Tory Burch
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so it was during the time that I was a stay-at-home mom that I worked on this concept because I knew I wanted to go back to work.
I just didn't know what that work would be.
So in tandem, I was working on a school, starting a school, and I was also working on starting a company.
And it was about reviving a company from the 60s and 70s that my mom used to wear.
It was called Jack's.
I was going to do it.
I worked on it for months and decided finally that the school would go off to the side.
I would try to start this company.
And there was this great entrepreneur named Sally Hansen.
And she had hired Rudy Gernreich, who was the designer at the time.
They started this company called Jax.
And the best way to describe it is like, it was great pieces that were impossible to find.
Right.
Audrey Hepburn wore it, Jackie O, all these incredibly stylish people.
What happened to Jack?
And so it went out of business, but I had a lot of the clothes because my mother wore it.
And so I did all of this research.
I spent months on it and I got in touch with this incredible woman named Corby who used to run their New York showroom.
She ended up getting me in touch with Sally Hansen.
And after months of work and a giant presentation, I got her on the phone and