Vogue Business Summit 2022

September marks the beginning of Fashion Week and Beauty Week for many major cities around the world. After a successful first edition, Mexico City kicked things off this September with its second Vogue Business Summit. Hosted at the the Four Seasons Mexico City, attendance ranged from local creatives to seasoned industry professionals from all over.

The forum holds to it’s original commitment of inclusivity and in representing female leaders in a variety of industries from the region. Leading the way to enact such change and make the forum a welcoming and inclusive space is Karla Martinez De Salas, Head of Editorial Content for Vogue México y Latinoamérica. At the summit the day is packed with workshops and talks from an exclusively curated pool of speakers. Attendees can expect a chance to ask speakers questions and in-between workshops have the chance to talk to said speakers. The forum also offers spaces specially curated for networking and mingling and attendees are encouraged to take full advantage of the spaces.

Having had the opportunity to snag a last minute ticket to the event, thanks to Vogue Mexico y Latinoamérica, I got the chance to sit in on these conversations and hear about topics ranging from the inclusivity, environment and sustainability, and breaking the glass ceiling that persist to this day for females in the industry. Most notably, all speakers spoke on persistence and rising above the competition. And for any women looking to change their carrier at any point of their life, but are scared to for x,y, and z….

“..it’s never too late. The biggest barrier is ourselves. When we say no I can’t because how are you going to do it, you start paying attention to all the no’s because now it’s you that’s saying it and it’s you that is now not trusting yourself. My advise, no one else can trust in you if you don’t start, have confidence in your dream because only you know yourself and others have no idea of what you’re capable of doing….” - Yalitza Aparicio