"At Saatchi & Saatchi we believe that good ideas come from anywhere . . . and more and more they come from people without experience, without years of knowledge, and without fear. People who are ready to fail fast, learn fast and fix fast. People driven by the "I" words - Intuition, Imagination, Inspiration and Ideas. People like Ben Barry.
We live in the Age of the Idea . . . and this book will inspire entrepreneurs throughout the world to have faith in their ideas, and give them great insight on how to bring them to life and make them come true."
— Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi, Ideas Company, and author of Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands
"Ben's socially-oriented, profit-driven approach to changing the fashion industry illustrates how young passionate entrepreneurs are changing the world. This is a compelling story and he is certainly a most deserving recipient of the CIBC Student Entrepeneur of the Year Award." — Ian Aitken, Founder and Chairman of Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship Inc. and/or as the Managing Partner of Pembroke Management Ltd.
"Part adventure, part activism, part business, part instruction manual. Above all, an inspiring story of Ben Barry's attempts to transform girls’ and women's experience of their bodies so that anguish can be replaced by pleasure and self acceptance. Where will he go next!?" — Susie Orbach, psychoanalyst, consultant to DOVE and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue
"Like Moneyball did for baseball, Fashioning Reality takes on the time-honoured 'truths' of an industry - fashion modelling in this case - and exposes them as nothing but stultifying myths. As with Moneyball's Billy Beane, author Ben Barry combines a keen mind, an irreverent personality and his own successful experience to show that for a committed and entrepreneurial change agent there is always a better way, despite the nattering nay-sayers! Readers old and young will gain the inspiration to forge a 'Balanced Contract' to change for the better a current reality they find unacceptable." — Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Ben Barry's inherent chutzpah and intimate knowledge of the kind of drive, passion, and focus required to make it in the fashion industry is evident in his motivational writing. He's an energetic self-starter who's wise beyond his years... His sheer tenacity alone is an inspiration. — Jeanne Beker, Host of Fashion Television, and Editor-in-chief of FQ Magazine
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