Linda Miller of Pure Rosy: 5 Things You Need to Succeed in the Fashion Industry

Integrity: Be honest when things go wrong, and use it as a learning experience. Your clients will have a stronger bond with you if you can own up to a mistake that happened on your clock — engage them to help you find the best possible solution together. This is a very powerful way to cement their trust in doing business with you.

As part of our series about the 5 things you need to succeed in the fashion industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Linda Miller.

Born in Montreal and raised in the NYC borough of Queens, Linda Miller’s early eye for fashion and head for business led her to her first NY fashion industry job right out of college. Miller learned from a generation of fashion merchandisers, designers, and marketing executives at a variety of public and private companies that stocked the shelves of the bricks-and-mortar retailers that dominated the retail landscape at the time.

Over the ensuing decade-plus, Miller took on more senior sales and marketing roles and product development roles and developed extensive expertise in…