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Tory Burch

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“It was everything, I mean, literally it was about maybe nine to eleven different categories, whether it was footwear, handbags, swim, ready-to-wear, eyewear, it was jewelry. So I really thought about everything in these image books, about sort of what would be interesting to have my take on it. And so I think it was just about women and they were becoming more and more busy and they wanted to look chic. And I wanted to be a problem solver. A lot of women struggled with how do you put certain things together? How do I wear color? How do I print? I always heard that. In everywhere I didn't always have the confidence. And I kind of was thinking like, how do you be a reverent and interesting but still be classic in spirit? And those were some of the Things I thought about.”
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“I regrouped and thought okay we can do this without using Jax, but it was still kind of a similar idea in that it was these classic pieces that were incredibly hard to find and beautifully made. And that was a different price point than what you might find at Valentino or YSL. So for me, it was like how do we really think about quality and look through a luxury lens but offer something that can reach more customers? And it was the beginning of this concept of a retail store and this idea of direct to consumer which was also”
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“Pictures and old things by Jax, but other things as well. It could have been vintage, it was, you know, pictures of Steve McQueen and different men that looked chic. It was kind of just an image board, but it was books and books. It wasn't a board. But it was the beginning of what I thought, you know, what became the company”
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“Yes And so I got her on the phone and literally it was such a shutdown within 20 seconds. She basically said absolutely not. And so it was like, whoa, I would have done so much work on it. I had called different people. So then I had to regroup.”
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“Yeah, it was all of the above. It was old pictures of my parents from the 60s and 70s. It was images of a ballet flat from Audrey Hepburn. It was a company my mom wore called Jack's. That was what I really wanted to do is relaunch Jax. That was really what my first idea was, is to bring Jax back. And Jax was this great brand that all these various stylish women wore. It was designed by Rudy Gernreich, and it was in the 60s and 70s. My mom wore it. And it was the perfect cigarette pant. It was the perfect pea coat. It was the perfect gingham dress. And so we ended up going down to New Jersey to someone who had a ton of archives. Because Jax was... Jax was no longer. It had gone out of business. And so I was really excited about this idea. And then I called Sally Hansen, who was probably 90 at the time. I got in touch with her.”
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“I mean, he liked the idea. I also had a friend Fiona Couture who worked at Ralph with me and she worked in design. And she also was part of the conversation because I wanted to start a business with her. We had talked about it. And so she also had a bit of experience more than I did around the product and the actual design process. So in a way, she really helped me learn about that in the beginning. And Chris really liked the idea. I think he had sold Eagle's eye and in a way he probably missed the business because he was very passionate about it. So he really did like the idea of us starting something.”
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“There was not, there really wasn't the in-between. And sort of, I also felt luxury was not necessarily about a price point. And for me, I was always taught through my mom, then dad, that it was really about emotion and how something makes you feel and time. And I just had a different perspective on what luxury meant. And I would watch my mom get dressed and put on this gold lemes or an outfit. And she'd come and just, it was like this awakening and she'd be so lively and energetic. And she loved fashion. And so it just was an interesting way to think about it is how fashion can change the way you feel about yourself.”
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“Yah, I did feel that there was nothing in between. I felt at the time there was the gap in banana republic and then there was Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, you know. Which was true”
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“Well, maybe it's because I really didn't know what I was embarking on because I literally hear myself and think back on some of the conversations I had. And it's slightly embarrassing. I mean, I said I wanted to start a global lifestyle brand so that I could start a foundation. And had I known what that would mean and take, I probably would have been a little more careful in the words I used. You know, there's certain things where my parents always say you're your own worst enemy. Like you can be more confident at times and feel less at others. And maybe also hearing about what Chris had worked on at Eagle's Eye.”
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“I think it came with more experience. I really don't think it was, you know, something that I had planned. Certainly, I never planned to be a designer. But I think it came with really learning so much from all the different places that I had worked”
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“Like, I was just interested. It could have been there was a baby contraption. I mean, there was a lot. I mean, I also had an idea to start a school, a charter school, because it was hard to get children into schools. And I felt like there was a big need in New York City. It wasn't always around fashion. It was, you know, it was also right at the time when I was moving down to Philadelphia. My dad wasn't 100% well. I had all of these things happening at once. And I kind of knew that I wanted to start a company. And I also knew that I wanted to start a foundation one day. I had this instinct that if I could build something. Big, I could also then have the financials to invest into a foundation.”
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“Well, I had so many ideas to start different companies during that time. And just, I guess I was trying to find my way. And I was trying all different things. And the one thing that I realized is that I didn't want to keep talking about things to friends and people until it was real. I was getting tired of the ideas because I would talk about them and then nothing would come to fruition. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: What do you mean you get ideas?”
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“Furlough And I also found out I was pregnant with my third son. So I realized that three babies under the age of four was a little too much to have a career at the same time. And it was a very tough decision to leave a career that I loved and essentially become a stay-at-home mom.”
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“I mean, he was this incredible entrepreneur and still is. And he built this company called Eagle's Eye with his brother. And it was a very big company for Philadelphia. It was like the sort of preppy company. It was sort of novelty sweaters and Christmas sweaters. I don't know if you remember turtlenecks with embroidered whales on it or ladybugs. And so he built this company from college. He started to travel to Asia. And he was one of the first people to really do production over there. And he and his brother Bob just built a pretty terrific company.”
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“Yes, I did. I fell in love with his three little girls, aside from him, but he had three little girls that were five, seven, and eight at the time.”
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“He had an office in the same building, and then we met in the elevator and he laughs. But my sister-in-law said, if there were ten thousand people in the room, he'd be the last person that she thought I would date. And he repeats that story, so I can.”
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“I would bring her stuff or find stuff vintage and remake it. I mean, even in college, I even remember in high school we had a uniform, but I was always wearing like boxer shorts and getting in trouble underneath my uniform and adding patches. And I was always, you know, doing things like that, but I never really never really registered.”
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“I sort of gave it up at the time. And I didn't really think a lot about it. You know, I was thinking a lot about just how I became a designer and with my love of vintage and my mother's clothing, I used to remake clothing all the time with a tailor.”
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“I mean, I didn't find that at all. I thought it was spectacular, and you go and you dream. And so, but it was interesting because I used to have this joke. I don't know if you'd think it was funny, but I used to call him Polo Krishna's, all of us, because everyone was dressed head to toe, Ralph. And it was like, you had to eat and drink and breathe Ralph in a cool way. And I just thought that that was fascinating. And I loved my boss. And she's still there. People stay forever there. Mary Randolph Carter. When you meet Mary Randolph Carter, she looks quintessentially like a Ralph model. She's stunning.”
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“Right. So I went to Ralph Lauren. It was a very glamorous job in a closet managing samples. And it was really there that I was exposed to so many different parts of his brand. And, you know, it's funny when I was thinking about this interview, while I was at Ralph, there was one time that I tried to work in design and submitted a project, and I was turned down. And I'll never, I hadn't, I don't think I've ever told anyone that. I guess at the time was interested in design, or at least became interested because I was at Ralph for a while.”
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“It's funny, I guess I had my own style because I was always made fun of at Penn. And I always love vintage also. That was something. And so I would wear like Grateful Dead t-shirts and an airmask scarf and LL bean boots. And I kind of had uniforms. And I remember my friend Patrick used to call me Proc, and it was because it was like this look of like sort of a bit preppy and a bit of a jock. And so I guess I stood out a bit.”
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“No, it wasn't my plan. I mean that said in thinking about it, I was immersed in fashion my whole childhood between my mom and my dad and just watching them, not partaking per se, but I never really thought that would be my plan.”
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“Exactly. And he would dress everyone from Isabel Rossolini to, I mean, everyone chic and beautiful. And it was an amazing induction into the fashion world.”
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“It was anything that he needed done. So basically, you walked into his office slash showroom, and he was this man that looked like Rasputin and the vodka would start at 10 in the morning and whether I was pouring his vodka or getting coffee or running interferences if he didn't want to see people, but I was setting up meetings with editors and I was taking notes. I was sending shipments. I was doing anything that needed to be done.”
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“He did not have a boutique he sold wholesale. And he sold out of his showroom. Got it. Which is where I ended up getting a job. And he basically told me that I could have a job if I came to work that next week, which was literally almost a week after graduation. So within that week, Had to find an apartment and move to New York. And I moved with two of my roommates. And we lived in a one-bedroom with three girls in Tribeca.”
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“He was small but incredibly cool. He was known as this extraordinary minimalist and didn't use zippers or buttons and it was all about the fabric and the drape.”
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“I was in the college was like the most fun, and I was thinking of all kinds of different things. And then I realized I needed to get a job. And it was the sense of urgency. I'm not as sure that happens today, but back then it was everyone needed to work right away. And we needed to figure it out. And so I sent about 50 resumes to people. And my sister-in-law was in fashion. She had worked at Calvin Klein, and my mom wore this designer Zorin. And so I sent a note to him.”
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“Not at all, not even the slightest. I was a complete tomboy. I was constantly climbing trees and trying to keep up with my brothers. So I don't think I put a dress on until I was later in high school. I remember when I was young, I had no choice, but I remember coming, actually my dad took me one day to the barber, and I finally had gotten long hair. I was born bald, and my dad took me to the barber and I got a cut. And my mom was so furious because I looked literally like a boy.”
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“Well, yeah, I mean, I just have this vivid memory of him on this giant tractor and listening to sport games and always just perfectly dressed. And in a way, he should have been a designer because he had all of his clothing made and it was just incredible detailing, much of which I've used for inspiration in a lot of the things we've made over the years.”
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“So, you know, it's funny. I mean, he never really worked. And so when you had to fill out those little things in school that what did your father do? I never really knew what to write. So I would write investor or I wasn't really quite sure what to write. But in a way, it was interesting. He was like a bon vivom, but he was much deeper than that. But he spent a lot of time traveling and spent a lot of time in Europe. And I used to have books of the women he dated and he finally met my mom and fell in love. I don't think they got married until he was 40 years old. And so back then that was pretty ancient.”
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“He was the most extraordinary man. I mean, definitely known for his style and quick wit. His humor was hysterical and he was like the king of one-liners, but he was definitely more of an introvert. And I remember always just saying, I love you and getting him to say I love you. And he was just the kindest person you could ever meet.”
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“I never slept. I was working out of my apartment for the first two years. We didn't have an office. So it was doing everything in our kitchen or in our living room. It was taking my kids to school and then getting on the phone until four in the morning, falling asleep on the phone. It was the most exhausting year, and following by eighteen other years.”
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