November 10, 2025 • 47 mins
In this episode, we are happy to have top model Daiane Sodre and bridal magazine mogul and bridal publicist extraordinaire Myrdith Leon-McCormack and Model Shailah Edmonds. Let’s start with Fashion News.
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Speaker 1 (00:20):
Welcome to Fashion Reverie Talks. I'm Cecily Daniels.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I'm Tiana Ibrahimovic.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
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Speaker 3 (00:32):
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episode on YouTube. In this episode, we are happy to
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have top model Dianisandre, model icon Sheila Edmunds, and bridal
publicists extraordinaire Meredith Leon McCormick. But let's start with fashion news.
All of our news segments are based on the fashion
news alerts found on Fashion reverie dot com. So take
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it away, Cicily with our first fashion news segment.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
I am excited that I get to talk about one.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Of my own personal icons and inspirations, Cynthia Arrivo, and
she has a fantastic cover on Harper's Bizarre. She is
obviously a Broadway icon, a film icon, and everyone in
the world was dressed up, including my daughter as her
as Alphaba on Halloween yesterday, and so she graces the
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cover of the November issue of Harper's Bizarre and it
is part of the huge media blitz for Wicked for Good.
And she says in the she's talking about the character
that Alphable will be a part of her life forever,
but that they need some separation.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
They're not gonna say anymore, but they can be friends.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So I think that's interesting just to think about her
relationship that she's had with the character that is now,
you know, so iconic, and now this huge second film
is going to come out. She is dressed in Giorgio
Armani Prive but Leensia Hote Couture and a couple of others,
and it's just a beautiful, beautiful cover.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Oh amazing. Yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Well, Diane one first Berg, another fashion icon, is figuring
out new ways to keep her brand in the news,
and she is introducing a new initiative that celebrates the
brand's heritage. It's also pretty sustainable way of doing things
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and keeping up with the brand. She meant mentioned that
the essence of timelessness is in dresses that last forever,
and to have a great vintage piece is a jewel
that lasts forever in your closet.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
She shared that with Fashionnetwork dot.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Com and so she is actually trying to keep her
word on it. So there is now DVF Vintage, and
they offer a hand selected collection of vintage styles pulled
from Diane's personal archives.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And from the DVF community.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So it's a buyback program that invites customers to consign
their pre loved DVF items for store credit. So if
you go to the DVF Flagship store in the Meatpacking District,
you can explore a curation of archival looks and finds
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some pray and silhouettes from a while ago. And until
November thirtieth, consumers.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And shoppers can do.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
This at the flagship store in New York City in
the Meatpacking District. It's also a beautiful shop. You should
definitely go and check out, and you can go and
explore the DVF Vintage and it's also currently available online
and in DVF stores. Oh my goodness, that sounds exciting.
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You know, I will wear a DVF dress in a minute.
And a wrap dress is a good look on so
many figures, and.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
You know, like she obviously it made that an iconic
dress and you know always has like such gorgeous you
know patterns and prints and the silhouettes, so I may
need to look into it.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
It works because it's adjustable for NYCS.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Exactly exactly however snatched your waist is at the time.
My last bit of fashion news is a Alan Iverson,
NBA legend icon who has teamed up with Guest Genes
for a limited edition capsule collection. And this capsule collection
is going to introduce five iconic T shirts based on
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his nineteen ninety three photo shoot with Sports Illustrated, and
he speaks about his relationship to guests growing up that
they were like the coolest thing out there that he
really couldn't afford, that maybe he once had a pair,
and so he's really excited about this collection, and the
brand is saying that Iverson is representing a generation that
has changed how we see sports, fashion and identity, and
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they want his authenticy, authenticity, resilience and energy are embodying
what guest Gene stands for today. So the T shirts
will retail for forty four dollars apiece and they will
show an eighteen year old Iverson when he was beginning
his professional career so oh so inspiring for a lot
of people. I bet exactly, and that is for our
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fashion news. But if you want to stay up to date,
you know where to go Fashion Reverie dot com.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Fashion Reverie viewers.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
We have a supermodel, International top model, Diani Sodre with
us today and I'm excited to get a little bit
of an insight on her career. Diannie, Welcome to Fashion
Reverie Talks.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here
with you guys today. I'm super excited.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm excited to hear a little bit about your road
to success that you are currently enjoying. You are from Brazil.
I would love to know a little bit more about
your background and how did you grow up. I heard
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a little bit of stories at events we both tended,
so I'd like for you to share it with our viewers.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
Absolutely, and I cannot wait to meet you in person.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
So, I'm from the city in Brazil called baischek Renji.
It's in the northeast in Bahia. It's like twenty five
thousand people.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
And you know.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
I was chosen, Yes, and I have twelve siblings, the youngest.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Only you're the youngest.
Speaker 6 (07:31):
Yes, yeah, I'm the youngest.
Speaker 5 (07:33):
I'm number thirteen, which is pretty crazy, I know, lucky thirteen.
Speaker 6 (07:40):
Yeah, I started to love the number thirteen.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
And yeah, I grew up very poor family in the
north of Brazil.
Speaker 6 (07:50):
It was very interesting, like having that change in my life.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
From coming from this little town Brazil, from a poor family,
she's just living in New York City. That was like
a lot to process. It was like a big challenge.
But I was always I always wanted that change. I
always wanted to do better for me and for my family.
So when the opportunity came, I moved to a different city.
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I wanted to be a psychologist at some point, and
then everything changed, you know. And then I had the
chance to go to a convention for models and I
was chosen by all of them.
Speaker 6 (08:30):
And then I moved to some powow.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
And then after three months, I went to I came
to New York for my first time. So like that
was like it felt like it took a long time,
but everything actually happened so fast, you know, and it's
like so interesting, Like it was always my dream, like
to be a model, Like I always wanted that, but
at some point I thought, oh, you know what, my
family wanted me to be in school, maybe it's not
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going to happen. And then from one day to the other,
like everything is just changing. It's just like until today,
like when I think about them, like I can't believe that,
like that actually happened, you know, like coming from where
I came from, like to Emen right now, Like it's
just it's wild, Like it's a bio dream, you know,
like I'm still dreaming.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
So what would you say attributed to your rise in fashion?
Speaker 6 (09:22):
Definitely consistent work.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
I think it's very important to stay focused and have
an amazing team with you. Like I'm very grateful for
my agency, the Lions, for my family, for my friends,
everybody like who my clients, who give me the opportunity,
who gave me supporting that believed in me, you know.
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I think that's very important to like stay focused, like
take care of your mind and your body, and like
always have faith and always believe in yourself. I think
that's very important. Never give up on your dreams. I
always say that my son is a little cheesy, but
I think it's very important to like never ever give up.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
An your dreams.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Mm hmm. And faith you mentioned. So that's good.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
So now just recently there was a huge, huge highlight
in your career. I think it's every model's dream. So, uh,
you recently walked in the Victorious Secret Show. Tell you
about that experience. Oh my god, well, I feel like
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I'm still like.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
It's so hard to believe that actually happened, Like you mentioned,
just like going to bed every single night, just dreaming,
praying for that moment, you know, like I would so long,
and I I always I believe in the law of attraction,
Like I always write like little notes like by my badge,
like you know, I want to achieve this, I want
to dream, I want this, and I want that. Like
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so it was very interesting and like wanting that's so bad.
It fell so long, and then one day you wake
up and you were actually going to be there, you know,
especially like coming from where I came from, Like what
are the changses? Like this little girl from like this
little town, like she has fell siblings and poor family.
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It's gonna walk the Victoria Secret Fasion Show. You know,
It's like that doesn't really happen very often. So it
was just like it was a dream, like I'm still dreaming,
like I know it happened like a couple of weeks ago,
when I'm still in shock.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
It was incredible.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
It was every time about the thing and about you know,
the call, the call back.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Oh my god, the call.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
I know, my agent, Like when he called me, he
sounded like he was gonna give me like a bad
news and I was just like almost crying when I
was just like.
Speaker 6 (11:49):
Oh my god, what happens? Everything okay?
Speaker 5 (11:51):
He was like, well, You're gonna be on the Victorist
Secret Session show, and I was like, oh my god,
I just couldn't live in I'm like it was it
was everything I dream off, you know, from all the models.
Everybody was so nice.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
They were so sweet, like.
Speaker 5 (12:09):
How hard you work to put that show together? Like
it was just incredible to be there, Like it was amazing.
Speaker 6 (12:16):
I'm so happy. I worked so hard for the moment
and I always believed, you know, like like I always
say that, like you become what I think.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
About all day long, you know, and that's like I
visualized myself being there and walking in the show, and
I'm just so so so happy. You know, it was
just incredible, Like it was just amazing. It's hard to
believe it, you know. I feel like sometimes I'm still
when I sit down I think about it, I was like, wow,
that actually happened, Like I actually did you know?
Speaker 6 (12:50):
I'm just super happy, super happy.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Well, congratulations, that's surely amazing.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Now let's talk about philanthropy because you are an ambassador
for delivering good because you do believe in giving back,
which I think you know it kind of brings more
success sometimes. And so could you tell me about how
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did you learn of delivering good and how did you
connect with them and why exactly delivering good clause?
