Rebecca Moses knew from an early age she wanted to be a fashion designer. Graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), she landed her first job at Pierre Cardin and launched her own clothing line. On a trip to Italy to check out a factory, she fell in love with the owner. For 20 years Moses lived and worked outside of Milan and raised her two boys. But when her husband died suddenly in 2010, she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour, her world turned “upside down.” Returning to New York City to raise her boys, she wrote a book (Rebecca Moses: A Life of Style https://amzn.to/3sYyC8k), and dove into painting, illustration and animations for organizations like the Fragrance foundation and Bergdorf Goodman. The pandemic was “a frightening time for the entire world,” she says. “My family in Italy was in a very bad way. I could hear the sirens of ambulances which drove me crazy.” Feeling “helpless” and like she had to do something, Moses went onto Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rebeccamosesofficial/) and asked women to share the stories of their lives during the pandemic. She offered to draw them. “Letters flew in—humorous, sad, inspirational from six continents.” Moses “painted like a mad woman and didn’t sleep.” 400 portraits later, her project which she calls the Stay Home Sisters is going strong. “These women come from all walks of life: there is diversity in backgrounds, religion, careers. What happened next is the women connected with each other and said, ‘you’re not alone.’ It became a movement.” Moses is still taking entries! Some of the series will be shown at the Guggenheim and the portraits of nurses will be touring a hospital. “This past year witnessed lost of people revaluation gather lives,” Moses says. “Ask yourself, ‘is this the life I want to live?’"
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#193 When You Don’t Fit Into the Corporate Box Because You Are Multi-Passionate (Sarabeth Berk)
#192 Ditching the Financial Security of the Legal World to Fight for Women’s Equality (Taina Bien-Aime)
#191 Reaching the Pinnacle of Corporate Success and Walking Away (Traci Schubert Barrett)
#190 How to Make Big, Bold Reinvention – Without Regrets (Diann Wingert)
#189 How to Cultivate Reinvention Support Systems – and Ditch the Nay-Sayers (Elizabeth Rosenberg)
#188 From Technical Writer for Railroads to Stand-Up Comic (Jennifer Turbo)
#187 Reinventing in Pursuit of the Work You Love (Jill Granoff)
#186 Reinventing Yourself After the Worst Year of Your Life (Jane Enright)
#185 The Year That Made Me Rethink Everything (Claudia Dreifus)
#184: How to Connect to What You Really Want (Michael Clinton)
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#178 Reinventing Your Creativity as a Luxury Business (Jane Pollak)
#177 Teaching Others How to Deal with their Anger (Doug Noll)
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