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Iman: I Was Always Prepared for What was After Modeling

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    Iman Global Chic Founder Iman on her career and entrepreneurial spirit.

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In fashion a new weekly segment on the Willis report.

Where -- profile -- cuts designers and trends in the fashion and entertainment industry -- Our first guest tonight is a world renowned supermodel turned businesswoman at -- the muse for designers Yves saint -- on Versace and Calvin Klein.

My guess is -- her entire empire all -- self.

A cosmetic line -- home to court line as well as clothing and accessory lines.

Which she'll show -- some items from tonight joining me now a Fox Business exclusive interview is.

-- -- Welcome updating cute things great to have you want to show lobbing the -- okay.

We we dressed up just -- I would ask you though because our viewers all know you and have watched you for a very long period of time at I think have you.

As the first model -- something else you know the first one to go out and they wouldn't do something else going the business on my account what is -- your inspirations.

I -- was understood that modeling was a business.

And both it has -- -- show.

Life so I was on was prepared what will be next what I am I supposed to be doing next instead of -- eighteen.

And things just happen on its own or or be fired or not be hired again.

So that's acted how it came about -- very Smart yet so I -- first movie with the cosmetics.

But it might my heart and passion is really infection.

-- now I'm doing some fashionable stuff while you certainly are gonna get to the products in just a few minutes.

But I would ask you about those years I mean you were on the runway he ran a cover up all the magazines.

You know you last model that I guess 1976 which seems in just impossible to me is seeing you here tonight -- -- -- life.

-- as I mean -- hasn't glamorous as they status but also -- a lot of hard work -- a lot of traveling.

So you winning -- have you don't build relationships.

Even friendships long.

Unless they -- within the industry because you're constantly traveling and not in the same place.

But it's fun it's very very glamorous you have turned this into your own business your own empire.

And have several different -- yes tell us about the lines and what you're trying to accomplish with each five years ago and Mindy Grossman.

CEO fly itches and home shopping network came to see me and asked me if I would create a brand a -- and I spotted with.

With access -- -- because I personally believe that women.

Cannot have enough access that I mean we're obsessed with -- -- bags shoes and jewelry.

And sides cited what debt and showed -- build to fashionable and you know designer.

Clothes -- -- Is still -- member of a -- and the platinum -- Then nobody -- is all under a hundred dollars so you get out trendy stuff that he can that he can where it right now.

And BS on -- would you know with the best of them right but -- paying but I less than a hundred out.

The platinum collection is a high end lines with the best of Latin -- the -- the swayed so a lot of Otto wistful first.

Very very sophisticated let's talk about your website -- what we find your website where it is it give us some clothes I have and online magazine called destination in non dot com and on -- the -- -- on dot com I talk about well everything that's fashion.

Including accessories but also more important -- outlook means that unique interests me hold children.

How to Egypt to age well and take care of yourself.

For example the February issue of distribution in -- we have live on a -- he -- so we celebrating New York Fashion Week is next week.

So would be -- covering that so I'm sending my destination dot com.

Staff and they had a photographer that to cover the whole not the whole -- that we can follow the life and times have in mind that my by going on the website it's.

Which is beautiful tell me about this and I is -- to.

To design that stock is so they did with the big trend that's going on in children is caught on necklace.

And this is exactly what it is and whether it would with the beauty of this is that you can Wear -- -- -- you can live with teachers you can where -- -- shirts with.

Allows -- when you go into the office so.

It gives you that point of interest without really changing your whole -- you have a beautiful line on.

I guess I have this one on this is -- -- but -- -- -- dot com this is sold out this obsession that women have with fact yes.

I kick it over what women spend for -- it's ridiculous and you have some beautiful ones here tell us yes how you came did to do the bags and -- -- -- -- important -- -- acting when you cut in the united.

Put some comment in -- you won't vote.

If you lead in not don't wanna commit is in -- that was seen so it's an easy way to put itself up -- some love Brad Saltzman self defense exactly.

It -- apparently it is and this is a 100% in the -- one another.

And it is less than a 140 -- -- obviously we have -- -- dresses -- become -- huge huge thing Eric I think it's feminine I think it's.

Form fitting for giving also.

That's what I love about it and obviously -- trend this I cannot live without a trench coat I'm like Audrey have been when it comes to trench.

But this will incorporate can come up blocking with the times.

It's human designed everything I have designed there's not a corner of my life cannot be an idea that if that's the way -- morning out exactly exactly OK just one final question here what part of the world I mean not.

Tackled that you want to do next.

In New Zealand.

News I've never been to New Zealand that's next this finish -- parade will think so much for coming up and it's great to have you -- -- really appreciate it we'll.

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