Women in the Industry What Is the Reality Now and How Can We Do Better?

Women are often underrepresented in the apparel decoration industry and it can feel really isolating at times, but we at Ink Kitchen want you to know you're not alone! We held our first ever women's panel at Impressions Expo Long Beach to talk with women in all sectors of the industry about how they got to where they are now, to find out who helped them along the way and their advice for other women and for companies that employ women.
Joining moderator Pam Ikegami of Ink Kitchen are Jody Mazade, Sales and Marketing Director at ‪@HowardCustomTransfers‬ Milissa Gibson, Sales Director of ‪@lanesevenapparel‬; LaTonna Roberson, owner of ‪@ladyprintboss‬and Dallas T-Shirt Shop; Megan Griffith, co-owner of P&M Apparel; Nicole Pape, CEO and owner of Embellishr and Nikki Bowen, co-owner of Cotton Street Apparel;
We'd like to thank all of the panelists for sharing their experiences of coming up in the industry and their advice for how to make the industry a better place for all of us.
Cotton Street Apparel: www.cottonstre...
Embellishr: www.embellishr...
Howard Custom Transfers: www.howardct.com
Lady Print Boss: www.ladyprintb...
Lane 7 Apparel: www.lanesevena...
P&M Apparel: www.pmapparel.com
Shop Talk is a creation of the Ink Kitchen, brought to you by ‪@impressions_group‬
Shop Talk videos on UA-cam are sponsored by AlphaBroder
AlphaBroder is a leading supplier of wholesale apparel, promotional products, and imprintable goods with 6,500 styles from 60+ brands, with their warehouses covering the US from coast to coast.
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Video by TBJ Productions: ‪@tbjproductions7402‬ www.tbjproduct...
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[@cynthial8753]

@ladyprintboss Thanks for sharing the link. Great panel discussion.

[@ladyprintboss]

Excellent Job Pam! Thanks so much! I really enjoyed this event and hope this motivates more women in the industry to Boss Up! #ladyprintboss
#bossmeup
#bossteam

[@InkKitchenYouTube]

Thanks LaTonna! I hope it does too!
And it’s always a pleasure to share the stage with you!

[@TampaTheCraftyQueen]

#ladyprintboss #bossmeup #bossteam LET's GOOOOOOO

[@747tangelia]

I really enjoyed this Shop Talk. The guest all offer different perspectives. I was especially impressed with LaTonna Roberson. She really has opened up doors & educated women on how to walk through those doors. It's so great to see a panel of all women!!! #Ladyprintboss

[@user-vc2gg6ej9l]

I love the topics in the video and everyone has their own business and they are incredible in their industry especially Latonna. Go T shirt shop...

[@bigboiprints5726]

The lady print boss

[@DeborahHardeman]

Print Boss you are on top❤

[@shirayasha]

This was so good. It's horrifying the discrimination that women in business face on the day to day. The men wanting the women to symbolically bow to the man, want to speak to another man because they assume women don't know technical aspects of the job, and that all too true story of a man repackaging the same thing a woman did, and being called a genius when she was originally brushed off.
Also that guy asked a good question about lack of plus sized options for women. I feel like 90% of the time the women sizes only come in traditionally small sizes, and then they assume larger women then will purchase men's sizes if they dont fit the women's ones. So they dont need to stock a women's XXXL if they could just buy the men's XL.
So many strong and powerful women in this panel, and I think a lot of them have spoken previously for Ink Kitchen. They really know their stuff
37:37 edit: Where is Rick? oh there he is *mic drop*

[@InkKitchenYouTube]

Thanks as always for the thoughtful comment! Rick is always there with the mic drop. lol