Speaker 5 (13:28):
Yeah, first one I heard about delivering good. It was
through my agency. You're friends with someone and delivering good.
And when we talked about it, they knew how important
it was for me to be important, like involved with
a charity, like I'm so honored to be part of
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delivering good in their work?
Speaker 6 (13:49):
Did they do?
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Like I mentioned before, I came from a very poor
family in the northeast of Brazil, so I know how
important it is to give it back at you know,
like the people we need, like sometimes we go to
the distribution and Long Island City when they live in
good partner with River Fund and.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
To see the amount of people there was.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
One time was like two thousand people waiting on a
line raining outside, you know, like to be able to
get clothes and food, and like it's just so important
to me, Like there's nothing better than seeing like a
kid smiling at you, like when they get a toy,
when they get a close you know. Like I think
it's so important to use my voice and my platform
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to be able to help the people we need, you know,
Like it's so important to me and so especial, Like
I always try to use my social media and I
always like inviting my friends and everyone around me because
I think it's such a bit of a cause it
does such an amazing work, you know, like when they
do the shopping experience, like they have them, they go,
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they choose what they want, you know, it's everything is
like brand new. So it's also like a different feeling
when you're receiving something new. When you go and you
pick for yourself what you want. You know, it just
gives I don't know exactly the word, but like it
just gives you like I don't know if it'd be dignity,
Like it's just such a different feeling when you're able
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to go and choose what you wantaware, you know, like
you're picking something. But yeah, they're just incredible and it's
very important to me to be part of like something
like that and always give it back to here the
US where it's you know, where it's supposed to be
my home, and in Brazil as well.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
And yeah, they just the incredible.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Yeah, I'm familiar very well with delivering good and they
do incredible work. And of course now you're a part
of it, so you know, great, great job, Thank you.
So what's next on your vision board? On your next
h as you said, lo on a tract of attraction?
Speaker 5 (16:04):
Uh? List, Well, there's a lot of things, yeah that
I have, but I can't talk about it yet. Like
I'm always the kind of person that like I don't
actually talk about it until it happens, you know. Like
even with the VS, my family didn't even know I
went to the casting, you know, like I didn't tell
any one because I was like, I'm going to tell
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them the moment that I know I got it, you know,
because I've been trying for a while. And sometimes like
you get so you have so much expectations and you
get so disappointed when you get a know. And I
think that's why I always say, like it's so important
to never give up because I've got a know for
so many years, you know, but like I always believe that,
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like and I believe in God, and I know that
everything happens when it's supposed to be, like it will
be when it should be, you know. And that's why
I say, like, you know what, I'm not going to
tell everyone until I actually know. And then then that
I got a call, that was the first thing I did.
It was just like call my family and everybody was
just like freaking out because then knew how bad I wanted,
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how much I wanted, you know, how important it was
for me and for my family and for my friends.
Like I'm also like leaving my dream, but I'm also
living their dreams as well, you know, especially when you
come from like small towns like where we came from.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Yes, well, at least you have twenty five thousand that
are cheering for you, at least from your hometown.
Speaker 6 (17:30):
Oh my god, so many people.
Speaker 5 (17:32):
Everybody just so happy and so excited and they're all
so proud of.
Speaker 6 (17:37):
Me, and you know, it's just really amazing. I'm just
very grateful, very thankful for all of that.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Well, thank you Dianie for talking to me and for
sharing all of your experience with the fashion of reviewers.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
And oh my, just see you soon at all. Yeah,
I yah so much for having me pleasure. Thank you,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Oh well, already a wonderful interview, and we are keeping
it going.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
I am so excited to.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Bring on an accomplished entrepreneur, an icon in her industry,
Meredith Leon McCormick, who is best known as the founder
of World Bride magazine.
Speaker 7 (18:24):
Welcome Meredith, Hello, good morning.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
How are you.
Speaker 7 (18:29):
I am so well, how are you?
Speaker 2 (18:31):
I'm good, I'm good.
Speaker 7 (18:32):
It's we're live, we're above ground. So hey, we're gonna
every bit of it.
Speaker 4 (18:38):
I know that's right.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
And look at look at the gorgeous background while I
was introducing your iconic magazine. But I love it that
anyone who's tuning in gets to see a couple of
your fabulous covers.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
We are gonna get right into it.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
I want to know you had a really interesting journey
to me, so could you briefly describe your during your
fact journey that led you to starting your magazine World Pride.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
Well, I'm gonna be make it really brief.
Speaker 8 (19:08):
So I started off in the fashion world coming off
of the financial world. So I come from you know,
Merrill Lynch.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
Was my last job, like corporate job, and I had.
Speaker 8 (19:22):
A bridal salon. I had a nail salon. But I
came into the fashion world by way of being a
celebrity manicurist. So as a celebrity manicurist, I was working
with the likes of the Beyonces, Rihanna, j Lo, Uma
Thurman doing Essence, Vogue, Glamour, Cosmo, Essence everything.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
You know.
Speaker 8 (19:42):
I did all of the Ebony magazine and I took
great pride in it. But if anyone knows the industry,
it as a freelancer, it's.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
Always a up and down.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
You know, you work today, you might get paid six
months later, three months, four months, whatever it is. It's
never consistent. But if you're not passionate about what you love,
you're going to leave it because it's just it will
drive you crazy.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
And so I went to school and I was going for.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Fashion and marketing, and so at night, mind you, I
already had three children and I was married, so I
had a lot of balls up in the air. But
I was determined not to leave the fashion world because
that was my childhood dream.
Speaker 5 (20:25):
You know.
Speaker 8 (20:25):
We would rip out pages of magazines from seventeen teen, Vogue, Cosmo,
all of those magazines, and I would put it on
my wall. I bought myself Manila folders and pretended I
was an agent and I would have Beverly Johnson and.
Speaker 7 (20:41):
All of them and you know, on my wall.
Speaker 8 (20:44):
So to actually be fulfilling my dreams right now and
creating something where there was a lack of absence of
multiculturalism is a dream come true.
Speaker 7 (20:56):
So it's not one path to my journey. It's in
different paths.
Speaker 8 (21:01):
So I have the business background one, but at the
same time, I was educated firsthand of like as I
want to call it, of schooling through hands on experience,
starting out as a celebrity manicurist and working with people
and being I want to say, humble enough to help
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that makeup artists, to help the stylists, to help the photographer.
Speaker 7 (21:25):
But I was taking in information. I was taking in
information so that I would learn.
Speaker 8 (21:31):
And then the question popped up, like, hey, we lack
a publication that focuses on wedding. I wanted to do
a publication that was going to be how do you say,
recession proof. I knew that no matter what was going
on in the world, if a girl was getting married,
a couple was getting married, they had to spend money,
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but nine out of ten they wouldn't know what to do.
Speaker 7 (21:56):
How were they going to get that information?
Speaker 8 (21:58):
And they were open to animation, and I wanted it
to be an informative bit of information giving to our readers.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
I didn't I know, I probably couldn't compete.
Speaker 8 (22:10):
With the bigger brands, but I knew that what I
would do, what would happen is I would be able
to at least be in the same room.
Speaker 7 (22:20):
So that's the short end of the story.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
I mean, well, that was a fantastic story. First of all,
what a journey.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
How amazing to have to have that kind of vision,
to be one place and taken all of those you know,
kind of different elements and kind of see a totally
different final goal and make it a reality. So that's
so inspiring, And it sounds like your magazine fulfills like
a real need also for brides and you know, people
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planning their wedding because there's so much to do and
you know, kind of there's so many balls in the
air when you're in that moment that I'm sure you
know having a great magazine is actually like really helpful
and also making you have a successful business, which is
so fierce.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
Now in addition to I don't know where you have
secret time.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
You got to tell me about that because I'm also
a mama, but you are also a fashion publicist, and
I know it's mostly with bridal clients.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
Can you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 8 (23:20):
Well, that that came about because while I was doing
all these shows, because I was doing New York Fashion Week,
Miami Fashion Week, London, Paris and all of that, people
were asking me questions and asking me questions, Well, how
do you get here, How did you do this?
Speaker 7 (23:39):
How did you get to do these shows? How did
you get an agent?
Speaker 8 (23:44):
So people were already asking me questions, and I needed
other way to supplement my income because I was a
mom and be supportive of my event husband.
Speaker 7 (23:56):
I'm not a free loader. I'm never going to be that.
Speaker 8 (23:58):
So I wanted to have my own money, make a
contribution to the space in the environment, and I wanted
to show my children that it's okay for.
Speaker 7 (24:06):
Women to do it. All, but they don't have to
do it all alone.
Speaker 8 (24:11):
So when I saw that there was a need, I
went back to school again and I went to fit
for an image consulting, personal shopping, event planning, production.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
I took it all. It took me a year to
take all the certifications.
