Rachel Roy

Rachel Roy

Founder/Designer at Rachel Roy

TED Attendee
Los Angeles , California, United States
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About Rachel

I am a…

Activist, Artist, Brainstormer, Business mentor, Designer, Entrepreneur, Parent, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur

Bio

Rachel Roy is the founder & CEO of her eponymous brand and a tireless activist for using your voice to encourage change and to design the life you wish to live. Created in 2004, Rachel has built her ready-to-wear and accessories business into a global brand. Rachel is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Rachel founded Kindness Is Always Fashionable, an entrepreneurial philanthropic platform to help women artisans around the world create sustainable income for their families and communities. In 2018 Rachel was named a UN Women Ambassador/Champion for Innovation to advance women and girls in Technology and Entrepreneurship, and works for the UN advocating gender equality and focusing attention on these and related issues. Rachel nurtures young design talent. She is an advisor to World of Children a national non-profit organization that serves underprivileged children. And works closely with Nobel peace Laurete Kailash Satyarthi who has saved over 85,000 children from child slavery Rachel has shared her story at forums ranging from the White House to the Fortune Most Powerful Women. Rachel has been a contributing columnist to Huffington Post and InStyle magazine. Rachel’s work has been featured on CNN, The Today Show, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and numerous other publications. In 2015 Rachel wrote, Design Your Life and in 2019 96 Words for Love

I'm passionate about

Creating employment in third world which means creating freedom. Animal Industry in America must change. Child slavery must end.

An idea worth spreading

Kindness is Always Fashionable. The world is changed by your action not your opinion.

The TED story

Create a universal hangtag for all product stating product has been made in child labor fee factories. Similar to the organic labeling system for food