Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/In a high-end boutique between Hollywood and Beverly Hills, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor met as fashion-obsessed shopgirls with dreams of entrepreneurship. But they had no obvious path to get there… until Gela became pregnant – with nothing to wear. What came next was a history-making business venture started with only $200 and a pile of smelly used denim. From a successful maternity jeans line, to soft fitted T-shirts embraced by the characters on “Friends,” Juicy Couture rose as a sassy, saucy clothing line at an ‘affordable splurge’ price point. But it was their signature product, the Juicy Tracksuit, that would break the Internet, flood the tabloids, and transform casual luxury as we know it. Learn how J.Lo’s savvy costume choices helped kickstart a multi-million dollar brand, how the most important muscle to tone is the ‘Second-Time Founder Muscle,' and why the Juicy Tracksuit is the best idea yet.Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet for the untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — and the bold risk takers who made them go viral.Episodes drop every Tuesday, listen here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/—-----------------------------------------------------GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What is the story behind Juicy Couture's creation?
Yetis, Nick and Jack here with you from the T-Boy Studio. On our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet, we go deep on the most popular products of all time. Oh, and last week, we went back to the most viral product from high school. If you didn't own a Juicy Couture tracksuit, can't sit with us. Juicy Couture, the first business to own the most important real estate on earth, your butt.
Chapter 2: How did maternity wear lead to a fashion revolution?
But did you know that the Juicy Velour fashion brand was started as maternity wear? Yeah, it was actually two moms who began with $200 and a trip to the laundromat. And then a decision by Jennifer Lopez in a music video. changed those two women's lives. And then honestly, changed fashion forever. So after the taste of the episode you're about to get, listen to the full thing on The Best Idea Yet.
Jack and I put a link in this episode description. You're going to love it. Here's The Best Idea Yet, Juicy Couture. Here we are in an office park in Pacoima, in California's San Fernando Valley. The office is quiet. A painted fingernail flicks off the fluorescent lights one by one. Pam Skyes-Levy and Ghislaine Nash-Taylor are closing the door on Travis Jeans forever. What? Wait a minute.
Before the break, we were hearing about how Travis had this huge deal that just signed. What happened during the commercial break, Nick? Well, here's what happened. For five years, Pam and Gila happily created maternity clothes for a pee in the pod. The two companies got along like two... You know where I'm going with this.
But then it came time for them to deliver designs for their 1994 collection. And that collection featured one particular pattern. Gingham. Gingham. That's the quaint, square-checked pattern on Dorothy's dress from The Wizard of Oz. Now, Pam and Gila designed their collection using patriotic gingham in red, white, and blue.
But then a pea in the pod decides to remix their plans based on market research. When the Travis Spring Collection is finally released in stores, the colors have been changed to yellow, orange, and lime green. To Pam and Gila, this gives country fare, corndog. It's not giving class. Yeah. They think to themselves, what pregnant person would wear this?
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Chapter 3: What mistakes did Pam and Gila learn from their first business?
But to their utter shock, those new colors sell really well. It looks like the market research was right. Pam and Gila were wrong. And they take that as a sign that it's time to get out of the maternity business. So Travis Jeans is successful for five years. And then one color scheme gets switched and Pam and Gila decide they're done. Yeah, you know, Jack, it's not just about the gingham.
It's really like what the gingham represented. Pam and Gila realized that the market shifted away from their personal instincts. Once that happens, it's kind of like a baseball player getting the yips. It's just hard to recapture the magic. It's not always a founder's instinct to paraphrase Taylor and say, it's me. Hi, maybe I'm the one who's lost touch with my core customer. But you know what?
That is exactly what Pam and Gila do. They meet their remaining obligations, but then they close up the shop faster than a spirit Halloween on November 1st. But they're not done with the fashion business. They're just done with the maternity fashion business. On to round two. There is no greater hack in entrepreneurship than being a second-time founder. The first go-around is like your mini-MBA.
You make a lot of mistakes, but you learn from every one of them. So Pam and Gila, they're ready to take on their next idea. And they start with the fun part, the new brand name. Here's what they're whiteboarding, Jack. They're like, you know what? We want something that evokes freshness, bubbliness, like a fun-in-the-sun California vibe. You know, like the kind of feeling that you could...
Chapter 4: How did the name 'Juicy' come about?
bite into and would explode everywhere like a fresh orange there's really just one right answer when you put it that way nick juicy little do they know yetis but that word will soon be spelled out in glitter on the butts of millions of people all around the world So Pam and Gila, now rebranded as Juicy, are ready to take their second crack at running a business.
Chapter 5: What product did Pam and Gila choose to launch with Juicy?
Chapter 6: How did the Juicy Tracksuit change the fashion landscape?
Yetis, Nick and Jack here with you from the T-Boy Studio. On our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet, we go deep on the most popular products of all time. Oh, and last week, we went back to the most viral product from high school. If you didn't own a Juicy Couture tracksuit, can't sit with us. Juicy Couture, the first business to own the most important real estate on earth, your butt.
But did you know that the Juicy Velour fashion brand was started as maternity wear? Yeah, it was actually two moms who began with $200 and a trip to the laundromat. And then a decision by Jennifer Lopez in a music video. changed those two women's lives. And then honestly, changed fashion forever. So after the taste of the episode you're about to get, listen to the full thing on The Best Idea Yet.
Jack and I put a link in this episode description. You're going to love it. Here's The Best Idea Yet, Juicy Couture. Here we are in an office park in Pacoima, in California's San Fernando Valley. The office is quiet. A painted fingernail flicks off the fluorescent lights one by one. Pam Skyes-Levy and Ghislaine Nash-Taylor are closing the door on Travis Jeans forever. What? Wait a minute.
Before the break, we were hearing about how Travis had this huge deal that just signed. What happened during the commercial break, Nick? Well, here's what happened. For five years, Pam and Gila happily created maternity clothes for a pee in the pod. The two companies got along like two... You know where I'm going with this.
But then it came time for them to deliver designs for their 1994 collection. And that collection featured one particular pattern. Gingham. Gingham. That's the quaint, square-checked pattern on Dorothy's dress from The Wizard of Oz. Now, Pam and Gila designed their collection using patriotic gingham in red, white, and blue.
But then a pea in the pod decides to remix their plans based on market research. When the Travis Spring Collection is finally released in stores, the colors have been changed to yellow, orange, and lime green. To Pam and Gila, this gives country fare, corndog. It's not giving class. Yeah. They think to themselves, what pregnant person would wear this?
But to their utter shock, those new colors sell really well. It looks like the market research was right. Pam and Gila were wrong. And they take that as a sign that it's time to get out of the maternity business. So Travis Jeans is successful for five years. And then one color scheme gets switched and Pam and Gila decide they're done. Yeah, you know, Jack, it's not just about the gingham.
It's really like what the gingham represented. Pam and Gila realized that the market shifted away from their personal instincts. Once that happens, it's kind of like a baseball player getting the yips. It's just hard to recapture the magic. It's not always a founder's instinct to paraphrase Taylor and say, it's me. Hi, maybe I'm the one who's lost touch with my core customer. But you know what?
That is exactly what Pam and Gila do. They meet their remaining obligations, but then they close up the shop faster than a spirit Halloween on November 1st. But they're not done with the fashion business. They're just done with the maternity fashion business. On to round two. There is no greater hack in entrepreneurship than being a second-time founder. The first go-around is like your mini-MBA.
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