Speaker 8 (24:27):
And then I said, I am going to be an
asset to whatever company, or at the very least, I'll
find a job in the field that I want to
be in. And so that's when I started MLM Represents
WBM Production. People were always asking me. Already I was
assisting people, so why can't I earn a living? You
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know what I'm saying, And that's just what I did,
you know, having that multiple stream of income. And now
people like Oprah and Kevin Hart are saying that, and
you know Monique, and they're saying, hey, yes, I'm an
actor in one end, but I can also because I
know the inside of the business, and you want my assistant.
I'm going to start a production company so I can
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have multiple streams of income coming in and it works out.
And some of my clients that I initially was assisting
were makeup artists, hairstylists that ended up working for Worldbride
magazine and helping me and contributing. So I was referring
jobs to them, and I took the example of what
my agent, you know at Jump Management did was Hey,
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she took up twenty percent in twenty percent commission off
of it. I operated the same way, no deceit, very
consistent and kept the professional I've registered the business and
I make sure that the clients that I do take,
I only take ten clients a year. It stays in
line with what I'm doing because I do so much.
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I don't want a client to ever feel like they're
paying and they're not getting their money's worth, you know.
I want them to know and understand that if you're
coming to me, it's because you know my background. You
did your research and you know my background, you know
my history. But I'm already in the rooms you want
to be in. So you're going to pay me, compensate
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me respectfully for the services that I'm rendering. And so
I don't over commit to anything. I like to Hey,
this is what I can do, and then when I
give them more, they tend to often be surprised. But
I work closer to smaller businesses that want to be
in the space that I am because my personal story
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resonates with them. Of course you have those every now
and then that how do I say it? They have
higher expectations of themselves and of you than you know,
so they feel like it happens overnight, and your job
is to make them a Beyonce, you know. And I'm like,
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do you know how long Beyonce has been doing this?
You know it didn't happen overnight. So anyone that wants
fast results, I'm not the one for you.
Speaker 7 (27:16):
That's not what I do.
Speaker 8 (27:16):
I'm the game player that's in it for the long run.
I'm trying to make your fifteen minutes of fame last
the lifetime, not fifteen minutes.
Speaker 4 (27:28):
I like that long run.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
I also like for all of the people who like
take nuggets, compensate respectfully.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
I think that is a beautiful frank that I'm going
to hold on to. I'm going to hold on too
for sure.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Now, you mentioned some fashion weeks, and I know that
you are a regular at New York Bridal Week. Could
you speak to how you feel New York Bridal Week
is different from other fashion weeks.
Speaker 8 (27:53):
Well, first of all, people have to understand the bridal
Market and Ready to Win and cot Kuture. They all
happen in different places and in different spaces. They have
London Fashion Week, they have Men's Fashion Week, they have
Paris Fashion Week, they have Paris Couture Fashion Week, and
then now there's newcomers coming in like Dubai Fashion Week.
Speaker 7 (28:17):
Riodd in Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 8 (28:19):
Is the latest, and that's the one I'm trying to
get to immediately. You know, in Saudi they're coming out
with amazing stuff. As a professional, and I know William
will definitely agree with me, it is important that we
have presence in there as media figures, to know firsthand
that we live the information that we're providing to our
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readers and our viewers. So it's not about in there
to look fabulous, even though because some days I might
just be in you know, jeans and incognito and very
low key, and I.
Speaker 7 (28:52):
Want to come in.
Speaker 8 (28:52):
I don't care about sitting in the front row. It
used to matter to me in the very beginning. I
wanted that to be my ultimate goal is to be
in the front row. What I found was the most
valuable for me was getting behind the stages and scenes,
watching the hair and the makeup and all of that
come in. So attendance in New York Fashion Week is
(29:13):
one thing. Bridle Fashion Week is a whole other beast
because the people that come to Bridle Fashion Week, these
are hardcore buyers. They're store buyers. They're not they're not
even brides unless it's one of the industry people that
are getting married or a personal shopper, a bridle stylist
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that's bringing an elite a great customer that they're looking
to buy a specific dress. So it's very intentional. Why
because it's such a high ticketed item. Hi, we're talking
about from thirty five hundred dollars to maybe fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars. So these brides are invested in it.
(29:59):
They have a planner, they have a shopper, They are intentional,
So it's not as willy nilly, or it's not entertainment.
It might be entertaining, but it's not for entertainment. These vendors,
these designers are investing a lot in creating one dress.
A sample can go from for them to produce one
(30:22):
to five thousand dollars, so that their prices that they're
giving you is huge because the investment from fabrication, from
sourcing resources, manufacturing production. So if people don't understand why
address costs a certain way, really investigate that, you know.
(30:43):
And that's what's important to me that I want people
to understand that bridle is one hundred and seventy billion
dollar industry. It's not for the week of heart. It's
it's a lucrative business. It's an expensive business. And so
people like myself with World Bride magazine and now I'm
(31:04):
writing for Whitesposa magazine and with Fashion Revelie, we're just
not oh, let's just throw up some information for entertainment.
Speaker 7 (31:13):
No, you can scroll on Instagram for that. We're giving
you facts. We're introducing you to individuals.
Speaker 8 (31:19):
That we met, who's new on the market, what they're doing,
what you should be looking for, and how do you
prepare yourself so you don't look foolish when you go
into a store and you're like, what is that class?
So much there's so much involved in this production to
get you that one dress, and now with tariffs, that's a.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Whole other beast, right right, Well, I mean I appreciate
that there's all of that intentional thought that you have
trying to keep your consumers in form, making sure that
you are on the cutting edge of your industry so
that you always are in the know. So I know
you're on the cutting edge, and I know you're busy.
Can you give me a hint of a what's next?
(32:04):
What's next for you?
Speaker 4 (32:06):
Meredith?
Speaker 8 (32:08):
I hope William will join me in my crazy and
I think we're gonna work on No, I don't think.
We are already working on a documentary on the bridal
fashion industry, making it into a movie almost something like
The Tents and something like you know, Michael Jordan's movie
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that tells the backstory of the wedding industry.
Speaker 7 (32:34):
You know, that's one.
Speaker 8 (32:35):
And then the second component to that is we're working
on a coffee table book that celebrates twenty years of
our existence and why journalism and is important, and why
hard copies flip the page, magazine.
Speaker 7 (32:50):
Is still relevant. So those are the two major things.
Speaker 8 (32:55):
And next year is going to be our twentieth anniversary,
and my goal is to cook up twenty years, twenty
activities in twenty ways you can celebrate with World Ride Magazine,
whether you're married, getting married, want to get in the industry.
Speaker 7 (33:11):
And just celebrate with us.
Speaker 8 (33:13):
And I invite other publications, other publishers, other writers to
join me not I don't care if you work for
the not I don't care if you work.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
For fact and revery.
Speaker 8 (33:26):
I want you to join me because at the end
of the day, people want what they see the most
of If you're a one off, people like, oh, nobody's interested.
But if there's a conglomerate of us as media and
platform sitting there, it shows that media is not irrelevant,
that we're important and we have something to say, and
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we're not just giving out our opinions. We're literally giving
you facts, nuggets, and we have access that you don't
and our job is to deliver it to you. And
that's why we want people to understand what they're investing in.
So that's really the ultimate goal of both the documentary
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and the coffee table book and the celebration all in
next year that free is not free, so to support
for us to continue what we do. We want people
to support us, and that's what the whole purpose of
those two things are is to show that we exist
to deliver information in love and in passion.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
I love that, Meredith, Thank you so much for joining us.
Very inspirational, very informative, and obviously, if for any reason
you are a bride or in that time of your
getting ready to plan on being planning a wedding, World
Bride Magazine is obviously where you need to go to get.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
The information that you need.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Meredith Leon McCormick, thank you so much for joining us,
and I hope.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
You'll come back and talk to us again.
Speaker 7 (34:58):
Absolutely, it's a pleasure and thank you.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
I think I'm going to call this the episode of
Inspiration because we have one more extraordinary guest for you.
She is an internationally renowned model, one of the first
black models who made headway in Europe and I and
she is also a multi hyphen it so that was
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the beginning of an extraordinary journey. I am so honored
to bring model and performer Sheila Edmunds to the show.
Speaker 9 (35:35):
Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here.
I'm honored and I'm so glad to share my experience
with you.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
Oh, this is so exciting for us.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
Now I already gave the viewers a hint, but you
are renowned as a model. I know that that was
the beginning of, you know, your foray into the industry.
But you are one of the very first black models
that made headway in Europe, and you went all over
like everywhere, and you walked for all of these major houses.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Could you tell us about what that was like?
Speaker 9 (36:09):
Oh my gosh, it was such an experience. I came
to New York and there was a quota of top
black models that and they couldn't take any more. They
just you know, I got rejected by all the agents
and everyone. So a photographer believed in me and sent
me off to Europe. And I went to Germany without
speaking the language, not knowing happening, agent or knowing where
(36:29):
I was going.
Speaker 10 (36:30):
But I had the courage to just get.
Speaker 9 (36:32):
On that plane and I ended up in Germany, started there,
had a very nice career, then went on to Italy
to Milan, where I worked and got some gorgeous pictures.
Speaker 10 (36:41):
But when I landed in Paris, I just fell in love.
