The first episode of 2016, and guests in the studio are Elisa Bloom, who is the executive director of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator, fashion designer Charles Youssef, and publicist Liz Franco from Factory PR. Sitting in as a temporary co-host is fashion designer and Manufacture New York operations manager Ron Wallace. This episode includes discussion on how to grow brands, the importance of business partners for designers, new shopping habits, how a major PR agency prepares its designers and coordinates its team for Fashion Week, wrapping you brain around Snapchat, and more!

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