LETTER FROM THE
Editor
Dear readers, Welcome to our April Women’s issue. You'll find plenty of female doers if you just look around High Rise Life this month. These are women who are unapologetically stepping into the spotlight, creating businesses from the ground up, and setting examples for other women. It’s that tenacious fierceness that makes women great leaders, creators, and mentors. Our cover star Kathy Ireland is the Chair, CEO, and Chief Designer for kathy ireland Worldwide, the design and marketing firm she founded in 1993. Her success has ranked her as one of the wealthiest former models in the world. Apart from her uncanny eye for opportunity —is her fierce, unquenchable, competitiveness. Her career as a businesswoman has made a $420 million personal fortune by 2015 and her global brand has estimated revenue of over 2 billion dollars in retail sales. Kathy, who is also the author of several influential books, a wife and mother of 3, and a global human rights activist—is the epitome of self-made.
April 2019
Elsewhere, in this issue we turn to Reese Witherspoon, Elizabeth Arden's Storyteller-in-Chief and female advocate. Over one-hundred years later, the company remains a fervent supporter of women's rights worldwide and continues to encourage the advancement of women through its partnership with UN Women. "It's an incredible time to be a woman. The work we're doing with Elizabeth Arden and UN Women is igniting real change and increasing possibilities for women globally," says Reese Witherspoon. We hope the stories in this issue inspires anyone, regardless of gender, to feel empowered to make a positive change in the world. Cheers!
Selcen Kavruklar Editor-in-Chief selcen@highriselife.com
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