Speaker 9 (36:44):
I just knew that place for me, and I found
an agent and started working like crazy. I worked for
every major designer from there all over the world, and
I fit for Eve Saint Laurent for a while and
just had an amazing career.
Speaker 10 (36:58):
And it was at a time when all the black models.
Speaker 9 (37:00):
There was an influx of black models from all over
the world, from the islands, from everywhere.
Speaker 10 (37:05):
So it was just a time that will never be
seen before.
Speaker 9 (37:08):
And I just feel like this needs to be documented
because it's kind of forgotten in the industry right now.
But it was we had to want for nothing. We
had dinners everywhere, the designers were giving us clothes, We'd
go dancing. It was just a time where you had
not a care in the world. We're making money and
just having a wonderful life.
Speaker 4 (37:26):
It seems extraordinary.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
And for our viewers who want more information, if you
could see a little bit of Sheila's backdrop.
Speaker 2 (37:35):
She has a.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
Published memoir called wild Child to Couture Style, which I
love the name of.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
And that right that that is your cover, is your backdrop.
So I just think that is so.
Speaker 6 (37:50):
I cannot even.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
Imagine the journey that all of that must have been.
You have so many stories on our.
Speaker 9 (37:55):
Show, so many amazing moments. Yes, it was all, oh,
go ahead, go ahead, I was. It was such an
an idea to write the book.
Speaker 10 (38:05):
I looked back.
Speaker 9 (38:06):
I kept a journal the whole time I was traveling
all over the world, and when the modeling started slowing down.
I just looked back at all the things that I
had done and I said, you know what, this is
quite amazing. This needs to be in a book. And
that's what inspired me to write the book.
Speaker 4 (38:21):
Oh that is so cool. I love that. Well, I
have to I will have to pick up my own copy.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
Okay, Now modeling was only i'll say, only a beginning
because you have transition from modeling to having sold out
cabaret shows across the country, recording jazz CDs and so like,
in addition to like writing this memoir. How was that transition?
(38:46):
You know, what did you how did you figure out
what you were going to do next?
Speaker 9 (38:50):
Yeah, well, one must realize that modeling is seasonal. I
mean it's it's not a lifetime career. So you have
to kind of you have to plan something or have
a plan B or decide what you're going to do
after the modeling it slows down, which I did not.
I was just flying by the seat of my pants.
(39:11):
So but after I looked in the journals and I
just said, you know, I just need to write a
book and do something about this. But I was born
with natural talent. I always wanted to sing, act, model, dance,
and I just wanted to do anything that was affiliated
with the arts, and I always did that since I
was a child, but I was never recognized. So I
just started going back and delving into all of my
(39:34):
talents that I never got to expose, and just believing
in myself that it could happen, and going out searching
for it and meeting the right people, and you know,
the finally the singing I'm at the right people who
started me singing around the city I've sing and all
the prestigious places around New York City area, and it
just it's it's been great. But the book was just
(39:56):
the one that really took me over to the next
I couldn't believe it was such so serendipitous the way
the book happened. I went out to have I had
a date and he stood me up. And I went
to see an Ashford and Simson concert and the lady's gonna.
Speaker 10 (40:10):
Sit me in the back.
Speaker 9 (40:11):
She said, I have a place for you in the
balcony because it's sold out, and I says, please, I
don't dress like this to sit in the balcony.
Speaker 10 (40:16):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 9 (40:17):
So she sat me at a table and at that table,
I sat with two gentlemen and one was the writer
and one was the person who did the cover of
the book artists visual artists. But anyway, they we all
got together and they put the book together and he
(40:39):
co wrote it with me, and just it just happened,
just like that. It was just just really just amazing,
and it was such a great The New York Times
I did the one woman show based on the book,
and it just so happened. The New York Times was
at the concert and editor and he said, this is
such an amazing story, and I'm going to do a
story in the New York Times for you. So it
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was featured in The New York Times. And as soon
as COVID hit, you know, it was just you know,
at a time when the timing was just not right,
but he I managed to get a full front page
and inside page of the of the New York Times
Style section.
Speaker 10 (41:12):
Oh my god.
Speaker 9 (41:14):
Yeah, that made the books sell internationally and just had
a world win of a of a success. But then
h and then I even got a film offer for
the book. One very well yeah, I'm sorry, no.
Speaker 4 (41:28):
Yes, go ahead about the film.
Speaker 9 (41:29):
Yes, one very well known uh supermodel offered me a
film deal offer, and it was the time COVID hit,
and just something happened, and it just you know, the
COVID just knocked everything Hollywood just on his hit, so
that the offer never came through. And after COVID was over,
it was just so hard to pick up the pieces to,
(41:50):
you know, to try to get.
Speaker 10 (41:51):
Get it rolling again.
Speaker 9 (41:53):
And you know, to do it on your own, it's
a whole different ballgame than to have someone back you
when you know, finance it themselves. So that's why I'm
on a mission now. I just I have in my
heart I always wanted to do this film, and I
have it in my mind to do it. So I
took it upon myself. I financed the whole thing and
just hired the models, I mean to hire the actors.
(42:15):
I went into my closet, I got the wardrobe for
the for the film, and just did everything directed, produced,
executive produced the whole thing, and I put it out there.
I just put it out into the universe. And that's
what you have to do sometimes, when you follow your
dreams and just throw it out there. And sure enough,
there's the New York Short Film Festival picked it up
(42:37):
and it's.
Speaker 4 (42:38):
So amazing, thank you.
Speaker 1 (42:41):
Yes, well, it is going to be on November ninth, Yes,
and the film is called A Star Alone, correct, Yes,
So A Star Alone will be shown at the New
York Short Film Festival. So for all of our film
bops and also you know, fashion industry bops, like.
Speaker 4 (42:58):
This is going to be amazing.
Speaker 1 (43:00):
So, I mean, I love what you said about just
how just that self actualization. I think that's kind of
the theme of this episode, like, you know, like really
having a vision for yourself and then figuring out how
you're going to follow through on it. Absolutely, and in
seeing you do that, I think that it's so inspiring
(43:21):
to other people because it helps to empower us, it
helps your path, helped to empower our first guests, Like.
Speaker 10 (43:29):
You know what I mean, Yes, absolutely, absolutely, And so.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
That's you know, that's so wonderful.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
Now, obviously you have a film debuting, you have a memoir,
and you have this extraordinary career that has happened and
is continuing. Will you tell our viewers if there is
a what's next, if it's a secret, if there's something
you can share.
Speaker 9 (43:51):
Got Well, I'm so thrilled and just so filled up
with the film.
Speaker 5 (43:55):
Right now.
Speaker 9 (43:56):
I just can't think much of anything else. I do
have a plan that, like the model said, I don't
like to to talk about it so much because I
even I wrote the songs, even for some of the films,
and the songs are not going to be in this
in the short film because I'm saving them for the
actual Felm itself. But it's all about tapping into your
inner voice. It's not I don't want to get to
(44:16):
focus on me, you know, so much as the film
being about me and my mom bah bah, But it's
about inspiring people to tap into their inner voice, listen
to that inner voice, because I didn't have parents or
family to guide me or anyone to help me.
Speaker 10 (44:29):
You know.
Speaker 9 (44:29):
It's all about this was a self made project, a
self made model, self made writer, singer, everything. So it's
all about believing in yourself and getting the training and
the expertise that you need to succeed and just going
for it.
Speaker 10 (44:44):
So I hope it's an inspiration to all.
Speaker 9 (44:47):
So I want to just finish this, just get over,
get over this debut, this premiere, and then I'll see
with the next. But I have a few more film
festivals that one other one especially two other ones that
have accepted me as well for next year. So I
just want to take this on the road and hopefully,
just like spaghetti, you throw it against the wall and
it'll stick somewhere and someone will someone will take it
(45:09):
to the next level.
Speaker 4 (45:11):
That is so fantastic. Well, I am, this has been
so it is so extraordinary to get to be you.
Speaker 1 (45:17):
I mean, and for anyone, like I said, like a
fashion icon, and truly the life that you have lived
is inspiring and continue to live and just really that
seeing that path.
Speaker 4 (45:29):
For yourself and making it happen. So Sheila Evans and
then thank you. Sorry, just got excited, got excited. I'm
so honored.
Speaker 1 (45:39):
I'm so grateful that you're able to join us on
Fashion reverie dot com.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
I hope that you will consider to come.
Speaker 1 (45:45):
Back and check in with us, let us know about
how the film is doing, and let us know when
you have something else for us to share with our viewers.
Speaker 9 (45:53):
Thank you so much, it's been such a pleasure to
share this with you and to be a part of
this today.
Speaker 10 (45:58):
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
Thank you well, viewers. That's it for this episode of
the season of Fashion Reverie. Talks.
Speaker 1 (46:08):
We would like to thank Diani Sandre, Meredith, Leon McCormick,
and Sheila Edmonds for appearing on this wonderful episode of
Fashion Reverie Talks.
Speaker 3 (46:20):
For information on these and other stories, go to Fashion
reverie dot com and don't forget to hit the like
and subscribe button. Thanks for watching and we'll see you
next time.
