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Since 2022, the Vogue Business editorial team has made it its mission to find and feature the people on the front lines of fashion and beauty who are driving their industries forward. The Vogue Business 100 Innovators, now in its fourth iteration, reflects the leaders, disruptors and changemakers that ensure fashion and beauty remain dynamic industries. They may come from varied backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common: the determination to do things differently and fight for a better future.
This September in New York City, Vogue Business, in partnership with HSBC, brought together members of this year’s list, as well as industry peers, to celebrate the Vogue Business 100 Innovators for the first time.
On the terrace of Nine Orchard in lower Manhattan, guests gathered to toast this year’s additions and hear from some of the cohort, alongside HSBC’s US head of retail and apparel Eric Fisch.
First, Amanda Baldwin, CEO of Olaplex; Wendy B Savage, senior director of social impact and transparency at Patagonia; and Thuy Nguyen, director of social impact at Patagonia, took to the stage to share their views on leadership, innovation and how to take risks to drive change.
Baldwin said that she’s taken several risks throughout her career. Most recently, in joining Olaplex after the company met with allegations that the ingredients in its haircare products were causing hair loss and were linked to infertility. Before that, she left her career in finance to pursue one in beauty, joining Supergoop in its very early startup stages — all risks she said paid off.