Shirin von wulffen biography of michael

Advice for women starting their careers?

As much possible, try to surrender and pay attention to the signs around you: listen to what your brain and more importantly what your heart is telling you. When making a decision, put it in your heart and see how it feels.

What would you tell your younger self now?

Stop trying to please everyone.

What has been your most pivotal career moment?

The best thing that ever happened to me was when I got fired from my job as the fashion director of German Amica. I remember feeling totally gutted but it also gave me the chance to completely reimagine my life. Luckily, I had an incredible contract so they had to pay me for another year and I was able to use the time to move to Milan to learn Italian and take cooking classes.

How would your team define you in one word:

Collaborative

Three qualities you look for in people you work with:

Creativity, positivity, efficacy

What has been your biggest challenge in being a woman in business?

Believing in myself and trusting that my ideas and opinions deserve to be heard and honored. I have worked with, and for, very strong and very talented men including Tom Ford, Yves Saint Laurent, Stefano Pilati and my husband Frédéric Fekkai. For a long time, I thou

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The Great Escape

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