Speaker 4 (47:00):
The lead spent deca
Welcome to Fashion Reverie Talks. I'm Cecily Daniels.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I'm Tiana Ibrahimovic.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Fashion Reverie takes you from the front lines of fashion
to the front row.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
All of Fashion Reverie Talk segments are based on published
content found on Fashion reverie dot com, so remember, if
you want more information on the segments, go to fashion
reverie dot com. And if you like this episode, don't
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episode on YouTube. In this episode, we are happy to
(00:52):
have top model Dianisandre, model icon Sheila Edmunds, and bridal
publicists extraordinaire Meredith Leon McCormick. But let's start with fashion news.
All of our news segments are based on the fashion
news alerts found on Fashion reverie dot com. So take
(01:15):
it away, Cicily with our first fashion news segment.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
I am excited that I get to talk about one.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Of my own personal icons and inspirations, Cynthia Arrivo, and
she has a fantastic cover on Harper's Bizarre. She is
obviously a Broadway icon, a film icon, and everyone in
the world was dressed up, including my daughter as her
as Alphaba on Halloween yesterday, and so she graces the
(01:46):
cover of the November issue of Harper's Bizarre and it
is part of the huge media blitz for Wicked for Good.
And she says in the she's talking about the character
that Alphable will be a part of her life forever,
but that they need some separation.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
They're not gonna say anymore, but they can be friends.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So I think that's interesting just to think about her
relationship that she's had with the character that is now,
you know, so iconic, and now this huge second film
is going to come out. She is dressed in Giorgio
Armani Prive but Leensia Hote Couture and a couple of others,
and it's just a beautiful, beautiful cover.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Oh amazing. Yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Well, Diane one first Berg, another fashion icon, is figuring
out new ways to keep her brand in the news,
and she is introducing a new initiative that celebrates the
brand's heritage. It's also pretty sustainable way of doing things
(02:56):
and keeping up with the brand. She meant mentioned that
the essence of timelessness is in dresses that last forever,
and to have a great vintage piece is a jewel
that lasts forever in your closet.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
She shared that with Fashionnetwork dot.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Com and so she is actually trying to keep her
word on it. So there is now DVF Vintage, and
they offer a hand selected collection of vintage styles pulled
from Diane's personal archives.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And from the DVF community.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So it's a buyback program that invites customers to consign
their pre loved DVF items for store credit. So if
you go to the DVF Flagship store in the Meatpacking District,
you can explore a curation of archival looks and finds
(03:58):
some pray and silhouettes from a while ago. And until
November thirtieth, consumers.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And shoppers can do.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
This at the flagship store in New York City in
the Meatpacking District. It's also a beautiful shop. You should
definitely go and check out, and you can go and
explore the DVF Vintage and it's also currently available online
and in DVF stores. Oh my goodness, that sounds exciting.
(04:31):
You know, I will wear a DVF dress in a minute.
And a wrap dress is a good look on so
many figures, and.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
You know, like she obviously it made that an iconic
dress and you know always has like such gorgeous you
know patterns and prints and the silhouettes, so I may
need to look into it.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
It works because it's adjustable for NYCS.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Exactly exactly however snatched your waist is at the time.
My last bit of fashion news is a Alan Iverson,
NBA legend icon who has teamed up with Guest Genes
for a limited edition capsule collection. And this capsule collection
is going to introduce five iconic T shirts based on
(05:14):
his nineteen ninety three photo shoot with Sports Illustrated, and
he speaks about his relationship to guests growing up that
they were like the coolest thing out there that he
really couldn't afford, that maybe he once had a pair,
and so he's really excited about this collection, and the
brand is saying that Iverson is representing a generation that
has changed how we see sports, fashion and identity, and
(05:38):
they want his authenticy, authenticity, resilience and energy are embodying
what guest Gene stands for today. So the T shirts
will retail for forty four dollars apiece and they will
show an eighteen year old Iverson when he was beginning
his professional career so oh so inspiring for a lot
of people. I bet exactly, and that is for our
(06:00):
fashion news. But if you want to stay up to date,
you know where to go Fashion Reverie dot com.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Fashion Reverie viewers.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
We have a supermodel, International top model, Diani Sodre with
us today and I'm excited to get a little bit
of an insight on her career. Diannie, Welcome to Fashion
Reverie Talks.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here
with you guys today. I'm super excited.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm excited to hear a little bit about your road
to success that you are currently enjoying. You are from Brazil.
I would love to know a little bit more about
your background and how did you grow up. I heard
(06:55):
a little bit of stories at events we both tended,
so I'd like for you to share it with our viewers.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
Absolutely, and I cannot wait to meet you in person.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
So, I'm from the city in Brazil called baischek Renji.
It's in the northeast in Bahia. It's like twenty five
thousand people.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
And you know.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
I was chosen, Yes, and I have twelve siblings, the youngest.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Only you're the youngest.
Speaker 6 (07:31):
Yes, yeah, I'm the youngest.
Speaker 5 (07:33):
I'm number thirteen, which is pretty crazy, I know, lucky thirteen.
Speaker 6 (07:40):
Yeah, I started to love the number thirteen.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
And yeah, I grew up very poor family in the
north of Brazil.
Speaker 6 (07:50):
It was very interesting, like having that change in my life.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
From coming from this little town Brazil, from a poor family,
she's just living in New York City. That was like
a lot to process. It was like a big challenge.
But I was always I always wanted that change. I
always wanted to do better for me and for my family.
So when the opportunity came, I moved to a different city.
(08:19):
I wanted to be a psychologist at some point, and
then everything changed, you know. And then I had the
chance to go to a convention for models and I
was chosen by all of them.
Speaker 6 (08:30):
And then I moved to some powow.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
And then after three months, I went to I came
to New York for my first time. So like that
was like it felt like it took a long time,
but everything actually happened so fast, you know, and it's
like so interesting, Like it was always my dream, like
to be a model, Like I always wanted that, but
at some point I thought, oh, you know what, my
family wanted me to be in school, maybe it's not
(08:53):
going to happen. And then from one day to the other,
like everything is just changing. It's just like until today,
like when I think about them, like I can't believe that,
like that actually happened, you know, like coming from where
I came from, like to Emen right now, Like it's
just it's wild, Like it's a bio dream, you know,
like I'm still dreaming.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
So what would you say attributed to your rise in fashion?
Speaker 6 (09:22):
Definitely consistent work.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
I think it's very important to stay focused and have
an amazing team with you. Like I'm very grateful for
my agency, the Lions, for my family, for my friends,
everybody like who my clients, who give me the opportunity,
who gave me supporting that believed in me, you know.
(09:47):
I think that's very important to like stay focused, like
take care of your mind and your body, and like
always have faith and always believe in yourself. I think
that's very important. Never give up on your dreams. I
always say that my son is a little cheesy, but
I think it's very important to like never ever give up.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
An your dreams.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Mm hmm. And faith you mentioned. So that's good.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
So now just recently there was a huge, huge highlight
in your career. I think it's every model's dream. So, uh,
you recently walked in the Victorious Secret Show. Tell you
about that experience. Oh my god, well, I feel like
(10:34):
I'm still like.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
It's so hard to believe that actually happened, Like you mentioned,
just like going to bed every single night, just dreaming,
praying for that moment, you know, like I would so long,
and I I always I believe in the law of attraction,
Like I always write like little notes like by my badge,
like you know, I want to achieve this, I want
to dream, I want this, and I want that. Like
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so it was very interesting and like wanting that's so bad.
It fell so long, and then one day you wake
up and you were actually going to be there, you know,
especially like coming from where I came from, Like what
are the changses? Like this little girl from like this
little town, like she has fell siblings and poor family.
(11:19):
It's gonna walk the Victoria Secret Fasion Show. You know,
It's like that doesn't really happen very often. So it
was just like it was a dream, like I'm still dreaming,
like I know it happened like a couple of weeks ago,
when I'm still in shock.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
It was incredible.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
It was every time about the thing and about you know,
the call, the call back.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Oh my god, the call.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
I know, my agent, Like when he called me, he
sounded like he was gonna give me like a bad
news and I was just like almost crying when I
was just like.
Speaker 6 (11:49):
Oh my god, what happens? Everything okay?
Speaker 5 (11:51):
He was like, well, You're gonna be on the Victorist
Secret Session show, and I was like, oh my god,
I just couldn't live in I'm like it was it
was everything I dream off, you know, from all the models.
Everybody was so nice.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
They were so sweet, like.
Speaker 5 (12:09):
How hard you work to put that show together? Like
it was just incredible to be there, Like it was amazing.
Speaker 6 (12:16):
I'm so happy. I worked so hard for the moment
and I always believed, you know, like like I always
say that, like you become what I think.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
About all day long, you know, and that's like I
visualized myself being there and walking in the show, and
I'm just so so so happy. You know, it was
just incredible, Like it was just amazing. It's hard to
believe it, you know. I feel like sometimes I'm still
when I sit down I think about it, I was like, wow,
that actually happened, Like I actually did you know?
Speaker 6 (12:50):
I'm just super happy, super happy.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Well, congratulations, that's surely amazing.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Now let's talk about philanthropy because you are an ambassador
for delivering good because you do believe in giving back,
which I think you know it kind of brings more
success sometimes. And so could you tell me about how
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did you learn of delivering good and how did you
connect with them and why exactly delivering good clause?
