January 24 started out like any other day. I prayed, went to a 5 a.m. workout, made pancakes and eggs for my daughters, got them dressed, and dropped them off at school with my husband. Then I was off to my office in Culver City. My team was finalizing production for the fashion brand I’ve been quietly working on since the start of 2023. My phone began blowing up. Text after text, DM after DM. “What are you going to do?” “Are you okay?” The truth is, I wasn’t.

I had already seen the headlines on my phone: Target, where my line was set to exclusively debut, was switching up its approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Since the new administration took office in January, companies across industries had started rolling back their DEI initiatives. I was two years into the production of m

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