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3pm: GFW Live! It's a man's world: Building a career in luxury fashion, as a female senior leader

  • Truman Brewery 15 Hanbury Street London, England, E1 6QR United Kingdom (map)

Featuring Elodie Bougenault and Yi Ng, this conversation explores the realities of navigating leadership within the global luxury fashion industry as women operating at the highest levels of business. From scaling internationally recognised brands to leading innovation, partnerships and transformation across major fashion houses, the panel will offer valuable insight into leadership, resilience, entrepreneurship and redefining power structures within luxury fashion today.

Meet the speakers: Elodie Bougenault is Chief Commercial Officer at Manolo Blahnik, where she oversees global commercial strategy and international growth. Across a career spanning more than two decades, she has held senior leadership roles at luxury houses including Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Boucheron and La Perla. Yi Ng is the Co-Founder and CEO of SR_A and former Co-Founder of A-COLD-WALL*. Recognised for pioneering innovative business models across fashion, design and technology, she has collaborated with global partners including Inditex, Apple, Nike and LVMH.

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