Speaker 5 (13:28):
Yeah, first one I heard about delivering good. It was
through my agency. You're friends with someone and delivering good.
And when we talked about it, they knew how important
it was for me to be important, like involved with
a charity, like I'm so honored to be part of
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delivering good in their work?
Speaker 6 (13:49):
Did they do?
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Like I mentioned before, I came from a very poor
family in the northeast of Brazil, so I know how
important it is to give it back at you know,
like the people we need, like sometimes we go to
the distribution and Long Island City when they live in
good partner with River Fund and.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
To see the amount of people there was.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
One time was like two thousand people waiting on a
line raining outside, you know, like to be able to
get clothes and food, and like it's just so important
to me, Like there's nothing better than seeing like a
kid smiling at you, like when they get a toy,
when they get a close you know. Like I think
it's so important to use my voice and my platform
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to be able to help the people we need, you know,
Like it's so important to me and so especial, Like
I always try to use my social media and I
always like inviting my friends and everyone around me because
I think it's such a bit of a cause it
does such an amazing work, you know, like when they
do the shopping experience, like they have them, they go,
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they choose what they want, you know, it's everything is
like brand new. So it's also like a different feeling
when you're receiving something new. When you go and you
pick for yourself what you want. You know, it just
gives I don't know exactly the word, but like it
just gives you like I don't know if it'd be dignity,
Like it's just such a different feeling when you're able
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to go and choose what you wantaware, you know, like
you're picking something. But yeah, they're just incredible and it's
very important to me to be part of like something
like that and always give it back to here the
US where it's you know, where it's supposed to be
my home, and in Brazil as well.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
And yeah, they just the incredible.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Yeah, I'm familiar very well with delivering good and they
do incredible work. And of course now you're a part
of it, so you know, great, great job, Thank you.
So what's next on your vision board? On your next
h as you said, lo on a tract of attraction?
Speaker 5 (16:04):
Uh? List, Well, there's a lot of things, yeah that
I have, but I can't talk about it yet. Like
I'm always the kind of person that like I don't
actually talk about it until it happens, you know. Like
even with the VS, my family didn't even know I
went to the casting, you know, like I didn't tell
any one because I was like, I'm going to tell
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them the moment that I know I got it, you know,
because I've been trying for a while. And sometimes like
you get so you have so much expectations and you
get so disappointed when you get a know. And I
think that's why I always say, like it's so important
to never give up because I've got a know for
so many years, you know, but like I always believe that,
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like and I believe in God, and I know that
everything happens when it's supposed to be, like it will
be when it should be, you know. And that's why
I say, like, you know what, I'm not going to
tell everyone until I actually know. And then then that
I got a call, that was the first thing I did.
It was just like call my family and everybody was
just like freaking out because then knew how bad I wanted,
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how much I wanted, you know, how important it was
for me and for my family and for my friends.
Like I'm also like leaving my dream, but I'm also
living their dreams as well, you know, especially when you
come from like small towns like where we came from.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Yes, well, at least you have twenty five thousand that
are cheering for you, at least from your hometown.
Speaker 6 (17:30):
Oh my god, so many people.
Speaker 5 (17:32):
Everybody just so happy and so excited and they're all
so proud of.
Speaker 6 (17:37):
Me, and you know, it's just really amazing. I'm just
very grateful, very thankful for all of that.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Well, thank you Dianie for talking to me and for
sharing all of your experience with the fashion of reviewers.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
And oh my, just see you soon at all. Yeah,
I yah so much for having me pleasure. Thank you,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Oh well, already a wonderful interview, and we are keeping
it going.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
I am so excited to.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Bring on an accomplished entrepreneur, an icon in her industry,
Meredith Leon McCormick, who is best known as the founder
of World Bride magazine.
Speaker 7 (18:24):
Welcome Meredith, Hello, good morning.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
How are you.
Speaker 7 (18:29):
I am so well, how are you?
Speaker 2 (18:31):
I'm good, I'm good.
Speaker 7 (18:32):
It's we're live, we're above ground. So hey, we're gonna
every bit of it.
Speaker 4 (18:38):
I know that's right.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
And look at look at the gorgeous background while I
was introducing your iconic magazine. But I love it that
anyone who's tuning in gets to see a couple of
your fabulous covers.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
We are gonna get right into it.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
I want to know you had a really interesting journey
to me, so could you briefly describe your during your
fact journey that led you to starting your magazine World Pride.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
Well, I'm gonna be make it really brief.
Speaker 8 (19:08):
So I started off in the fashion world coming off
of the financial world. So I come from you know,
Merrill Lynch.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
Was my last job, like corporate job, and I had.
Speaker 8 (19:22):
A bridal salon. I had a nail salon. But I
came into the fashion world by way of being a
celebrity manicurist. So as a celebrity manicurist, I was working
with the likes of the Beyonces, Rihanna, j Lo, Uma
Thurman doing Essence, Vogue, Glamour, Cosmo, Essence everything.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
You know.
Speaker 8 (19:42):
I did all of the Ebony magazine and I took
great pride in it. But if anyone knows the industry,
it as a freelancer, it's.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
Always a up and down.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
You know, you work today, you might get paid six
months later, three months, four months, whatever it is. It's
never consistent. But if you're not passionate about what you love,
you're going to leave it because it's just it will
drive you crazy.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
And so I went to school and I was going for.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Fashion and marketing, and so at night, mind you, I
already had three children and I was married, so I
had a lot of balls up in the air. But
I was determined not to leave the fashion world because
that was my childhood dream.
Speaker 5 (20:25):
You know.
Speaker 8 (20:25):
We would rip out pages of magazines from seventeen teen, Vogue, Cosmo,
all of those magazines, and I would put it on
my wall. I bought myself Manila folders and pretended I
was an agent and I would have Beverly Johnson and.
Speaker 7 (20:41):
All of them and you know, on my wall.
Speaker 8 (20:44):
So to actually be fulfilling my dreams right now and
creating something where there was a lack of absence of
multiculturalism is a dream come true.
Speaker 7 (20:56):
So it's not one path to my journey. It's in
different paths.
Speaker 8 (21:01):
So I have the business background one, but at the
same time, I was educated firsthand of like as I
want to call it, of schooling through hands on experience,
starting out as a celebrity manicurist and working with people
and being I want to say, humble enough to help
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that makeup artists, to help the stylists, to help the photographer.
Speaker 7 (21:25):
But I was taking in information. I was taking in
information so that I would learn.
Speaker 8 (21:31):
And then the question popped up, like, hey, we lack
a publication that focuses on wedding. I wanted to do
a publication that was going to be how do you say,
recession proof. I knew that no matter what was going
on in the world, if a girl was getting married,
a couple was getting married, they had to spend money,
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but nine out of ten they wouldn't know what to do.
Speaker 7 (21:56):
How were they going to get that information?
Speaker 8 (21:58):
And they were open to animation, and I wanted it
to be an informative bit of information giving to our readers.
Speaker 7 (22:07):
I didn't I know, I probably couldn't compete.
Speaker 8 (22:10):
With the bigger brands, but I knew that what I
would do, what would happen is I would be able
to at least be in the same room.
Speaker 7 (22:20):
So that's the short end of the story.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
I mean, well, that was a fantastic story. First of all,
what a journey.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
How amazing to have to have that kind of vision,
to be one place and taken all of those you know,
kind of different elements and kind of see a totally
different final goal and make it a reality. So that's
so inspiring, And it sounds like your magazine fulfills like
a real need also for brides and you know, people
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planning their wedding because there's so much to do and
you know, kind of there's so many balls in the
air when you're in that moment that I'm sure you
know having a great magazine is actually like really helpful
and also making you have a successful business, which is
so fierce.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
Now in addition to I don't know where you have
secret time.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
You got to tell me about that because I'm also
a mama, but you are also a fashion publicist, and
I know it's mostly with bridal clients.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
Can you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 8 (23:20):
Well, that that came about because while I was doing
all these shows, because I was doing New York Fashion Week,
Miami Fashion Week, London, Paris and all of that, people
were asking me questions and asking me questions, Well, how
do you get here, How did you do this?
Speaker 7 (23:39):
How did you get to do these shows? How did
you get an agent?
Speaker 8 (23:44):
So people were already asking me questions, and I needed
other way to supplement my income because I was a
mom and be supportive of my event husband.
Speaker 7 (23:56):
I'm not a free loader. I'm never going to be that.
Speaker 8 (23:58):
So I wanted to have my own money, make a
contribution to the space in the environment, and I wanted
to show my children that it's okay for.
Speaker 7 (24:06):
Women to do it. All, but they don't have to
do it all alone.
Speaker 8 (24:11):
So when I saw that there was a need, I
went back to school again and I went to fit
for an image consulting, personal shopping, event planning, production.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
I took it all. It took me a year to
take all the certifications.
