Shows
Hollywood GoldTHE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY: The Genius of Anna Wintour and Creating the Legendary Met GalaMaisonette Co-founder & CEO Sylvana Ward Durrett joins Hollywood Gold to share an inside look at her time as Director of Special Projects at Vogue, as captured in the documentary The First Monday in May. The film follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s stunning exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, and its transformation into the unforgettable 2015 Met Gala theme. Durrett reveals how every dazzling detail comes together under the leadership of fashion icon Anna Wintour, in addition to spilling a few jaw-dropping celebrity stories that you won’t want to miss with the 2025 Met Gala around the corn...
2025-04-3050 min
Claim Your Confidence with Lydia FenetFinding Your Priorities with Sylvana Ward DurrettIf you have ever wondered what it’s like to work with Anna Wintour at Vogue or start your own incredible online marketplace for stylish children’s clothing, then you’ll want to listen to Sylvana Ward Durrett’s story. Co-founder and CEO of Maisonette, an expertly-curated online marketplace for baby and kids' clothing, toys, and home decor, Sylvana launched her company after an incredible 14 year career at Vogue with one goal in mind – to make it easier for parents to find high quality products for their kids. In this interview, we discuss Sylvana’s time at Vogue, what inspired her...
2024-01-2341 min
Dry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + StyleEpisode 12: Conversation with MAISONETTE's Sylvana Ward DurrettDry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + Style
In this episode, fashion-insider and host Kristen Cole (in NY) is joined by Sylvana Ward Durrett, the Brooklyn-based co-founder and CEO of the well-adored children's fashion marketplace, MAISONETTE, and by guest co-host Anja Tyson (also in NY), a sustainability, culture and impact consultant in the fashion space. The women discuss trends in the children's category, Sylvana's years at Vogue, how she came to open the first-of-its-kind marketplace, styling secret weapons for mamas, some of Sylvana's favorite kids brands and parenting podcasts, Maisonette's private label brands and blog Le Scoop, production in...
2022-04-1537 min
With WhitA Candid Talk About My 2nd Kid Anxiety w/ Sylvana Ward Durrett of MaisonetteAhead of recording this episode, I was feeling a lot of anxiety thinking about life with a second kid. We are in the middle of all of this IVF stuff and this has been looming over me for years now. I was SO thankful to be able to speak about this candidly with Sylvana Ward Durrett, co-founder and CEO of Maisonette. In addition to chatting about my fears associated with a second kid, she shared her own experience with anxiety while attempting to 'balance' life as a CEO and mom, the story behind creating Maisonette, wild stories from working...
2022-04-0547 min
LIBERTY ROAD with Nada Jones7. How a Vogue Veteran Launched a Stylish Children’s Marketplace to Create Quality Time for Families: Sylvana DurrettSylvana Ward Durrett is the CEO and Co-Founder of Maisonette, a curated children's marketplace. Before founding her own company she worked at Vogue for 14 years as assistant to Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and later as the director of special projects, producing the annual Costume Institute Met Gala.
As a mom scrolling through various sites to find clothes, toys, and furniture for her kids, Sylvana realized that there was a need for a curated marketplace for parents. In 2017 Sylvana co-founded Maisonette to help modern families navigate finding high-quality products for their kids so they could spend less time scrolling, a...
2022-03-2354 min