ready to be
(50:32):
their own unique cells in front of everybody. They don't
need to pretend anymore. And the fact that we are
also entirely focused and committed to following a very sustainable.
Speaker 2 (50:46):
Brand and we will continue to spread the word because
it's beautiful.
Speaker 11 (50:50):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (50:51):
Like I said, if I was a woman, I think
I'd be wearing Sofia's solf.
Speaker 12 (50:54):
That's anyhow, Thank you everybody. It's not always easy squeezing
all these things, and especially when you don't have enough time,
but you have enough people, and you know, just being
booked almost straight to the year, We're in.
Speaker 2 (51:07):
The October bookings already, we only got like two of
us of the stuff, and I don't know I'm gonna
fit everybody who wants to come in in so thank
everybody for coming.
Speaker 3 (51:15):
You'll always welcome back.
Speaker 2 (51:16):
We have to have you back so we have more
time to get more into everything. And I say this,
always have a good night, tonight, a better day tomorrow.
You see someone went out a smile, please give them
one of yours, because the world truly needs it. I'm
Brian subashing this movie with VI's and more, and we'll
see you next week.
Speaker 8 (51:34):
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