Speaker 8 (24:27):
And then I said, I am going to be an
asset to whatever company, or at the very least, I'll
find a job in the field that I want to
be in. And so that's when I started MLM Represents
WBM Production. People were always asking me. Already I was
assisting people, so why can't I earn a living? You
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know what I'm saying, And that's just what I did,
you know, having that multiple stream of income. And now
people like Oprah and Kevin Hart are saying that, and
you know Monique, and they're saying, hey, yes, I'm an
actor in one end, but I can also because I
know the inside of the business, and you want my assistant.
I'm going to start a production company so I can
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have multiple streams of income coming in and it works out.
And some of my clients that I initially was assisting
were makeup artists, hairstylists that ended up working for Worldbride
magazine and helping me and contributing. So I was referring
jobs to them, and I took the example of what
my agent, you know at Jump Management did was Hey,
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she took up twenty percent in twenty percent commission off
of it. I operated the same way, no deceit, very
consistent and kept the professional I've registered the business and
I make sure that the clients that I do take,
I only take ten clients a year. It stays in
line with what I'm doing because I do so much.
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I don't want a client to ever feel like they're
paying and they're not getting their money's worth, you know.
I want them to know and understand that if you're
coming to me, it's because you know my background. You
did your research and you know my background, you know
my history. But I'm already in the rooms you want
to be in. So you're going to pay me, compensate
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me respectfully for the services that I'm rendering. And so
I don't over commit to anything. I like to Hey,
this is what I can do, and then when I
give them more, they tend to often be surprised. But
I work closer to smaller businesses that want to be
in the space that I am because my personal story
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resonates with them. Of course you have those every now
and then that how do I say it? They have
higher expectations of themselves and of you than you know,
so they feel like it happens overnight, and your job
is to make them a Beyonce, you know. And I'm like,
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do you know how long Beyonce has been doing this?
You know it didn't happen overnight. So anyone that wants
fast results, I'm not the one for you.
Speaker 7 (27:16):
That's not what I do.
Speaker 8 (27:16):
I'm the game player that's in it for the long run.
I'm trying to make your fifteen minutes of fame last
the lifetime, not fifteen minutes.
Speaker 4 (27:28):
I like that long run.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
I also like for all of the people who like
take nuggets, compensate respectfully.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
I think that is a beautiful frank that I'm going
to hold on to. I'm going to hold on too
for sure.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Now, you mentioned some fashion weeks, and I know that
you are a regular at New York Bridal Week. Could
you speak to how you feel New York Bridal Week
is different from other fashion weeks.
Speaker 8 (27:53):
Well, first of all, people have to understand the bridal
Market and Ready to Win and cot Kuture. They all
happen in different places and in different spaces. They have
London Fashion Week, they have Men's Fashion Week, they have
Paris Fashion Week, they have Paris Couture Fashion Week, and
then now there's newcomers coming in like Dubai Fashion Week.
Speaker 7 (28:17):
Riodd in Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 8 (28:19):
Is the latest, and that's the one I'm trying to
get to immediately. You know, in Saudi they're coming out
with amazing stuff. As a professional, and I know William
will definitely agree with me, it is important that we
have presence in there as media figures, to know firsthand
that we live the information that we're providing to our
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readers and our viewers. So it's not about in there
to look fabulous, even though because some days I might
just be in you know, jeans and incognito and very
low key, and I.
Speaker 7 (28:52):
Want to come in.
Speaker 8 (28:52):
I don't care about sitting in the front row. It
used to matter to me in the very beginning. I
wanted that to be my ultimate goal is to be
in the front row. What I found was the most
valuable for me was getting behind the stages and scenes,
watching the hair and the makeup and all of that
come in. So attendance in New York Fashion Week is
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one thing. Bridle Fashion Week is a whole other beast
because the people that come to Bridle Fashion Week, these
are hardcore buyers. They're store buyers. They're not they're not
even brides unless it's one of the industry people that
are getting married or a personal shopper, a bridle stylist
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that's bringing an elite a great customer that they're looking
to buy a specific dress. So it's very intentional. Why
because it's such a high ticketed item. Hi, we're talking
about from thirty five hundred dollars to maybe fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars. So these brides are invested in it.
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They have a planner, they have a shopper, They are intentional,
So it's not as willy nilly, or it's not entertainment.
It might be entertaining, but it's not for entertainment. These vendors,
these designers are investing a lot in creating one dress.
A sample can go from for them to produce one
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to five thousand dollars, so that their prices that they're
giving you is huge because the investment from fabrication, from
sourcing resources, manufacturing production. So if people don't understand why
address costs a certain way, really investigate that, you know.
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And that's what's important to me that I want people
to understand that bridle is one hundred and seventy billion
dollar industry. It's not for the week of heart. It's
it's a lucrative business. It's an expensive business. And so
people like myself with World Bride magazine and now I'm
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writing for Whitesposa magazine and with Fashion Revelie, we're just
not oh, let's just throw up some information for entertainment.
Speaker 7 (31:13):
No, you can scroll on Instagram for that. We're giving
you facts. We're introducing you to individuals.
Speaker 8 (31:19):
That we met, who's new on the market, what they're doing,
what you should be looking for, and how do you
prepare yourself so you don't look foolish when you go
into a store and you're like, what is that class?
So much there's so much involved in this production to
get you that one dress, and now with tariffs, that's a.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Whole other beast, right right, Well, I mean I appreciate
that there's all of that intentional thought that you have
trying to keep your consumers in form, making sure that
you are on the cutting edge of your industry so
that you always are in the know. So I know
you're on the cutting edge, and I know you're busy.
Can you give me a hint of a what's next?
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What's next for you?
Speaker 4 (32:06):
Meredith?
Speaker 8 (32:08):
I hope William will join me in my crazy and
I think we're gonna work on No, I don't think.
We are already working on a documentary on the bridal
fashion industry, making it into a movie almost something like
The Tents and something like you know, Michael Jordan's movie
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that tells the backstory of the wedding industry.
Speaker 7 (32:34):
You know, that's one.
Speaker 8 (32:35):
And then the second component to that is we're working
on a coffee table book that celebrates twenty years of
our existence and why journalism and is important, and why
hard copies flip the page, magazine.
Speaker 7 (32:50):
Is still relevant. So those are the two major things.
Speaker 8 (32:55):
And next year is going to be our twentieth anniversary,
and my goal is to cook up twenty years, twenty
activities in twenty ways you can celebrate with World Ride Magazine,
whether you're married, getting married, want to get in the industry.
Speaker 7 (33:11):
And just celebrate with us.
Speaker 8 (33:13):
And I invite other publications, other publishers, other writers to
join me not I don't care if you work for
the not I don't care if you work.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
For fact and revery.
Speaker 8 (33:26):
I want you to join me because at the end
of the day, people want what they see the most
of If you're a one off, people like, oh, nobody's interested.
But if there's a conglomerate of us as media and
platform sitting there, it shows that media is not irrelevant,
that we're important and we have something to say, and
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we're not just giving out our opinions. We're literally giving
you facts, nuggets, and we have access that you don't
and our job is to deliver it to you. And
that's why we want people to understand what they're investing in.
So that's really the ultimate goal of both the documentary
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and the coffee table book and the celebration all in
next year that free is not free, so to support
for us to continue what we do. We want people
to support us, and that's what the whole purpose of
those two things are is to show that we exist
to deliver information in love and in passion.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
I love that, Meredith, Thank you so much for joining us.
Very inspirational, very informative, and obviously, if for any reason
you are a bride or in that time of your
getting ready to plan on being planning a wedding, World
Bride Magazine is obviously where you need to go to get.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
The information that you need.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Meredith Leon McCormick, thank you so much for joining us,
and I hope.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
You'll come back and talk to us again.
Speaker 7 (34:58):
Absolutely, it's a pleasure and thank you.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
I think I'm going to call this the episode of
Inspiration because we have one more extraordinary guest for you.
She is an internationally renowned model, one of the first
black models who made headway in Europe and I and
she is also a multi hyphen it so that was
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the beginning of an extraordinary journey. I am so honored
to bring model and performer Sheila Edmunds to the show.
Speaker 9 (35:35):
Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here.
I'm honored and I'm so glad to share my experience
with you.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
Oh, this is so exciting for us.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
Now I already gave the viewers a hint, but you
are renowned as a model. I know that that was
the beginning of, you know, your foray into the industry.
But you are one of the very first black models
that made headway in Europe, and you went all over
like everywhere, and you walked for all of these major houses.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Could you tell us about what that was like?
Speaker 9 (36:09):
Oh my gosh, it was such an experience. I came
to New York and there was a quota of top
black models that and they couldn't take any more. They
just you know, I got rejected by all the agents
and everyone. So a photographer believed in me and sent
me off to Europe. And I went to Germany without
speaking the language, not knowing happening, agent or knowing where
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I was going.
Speaker 10 (36:30):
But I had the courage to just get.
Speaker 9 (36:32):
On that plane and I ended up in Germany, started there,
had a very nice career, then went on to Italy
to Milan, where I worked and got some gorgeous pictures.
Speaker 10 (36:41):
But when I landed in Paris, I just fell in love.
