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WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Meredith Piccin Ten years ago, Elizabeth Bean Smith founded Wardrobe Therapy with corporate retail colleague and friend Meredith Piccin. Soon after, Meredith decided to put her career on hold to focus on family. As she did, she also discovered a passion for jewelry making. Her Honey Rose & K line, […]
WOMEN WE LOVE: A Q&A with Regan Walsh Regan Walsh is an executive coach and keynote speaker who works with clients from Wall Street to Portland but proudly calls Columbus home. She is wicked smart, authentically warm, giving, gracious and hilarious. (If you’ve seen her speak at WELD, Nationwide or the like, you know […]
WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Allison Jayjack Allison Jayjack, 34, is her store come to life—casual, cool and approachable, with style to spare. Never boring. Always confident. It’s not wonder, then, that the former college soccer star’s boutique Ladybird has thrived since opening eight years ago. Today, in our monthly “Women We Love” feature, Kristy Eckert […]
WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Maren Roth In 2007, when the Short North was a neighborhood on the cusp, Maren Roth opened the doors of a boutique she hoped Columbus would love. Nearly a decade later, Rowe is a longtime anchor in an area now celebrated as a shopping mecca. The store has doubled in […]
WT Team Insider: Meet Michelle Kerr Michelle Kerr, 43, immigrated to America as a child, founded her consulting firm at 25 and now oversees 200 employees throughout the United States and Europe. A longtime Wardrobe Therapy client, she eventually joined the team as a business partner. As Wardrobe Therapy celebrates its 10th birthday this […]
Mimi Dane was a successful law partner who gave up her practice to lead Flying Horse Farms, a Central Ohio camp that provides magical, transforming experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families—free of charge. This week, Kristy Eckert talks with the camp CEO about passion, purpose, good shoes and more. Q: Like […]
Two decades ago, Columbus had little high-end fashion. Saks and Nordstrom were years away from opening, and boutiques were almost nonexistent. Connie Leal Ballenger was sure that women wanted more. So she gave up her lucrative career at Arthur Anderson and opened Leal in Upper Arlington in 1993. This week, Kristy Eckert talks with Connie […]
Christy Walsh dreamed of being a stylist. But even with two degrees and corporate experience at both Tween Brands and A&F, she wasn’t sure she could ever leave her tight-knit family for Los Angeles or New York. When she discovered Wardrobe Therapy, she asked Elizabeth if they could meet. Little did she know that sit-down […]
Vicki Bowen Hewes left a lucrative career in corporate real estate to launch Dress for Success Columbus. Her mission? To empower women. And she’s doing it with everything from interview suits to resume help to mentoring. In today’s “Women We Love” feature, Kristy Eckert talks with Vicki, 50, about how one woman changed her life’s […]