Ep 168: Emily Brickel Edelson- CoFounder of Chic Sketch- Finding her passion for Fashion Illustration- Balancing Motherhood and Entrepreneurship
Summary: This week's guest features Emily Brickel Edelson, who is a new mom, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Chic Sketch, published Fashion Illustrator, Speaker and Author of the book Sketch and Go: 5 Minute Fashion Illustration. In this episode, we discuss the below topics: - How she started Chic Sketch, which is a mobile application and live fashion illustration events service - Combining her skill and love for fashion illustration with creating a technology app with her husband - Balancing Motherhood and Career: the real difficulties with transition in personal and professional life - Pressures of being a mom and guilt of being present but also wanting time for yourself - Becoming more private with social media since being a mom Feel free to leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify if you enjoyed this episode and be sure to share this with a friend! You can also email any questions or feedback to thecityconfessions@gmail.com ------------------- ABOUT EMILY BRICKEL EDELSON: Emily Brickel Edelson is a new mom, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Chic Sketch, published Fashion Illustrator, Speaker and Author of the book Sketch and Go: 5 Minute Fashion Illustration. Since 2015, Chic Sketch, a mobile application and live fashion illustration events service has partnered with thousands of luxury and international brands in fashion, beauty, fragrance, technology, and media and her sketches have reached millions of viewers around the world. Some of these partnerships include Harper's Bazaar ICON’s, Cartier, Fendi, Dior, Bulgari, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Swarovski, Kate Spade, MTV, IMG, Sephora and Maybelline just to name a few. Partnered with Fox’s biggest show The Masked Singer, Chic Sketch has activated digitally with a proprietary AI mobile application to reach hundreds of thousands of viewers, sketched as their favorite masked singer for 2 seasons. Emily has sketched for NYFW backstage and front row as well as Bridal Fashion Week, the Latin AMA Red Carpet award show in Hollywood, digital StyleCaster Golden Globe Pre-Show and more. Featured in The New York Times, Vogue España, ELLE, Allure, Instyle, Cosmopolitan, WWD, E! News and more. Named one of Who What Wear’s “Best Fashion Illustrators” and one of “New York’s 7 Most Influential Women” by Elite Daily and On Mogul, Emily’s background is in Marketing, Fashion Design and Fashion Illustration. Emily is a graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BA in Fashion Merchandising Management and International Fashion Merchandising Management at the Universite De Polimoda in Florence, Italy. Social media: https://www.instagram.com/emilybrickel/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/chicsketch/?hl=en Websites: https://chicsketch.com --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecityconfessions/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecityconfessions/support</a>
