Heba el Habashy and Charles LaCalle
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Heba el Habashy and Charles LaCalle, the co-founders of The Cultivate, became fast friends while attending Harvard University. With combined experience at places like IMG Paris, People's Revolution, IMG Rusia, Pao Principle Luxury Consulting, and LVMH, the two have a uniquely focused experience in the luxury industry.

Somewhere between rushing from New York Fashion Week to their lectures at school, the pair formed an idea for a joint venture. They were inspired by the creativity of the emerging designers they met but noticed inefficiencies in the ways that designers were supported, funded, and sold.

They will be writing a series for the Huffington Post that will track their journey as they aim to capture the difficulties and rewards of building a business within the fashion industry.

Blog Entries by Heba el Habashy and Charles LaCalle

The Burberry Revolution

Posted March 9, 2011 | 18:02:21 (EST)

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Rain poured from mechanical spouts above the podium, splashing the bloggers, the editors, and the celebrities in the front row of the Burberry Prorsum show. Transparent rain slickers protected the model's matching Burberry trenches. Perhaps this was Christopher Bailey's allegory for Burberry's...

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The Next Big Thing Is Up and Coming: The Demand for Emerging Fashion (Part Two)

Posted August 24, 2010 | 11:37:35 (EST)

Part Two

[In case you missed it, here is the first installment of our article.]

To prove that the demand of indie designers is on the rise, we went straight to the industry insider who we knew would have the most expertise on the issue. Stella...

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The Next Big Thing Is Up and Coming: The Demand for Emerging Fashion

Posted August 23, 2010 | 11:55:52 (EST)

Part One

Looking around, it appears that there is a youth frenzy in every creative industry. From music to art to fashion, people are going crazy for everything indie. Retailers like Urban Outfitters are taking their cues from young designers, and the young populations of urban cities are...

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The Next Big Thing Is Up and Coming: Cultivating Emerging Designers From London to NY

Posted July 23, 2010 | 17:03:54 (EST)

The contours of an emerging fashion designer's life can vary dramatically based on his location relative to the Atlantic. Europe has a long tradition of supporting fashion design as an art as well as an industry. One European capital in particular stands out: "The opportunities are so good that we...

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