Speaker 9 (36:44):
I just knew that place for me, and I found
an agent and started working like crazy. I worked for
every major designer from there all over the world, and
I fit for Eve Saint Laurent for a while and
just had an amazing career.
Speaker 10 (36:58):
And it was at a time when all the black models.
Speaker 9 (37:00):
There was an influx of black models from all over
the world, from the islands, from everywhere.
Speaker 10 (37:05):
So it was just a time that will never be
seen before.
Speaker 9 (37:08):
And I just feel like this needs to be documented
because it's kind of forgotten in the industry right now.
But it was we had to want for nothing. We
had dinners everywhere, the designers were giving us clothes, We'd
go dancing. It was just a time where you had
not a care in the world. We're making money and
just having a wonderful life.
Speaker 4 (37:26):
It seems extraordinary.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
And for our viewers who want more information, if you
could see a little bit of Sheila's backdrop.
Speaker 2 (37:35):
She has a.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
Published memoir called wild Child to Couture Style, which I
love the name of.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
And that right that that is your cover, is your backdrop.
So I just think that is so.
Speaker 6 (37:50):
I cannot even.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
Imagine the journey that all of that must have been.
You have so many stories on our.
Speaker 9 (37:55):
Show, so many amazing moments. Yes, it was all, oh,
go ahead, go ahead, I was. It was such an
an idea to write the book.
Speaker 10 (38:05):
I looked back.
Speaker 9 (38:06):
I kept a journal the whole time I was traveling
all over the world, and when the modeling started slowing down.
I just looked back at all the things that I
had done and I said, you know what, this is
quite amazing. This needs to be in a book. And
that's what inspired me to write the book.
Speaker 4 (38:21):
Oh that is so cool. I love that. Well, I
have to I will have to pick up my own copy.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
Okay, Now modeling was only i'll say, only a beginning
because you have transition from modeling to having sold out
cabaret shows across the country, recording jazz CDs and so like,
in addition to like writing this memoir. How was that transition?
(38:46):
You know, what did you how did you figure out
what you were going to do next?
Speaker 9 (38:50):
Yeah, well, one must realize that modeling is seasonal. I
mean it's it's not a lifetime career. So you have
to kind of you have to plan something or have
a plan B or decide what you're going to do
after the modeling it slows down, which I did not.
I was just flying by the seat of my pants.
(39:11):
So but after I looked in the journals and I
just said, you know, I just need to write a
book and do something about this. But I was born
with natural talent. I always wanted to sing, act, model, dance,
and I just wanted to do anything that was affiliated
with the arts, and I always did that since I
was a child, but I was never recognized. So I
just started going back and delving into all of my
(39:34):
talents that I never got to expose, and just believing
in myself that it could happen, and going out searching
for it and meeting the right people, and you know,
the finally the singing I'm at the right people who
started me singing around the city I've sing and all
the prestigious places around New York City area, and it
just it's it's been great. But the book was just
(39:56):
the one that really took me over to the next
I couldn't believe it was such so serendipitous the way
the book happened. I went out to have I had
a date and he stood me up. And I went
to see an Ashford and Simson concert and the lady's gonna.
Speaker 10 (40:10):
Sit me in the back.
Speaker 9 (40:11):
She said, I have a place for you in the
balcony because it's sold out, and I says, please, I
don't dress like this to sit in the balcony.
Speaker 10 (40:16):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 9 (40:17):
So she sat me at a table and at that table,
I sat with two gentlemen and one was the writer
and one was the person who did the cover of
the book artists visual artists. But anyway, they we all
got together and they put the book together and he
(40:39):
co wrote it with me, and just it just happened,
just like that. It was just just really just amazing,
and it was such a great The New York Times
I did the one woman show based on the book,
and it just so happened. The New York Times was
at the concert and editor and he said, this is
such an amazing story, and I'm going to do a
story in the New York Times for you. So it
(40:59):
was featured in The New York Times. And as soon
as COVID hit, you know, it was just you know,
at a time when the timing was just not right,
but he I managed to get a full front page
and inside page of the of the New York Times
Style section.
Speaker 10 (41:12):
Oh my god.
Speaker 9 (41:14):
Yeah, that made the books sell internationally and just had
a world win of a of a success. But then
h and then I even got a film offer for
the book. One very well yeah, I'm sorry, no.
Speaker 4 (41:28):
Yes, go ahead about the film.
Speaker 9 (41:29):
Yes, one very well known uh supermodel offered me a
film deal offer, and it was the time COVID hit,
and just something happened, and it just you know, the
COVID just knocked everything Hollywood just on his hit, so
that the offer never came through. And after COVID was over,
it was just so hard to pick up the pieces to,
(41:50):
you know, to try to get.
Speaker 10 (41:51):
Get it rolling again.
Speaker 9 (41:53):
And you know, to do it on your own, it's
a whole different ballgame than to have someone back you
when you know, finance it themselves. So that's why I'm
on a mission now. I just I have in my
heart I always wanted to do this film, and I
have it in my mind to do it. So I
took it upon myself. I financed the whole thing and
just hired the models, I mean to hire the actors.
(42:15):
I went into my closet, I got the wardrobe for
the for the film, and just did everything directed, produced,
executive produced the whole thing, and I put it out there.
I just put it out into the universe. And that's
what you have to do sometimes, when you follow your
dreams and just throw it out there. And sure enough,
there's the New York Short Film Festival picked it up
(42:37):
and it's.
Speaker 4 (42:38):
So amazing, thank you.
Speaker 1 (42:41):
Yes, well, it is going to be on November ninth, Yes,
and the film is called A Star Alone, correct, Yes,
So A Star Alone will be shown at the New
York Short Film Festival. So for all of our film
bops and also you know, fashion industry bops, like.
Speaker 4 (42:58):
This is going to be amazing.
Speaker 1 (43:00):
So, I mean, I love what you said about just
how just that self actualization. I think that's kind of
the theme of this episode, like, you know, like really
having a vision for yourself and then figuring out how
you're going to follow through on it. Absolutely, and in
seeing you do that, I think that it's so inspiring
(43:21):
to other people because it helps to empower us, it
helps your path, helped to empower our first guests, Like.
Speaker 10 (43:29):
You know what I mean, Yes, absolutely, absolutely, And so.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
That's you know, that's so wonderful.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
Now, obviously you have a film debuting, you have a memoir,
and you have this extraordinary career that has happened and
is continuing. Will you tell our viewers if there is
a what's next, if it's a secret, if there's something
you can share.
Speaker 9 (43:51):
Got Well, I'm so thrilled and just so filled up
with the film.
Speaker 5 (43:55):
Right now.
Speaker 9 (43:56):
I just can't think much of anything else. I do
have a plan that, like the model said, I don't
like to to talk about it so much because I
even I wrote the songs, even for some of the films,
and the songs are not going to be in this
in the short film because I'm saving them for the
actual Felm itself. But it's all about tapping into your
inner voice. It's not I don't want to get to
(44:16):
focus on me, you know, so much as the film
being about me and my mom bah bah, But it's
about inspiring people to tap into their inner voice, listen
to that inner voice, because I didn't have parents or
family to guide me or anyone to help me.
Speaker 10 (44:29):
You know.
Speaker 9 (44:29):
It's all about this was a self made project, a
self made model, self made writer, singer, everything. So it's
all about believing in yourself and getting the training and
the expertise that you need to succeed and just going
for it.
Speaker 10 (44:44):
So I hope it's an inspiration to all.
Speaker 9 (44:47):
So I want to just finish this, just get over,
get over this debut, this premiere, and then I'll see
with the next. But I have a few more film
festivals that one other one especially two other ones that
have accepted me as well for next year. So I
just want to take this on the road and hopefully,
just like spaghetti, you throw it against the wall and
it'll stick somewhere and someone will someone will take it
(45:09):
to the next level.
Speaker 4 (45:11):
That is so fantastic. Well, I am, this has been
so it is so extraordinary to get to be you.
Speaker 1 (45:17):
I mean, and for anyone, like I said, like a
fashion icon, and truly the life that you have lived
is inspiring and continue to live and just really that
seeing that path.
Speaker 4 (45:29):
For yourself and making it happen. So Sheila Evans and
then thank you. Sorry, just got excited, got excited. I'm
so honored.
Speaker 1 (45:39):
I'm so grateful that you're able to join us on
Fashion reverie dot com.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
I hope that you will consider to come.
Speaker 1 (45:45):
Back and check in with us, let us know about
how the film is doing, and let us know when
you have something else for us to share with our viewers.
Speaker 9 (45:53):
Thank you so much, it's been such a pleasure to
share this with you and to be a part of
this today.
Speaker 10 (45:58):
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
Thank you well, viewers. That's it for this episode of
the season of Fashion Reverie. Talks.
Speaker 1 (46:08):
We would like to thank Diani Sandre, Meredith, Leon McCormick,
and Sheila Edmonds for appearing on this wonderful episode of
Fashion Reverie Talks.
Speaker 3 (46:20):
For information on these and other stories, go to Fashion
reverie dot com and don't forget to hit the like
and subscribe button. Thanks for watching and we'll see you
next time.
Speaker 4 (47:00):
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