NBC Nightly News | Fashion entrepreneur Amy Smilovic knows the value of "faking it until you make it" @nbcnightlynews | Uploaded April 2018 | Updated October 2024, 58 minutes ago.
Amy Smilovic started Tibi in 1997 with just $60,000 in cash and a few designs on paper. Fast forward two decades, and Tibi is worn by the likes of Cate Blanchett and Hailey Baldwin, as well fashionistas and businesswomen worldwide. Amy shares with Kate Snow her secrets to success, and how she employed some good old fashioned smoke and mirrors when first launching and presenting her line.

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