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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Emily Tisch Sussman

‘She Pivots’ With Stacy London: Thriving in Her Mid-Career Renaissance

Stacy London speaks onstage during Dress for Success 20th Anniversary Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on April 5, 2017 in New York City

In partnership with Marie Claire, 'She Pivots' challenges the typical definitions of success and explores the role our personal stories play in our professional journeys.

From a young age, Stacy London, the stylist and former co-host of What Not to Wear, felt pulled towards a career in fashion—just not for the reasons you’d expect. “I was diagnosed at 3 and a half with psoriasis,” says London during a taping for a recent episode of She Pivots. “By the time I was 11, I was covered in scales from my neck down…I only wore long sleeve white turtlenecks and corduroy pants, even in the summer. There was something so confining about that. I used to envy the beauty of people who could wear whatever they wanted and show off their skin.”

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