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No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

#141: Misha Nonoo, Fashion Designer

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7703 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Misha Nonoo was the first fashion designer to hold a runway show on Instagram, debuting her Spring/Summer 2016 collection and introducing a new way for designers to show off their products to a broader audience. From there, Nonoo has gone on to collaborate with the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and is known for creating the “husband shirt,” which took four months for her to design. On this episode, Nonoo discusses the chance encounter that propelled her career, how she created and grew her fashion business from the ground up – plus her new collaboration with the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneurs of the Week: Staci Brinkman, founder and CEO, Sips by Find out more: https://www.sipsby.com/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS: Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News. She is also the host of “The Dropout” podcast. Follow Rebecca Jarvis: www.Instagram.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Twitter.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Facebook.com/RebeccaJarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jarvis-217ba052/ Snapchat: RebeccaJarvis “No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis” is produced by Taylor Dunn and edited by Brittany Martinez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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I happened to be sitting at brunch. And two tables over for me was a lady. And she said to me,

0:04.2

oh my goodness, I love your jacket. Where is it from? And I said, oh, I made it. She happened to be

0:09.2

one of the senior buyers at Intermix. And she said, well, I really love it. Will you come in for an

0:14.2

appointment next week and bring whatever else you have? And I said, okay, five days later, I walked out of her office with a purchase order for $150,000, not having a business incorporated, not having any plan of how I was going to deliver this product in, you know, six to 12 weeks time.

0:28.9

And it just started from there.

0:34.0

Hi, everyone. Welcome to No Limits. I'm your host, Rebecca Jarvis. If you are a frequent listener here, thank you. We appreciate your loyalty. And if you're new, welcome. Each week, we work here to demystify success. I know it's a weird word. Doesn't mean everything to everyone, but the idea is happiness

0:55.7

in the work that you do in your life. And we go about finding that by speaking to the world's

1:01.8

most influential women across all different industries. And the conversations go beyond the

1:07.5

resume, from decision making to trade-offs to those pivotal moments that shape

1:13.0

your careers and your lives. So whether you're looking for advice or you just want to hear a good

1:18.3

story, you've come to the right place. Okay, everyone, today we have an incredible guest with us,

1:25.4

sitting across from me. She was the first designer to use social media as a venue for fashion shows. Misha Nunu back in 2015 did her entire runway show via Instagram. Her clothing brand is a favorite among the likes of Bella Hadid, Emma Watson, and the Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markle, who happens to be one of

1:46.7

Misha's close friends as well. And they recently collaborated online together. So we're going to get

1:51.4

into that. She was a finalist for the 2013 CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund. And she's been named

1:58.6

to Crane's New York businesses 40 under 40. Misha Nunu, welcome to

2:03.4

No Limits. Thank you. Such a pleasure to be here. I'm thrilled to have you here with us.

2:07.9

You have a fascinating backstory. You grew up in Bach Rain. What was that like?

2:13.0

I was born there, actually, and I was there until I was 10 years old. And it was, I have to say,

2:17.3

it was a pretty

2:17.7

idyllic childhood it was actually hard for me to then move to the UK because you know I grew up in

2:23.4

a little desert island and you know my days were very active and outdoorsy and all of that and then you

2:29.1

know once I moved to London it was very grey and overcast and know, it started to get dark at 3.30 in the

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