Rosa Halpern's guest appearances

Rosa Halpern

Drown the Noise

FashionTalks

Coming Up in My Sneakers

In Case You Haven't Heard

Shae Invidiata

Delaney Childs

Tiffany Dufu

Gigi Goldman

Erik Weihenmayer

Samantha Skelly

Meghan Telpner

Joy McCarthy

Lauren McPhillips

Ann Shoket

Kirsten Dickerson

Sunny Lenarduzzi

Ben Brown

Lauren Berger

Mike Brcic

OwlTail

In this week’s episode the girl’s bring you nuggets of information on how to build a niche brand. They interview Rosa Halpern, the Toronto native behind the custom leather jacket brand Bythenamesake, and discuss how she got started, key components of building a successful business, influencer marketing and running successful pop-up shops. This episode focuses on business, fashion business, and entrepreneurship.

Episode 41: Authenticity as the Key to Building a Niche Brand with Rosa Halpern founder of Bythenamesake

ROSA is the founder and head designer of custom leather jacket brand NAMESAKE. She talks to me about going to school in different countries. Going through some rough times while living in Chicago, how her company started and her thoughts on the current vegan leather climate and plant based living. Enjoy the story of Rosa’s come up! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cuims/message

ROSA is the founder and head designer of custom leather jacket brand NAMESAKE. She talks to me about going to school in different countries. Going through some rough times while living in Chicago, how her company started and her thoughts on the current vegan leather climate and plant based living. Enjoy the story of Rosa’s come up! --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/cuims/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/cuims/message</a>

Coming Up In My Sneakers - 028 ROSA HALPERN

Rosa Halpern grew up drawing and designing things as a kid. So going into fashion wasn't a stretch of the imagination. But instead of going the traditional route of studying at Parsons or FIT, Rosa decided to go to the Art Institute of Chicago. The interdisciplinary nature of her education encouraged a more conceptual approach to design and fashion, which helped to launch her unique brand known as Namesake. Like a lot of my guests, Rosa didn't set out to be her own boss right away. She actually had an assistant designer position lined up for her when she graduated, only to find out it fell through because the company suddenly dissolved. It forced her to move back home, and figure out her next steps. When a friend asked her to design/create a leather jacket for her, she agreed. And from that point on, friends started to take notice, and then their friends. And the rest as they say, is history. Namesake is built around women who left a powerful imprint on society. As a designer, Rosa wants everyone to be able to express their individuality and edginess and wear their story with pride. We talk business, fashion, design, solopreneurship and the importance of creative expression.

Rosa Halpern grew up drawing and designing things as a kid. So going into fashion wasn't a stretch of the imagination. But instead of going the traditional route of studying at Parsons or FIT, Rosa decided to go to the Art Institute of Chicago. The interdisciplinary nature of her education encouraged a more conceptual approach to design and fashion, which helped to launch her unique brand known as <a href="https://www.bythenamesake.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Namesake</a>. Like a lot of my guests, Rosa didn't set out to be her own boss right away. She actually had an assistant designer position lined up for her when she graduated, only to find out it fell through because the company suddenly dissolved. It forced her to move back home, and figure out her next steps. When a friend asked her to design/create a leather jacket for her, she agreed. And from that point on, friends started to take notice, and then their friends. And the rest as they say, is history. Namesake is built around women who left a powerful imprint on society. As a designer, Rosa wants everyone to be able to express their individuality and edginess and wear their story with pride. We talk business, fashion, design, solopreneurship and the importance of creative expression.

Rosa Halpern: How She Took Her Love For History And Art & Launched An Edgy Fashion Brand