[S1 E6] Growing a fashion brand and community where black hair is the main character with Rachel Topping, CEO and CCO of Nappy Head Club

In this episode CEO & CCO of Nappy Head Club Rachel Topping shares the inspiration behind co-founding a fashion & lifestyle brand that celebrates blackness. Rachel takes us back for insight into the early days of the building the community and creating a flywheel of people supporting the brand. As a creative, she explains why design is the heartbeat of the brand next to its roots in black hair. Founded in the US, and now stocked in the UK, Rachel reveals her ambitions for welcoming more people in the club.

Learn more about Nappy Head Club: https://nappyheadclub.com/

About this week's guest
Rachel Topping is a branding guru from the DMV with a passion for creating safe space and generational wealth for people of color.

She has spent her career at the intersection of design, culture, and fashion, having worked with companies like Complex Magazine, AOL, Combs Enterprises and Roc Nation. Before leaving to build Nappy Head Club, she led creative strategy for luxury shoe brand Tamara Mellon, helping to define the brand identity and marketing look and feel. 

Now, based in Brooklyn, as CEO and CCO of Nappy Head Club, she is dedicated to marrying smart, thoughtful design with a pulse on the culture. 

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