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Kendra Scott

lines on the record: 57
first: 2017-03-20
most recent: 2017-03-20
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“You know, I think you kind of go in things without necessarily understanding all the risks. I kind of was like, oh, let's just do this. And it was amazing. And I had to sell every hat. So I clearly need to make money. I mean, if you needed a top hat, I had it, a joker hat. I had it. You know, whatever, a Fedora, a church hat, derby hat, I was your person.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, so it was a really crazy thing. I remember talking to my father and my mother and my stepfather and saying, you guys, I want to do this. And unbelievably, and I look back now like that, my parents were like, okay, do that. I mean, I think my mom was going through a lot, so maybe she wasn't in the right state of mind, but she's like, you know, do it, honey. And my dad was the same way. And he said, look, you're not spending the money I'd save for college. And it wasn't much. I remember it being like $20,000 that I bought my first inventory and signed a lease and all that kind of stuff.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, so initially I wasn't making the actual hat. So I was buying hats and then I kind of started thinking about it and I'm like, you know, I was trying to buy hats and I couldn't find them anywhere. I'm like, no one is selling hats. Where are all the hats? And so my first business was creating a hat store with the intention that I could also have a space and a place for people undergoing chemotherapy to come that was private so they could have a private area to try hats on. And I had this big fantasy that it was going to be like 1930 again and everyone was going to wear hats and there was going to be this big movement of people wearing hats again.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So, you know, there were times when we'd be in the hospital and he's in for a treatment, there could be seven hours in a procedure. So sitting in a waiting room is really, really hard to do for seven hours. So we would go out, we would meet people, we'd be in the cafeteria, we'd meet women and families, and I could just see one, you know, it's so devastating for anyone who's going through cancer treatment. But for a woman to lose your hair as well, it's a part of your identity. And there weren't great options for these women. And I just started hearing this struggle. And I loved hats and I loved fashion. And I thought, you know, I could take some hats. And if I could, you know, put in some cotton linings, comfortable headbands, things that would make them more comfortable to wear because a wool, you know, hat is not comfortable when you've lost your hair, right? So this could be great.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Just was like, you know what? Right now, this is the most important thing that I need to do. And so dropped out of school, moved to Austin, and was spending, you know, an unbelievable amount of time at MD Anderson in Houston. And that's where my first business actually started was I went home and started designing headwear for women undergoing chemotherapy.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Going into her closet was magical, and I could become anything I wanted to be. I would play in her clothes and her jewelry and I would sketch ideas of clothes and handbags and shoes. I would break antique pieces of jewelry apart and try to put them back together again. I would style my mom. I mean, I can't say it was great looking, but it was creative. I can say that. I loved it.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“These things were happening, and I was like, you know, literally on my kitchen floor sobbing, like I'm gonna lose all of this. And it made me have to make a decision, like in that moment. I was either going to give up and just say, I can't do this, party's over, or I was going to have to throw all my chips on the table, and we were going to have to do something like radical.”
2017-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT