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Norma Kamali

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234 total appearances

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

And I said, Yeah, I do. And I thought, oh, I can't resist this. I cannot resist this, but I have to tell the story. So I said, oh my God, I do remember. And I told the story and she was turning every color purple. And I said, and I'm fine with that. And I probably will sign this license, but I'm sorry. I had to give back a little, I had to give back a little love, but I was so naive.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

And I said, Yeah, I do. And I thought, oh, I can't resist this. I cannot resist this, but I have to tell the story. So I said, oh my God, I do remember. And I told the story and she was turning every color purple. And I said, and I'm fine with that. And I probably will sign this license, but I'm sorry. I had to give back a little, I had to give back a little love, but I was so naive.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

I had no idea. I didn't even realize that that was, I just thought, oh, that must be the way it is. I just didn't know.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

I had no idea. I didn't even realize that that was, I just thought, oh, that must be the way it is. I just didn't know.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

Let's just say I spent many nights sleeping. crying myself to sleep, thinking I'm going to have to close tomorrow because I'm not going to be able to pay the rent, or I'm going to have to find something else to do, or it's over. And now the problems are so much bigger and more of a drama than they were then, and they still keep me up and they still keep me on my toes.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

Let's just say I spent many nights sleeping. crying myself to sleep, thinking I'm going to have to close tomorrow because I'm not going to be able to pay the rent, or I'm going to have to find something else to do, or it's over. And now the problems are so much bigger and more of a drama than they were then, and they still keep me up and they still keep me on my toes.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

But when you're crying yourself to sleep, one of the things I learned and my partner thinks is one of my best assets is no matter how shitty it is when I go to sleep, I don't know why this is, but I wake up every morning in a good mood, like, today I'm gonna fix it. That was shitty yesterday, I'm fixing it today. And I think you can actually do that.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

But when you're crying yourself to sleep, one of the things I learned and my partner thinks is one of my best assets is no matter how shitty it is when I go to sleep, I don't know why this is, but I wake up every morning in a good mood, like, today I'm gonna fix it. That was shitty yesterday, I'm fixing it today. And I think you can actually do that.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

And it's worked for me enough that I still really feel This is another day. This is another chance to fix it or do something better. So being afraid is real, but also trying to mitigate the seriousness of what's frightening you is more important. And so survival skills are key, really key.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

And it's worked for me enough that I still really feel This is another day. This is another chance to fix it or do something better. So being afraid is real, but also trying to mitigate the seriousness of what's frightening you is more important. And so survival skills are key, really key.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

I think the way you grow is to do something you never did before. So to the dismay of everybody that works here, I'm constantly... doing something nobody's done before. And I think after a few of those, they kind of get used to it and go along for the ride and really learn more about themselves too. That doing new things really expands your brain. There's real data to show that.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

I think the way you grow is to do something you never did before. So to the dismay of everybody that works here, I'm constantly... doing something nobody's done before. And I think after a few of those, they kind of get used to it and go along for the ride and really learn more about themselves too. That doing new things really expands your brain. There's real data to show that.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

And I think it also... gives you a sense of your own power and your own abilities. And I think that that's really the key. If you stay curious, for me, it's reinvention or innovation, but everybody has a different desire and goal. But doing something new as often as possible is, I think, the secret to really seeing what your potential is.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

And I think it also... gives you a sense of your own power and your own abilities. And I think that that's really the key. If you stay curious, for me, it's reinvention or innovation, but everybody has a different desire and goal. But doing something new as often as possible is, I think, the secret to really seeing what your potential is.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

There are so many things I want to do and I'm trying to do. at the same time, which is tricky. I'm enamored with AI, truly enamored. I think it's the future. It's everything in the future. The more I learn about it, the more I realize I want to try to tell everybody I know, just try to get into this now because you'll be very alone if you don't and try to adapt quickly to what it can offer.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

There are so many things I want to do and I'm trying to do. at the same time, which is tricky. I'm enamored with AI, truly enamored. I think it's the future. It's everything in the future. The more I learn about it, the more I realize I want to try to tell everybody I know, just try to get into this now because you'll be very alone if you don't and try to adapt quickly to what it can offer.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

Being afraid of it is real, but if you're afraid of it and you don't know about it, then you really have fears. Besides AI, I have a lot of interest in education and in other things that I do that maybe are not in the fashion industry, not in the fashion world. But I think the luxury of living a long, healthy life is something I really focus on so that Now and tomorrow.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

Being afraid of it is real, but if you're afraid of it and you don't know about it, then you really have fears. Besides AI, I have a lot of interest in education and in other things that I do that maybe are not in the fashion industry, not in the fashion world. But I think the luxury of living a long, healthy life is something I really focus on so that Now and tomorrow.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

Now, right now, I think is the most exciting time in my life. Not my personal life, but in what's going on in the world, the possibilities. I think disruption is a mandate. Disruption in the fashion industry will make it better. Disruption in every part of our lives will make it better because what exists has reached the end of the road and we need to change things. So it's a very exciting time.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Styling BeyoncĂ©, Cher, and J.Lo: Norma Kamali’s Rise from Losing Her Company to Dressing Icons | E88

Now, right now, I think is the most exciting time in my life. Not my personal life, but in what's going on in the world, the possibilities. I think disruption is a mandate. Disruption in the fashion industry will make it better. Disruption in every part of our lives will make it better because what exists has reached the end of the road and we need to change things. So it's a very exciting time.