Fnance Times

Rachel Scott wants to change our understanding of luxury. “ Luxury is actually the knowledge of how to make something incredibly, with knowledge that is centuries old,” she says. “That exists in Europe, but not exclusively.” Scott, who founded the fashion brand Diotima in 2021 and has a studio in New York City’s Chinatown, draws her… …

Danessa Myricks is the first to admit that her pathway into the beauty industry was unconventional. “I say that I am accidental in every way,” she says. “I knew nothing, I had no money, but I did have passion.” Myricks, 54, began her career working in sales for a magazine publisher, where she often saw… …

When Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal were early in their careers as a public-school teacher and a financial adviser, respectively, they both quickly realized how little their charges understood about finance. Millings’ students knew almost nothing about how to save or grow money; it wasn’t on any curriculum. And Bilal’s clients—even those in lucrative professions… …