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It's a Woman's World

Hey I’m Zara Shanzay, and welcome to It's a Woman's World! Every week we will travel around the globe and learn about incredible women who broke boundaries within the fashion industry and used their talents to bring revolutionary change to the world.

It's a Woman's World: Mexico

Hey, I’m Zara Shanzay! Welcome to the second letter of “It’s a Woman’s World!” Today we will be looking at designers from Mexico and learning about the incredible impact of these three talented fashion designers: Carla Fernández, Regina Soto, and Josefa Ibarra. I hope that you learn something new from the three women below, and that we can follow their mission to create a more beautiful world. To begin, Carla Fernández is a fashion designer, a business woman, and a global activist. Fernández...

It's a Woman's World- The United States

Hey, I’m Zara Shanzay! Welcome to the first letter of “It’s a Woman’s World!” We will be starting in the United States of America, and learning about the resilient lives of three talented fashion designers; Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, Ann Lowe, and Pauline Trigère. Additionally, I searched for indigenous women to add to this letter about the USA, though unfortunately, Native American history in the US is widely unrecorded and there was not enough information on many Native American Designers of...
Welcome to It's A Woman's World!

Welcome to It's A Woman's World

Hey I’m Zara Shanzay, and Welcome to It's a Woman's World! Every week we will travel around the globe and learn about incredible women who broke boundaries within the fashion industry and used their talents to bring revolutionary change to the world. Fashion has always been about making a statement, whether that be through artistic choice or to convey a universal message around the world. Every Sunday, we will travel to a new country and learn about phenomenal fashion designers, who paved the...

Hey I’m Zara Shanzay, and welcome to It's a Woman's World! Every week we will travel around the globe and learn about incredible women who broke boundaries within the fashion industry and used their talents to bring revolutionary change to the world.