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The Pinky Pledge Initiative
Inspired by our own mentors, the Duet Pinky Ring was created to be a physical symbol of the support around you and your pinky promise to pay it forward.
50% of profits from our Duet Pinky Rings fund seed grants for startups around the world that promote the well-being and advancement of women. We want women to grow up knowing they have a worldwide network of support to follow their passions.
This is your invitation to join the Girl Gang.
Stephanie M."What a truly remarkable movement you've started. A quiet, powerful message in a time of so much noise. That is what resonated with me when I read about your rings."
Tara A."For me I wear the pinky ring as a kind of talisman and symbol of living and breathing my support of women and girls every day . . . WE know that wearing this ring means that I'm going to stand beside you if and whenever you need me."
Katie K."She and I just looked at one another's rings and just knew — we're part of the same movement."
Pat M."I graduated from medical school in 1985 when there were no women surgeons, so it was an adventure! [Your] company makes me hopeful that the day will come when we don't see gender, race, orientation as a factor in anything other than positives."
Elle Magazine"The Ring Hollywood Insiders Are Wearing To Support Women's Rights: The design serves as a daily reminder of the pinky pledge taken to support women."
ON THE RED CARPET
Blog posts
Fashion Journalist Rebecca Suhrawardi on Mentors, Media, and Finding Your Path
Though she was a reader from an early age, fashion journalist Rebecca Suhrawardi wasn’t always interested in writing. Discovering her calling during a stint at Interview magazine, she went on to build an incredible career writing for other landmark publications such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Paper, and Vogue.
“Fashion school is a ridiculously female-driven environment,” she says. An alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the prestigious Central Saint Martins in London, she was able to find a cadre of strong, career-oriented female mentors.
How This Designer and Entrepreneur Aims to Empower Women
Katie Farnan is one of Shiffon’s earliest customers and one especially near and dear to our hearts. An entrepreneur and designer herself, she reached out to us to donate part of her own profits to our nonprofit arm, the Startup Girl Foundation. She had an unconventional start to creating her eponymous line: she had no formal schooling in fashion design and started off as a marketer for IT companies. She eventually became a personal stylist and decided she wanted to create. That prompted her to launch KATIE FARNAN a year and a half ago with the objective of empowering women through modern and versatile designs. We chatted with her to learn more about her business and why she believes in paying it forward.
Hitha Palepu: CEO, Mother, Blogger, and Author
As a CEO, mother, blogger, and author, Hitha Palepu is a self-confessed multi-hyphenate. First and foremost, however, she is a mother to her three-year-old son, Rho. The CEO of her son’s namesake company, Rho Pharmaceuticals, she is in charge of ensuring that the company meets its objective to develop faster treatment for immediate heart attack and stroke, expecting to launch the product by 2021. Since 2009, she has also been running the blog Hitha On the Go where she shares packing and travel expertise. It’s even led her to a book deal — which she signed the day after giving birth to her first kid! She released How to Pack in 2017 which is now in its third printing.
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