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Though she was close to her sisters as teenagers, Gold said
the girls were often at odds as they tried to find their own
niches. Each of them had strengths that the others didn’t
have; Gold, the organizer of the trio, realized that she had
a flair for design and fashion, and she hated hearing “no.”
Those personality assets served her well when, as a teen,
she discovered that certain clothing designers near her
Malibu home would sell to her their damaged-and-defective
t-shirts for a pittance. Gold mended and personalized the
shirts, then sold them for a tidy profit at a small booth on
the beach. She named her new business and set about learning
how to run it, then entered design school, and tasted other
careers.
During this time, Gold also got married, but she’d lost
sight of a rule she’d learned from male family members in
her childhood: never rely on a man. Gold’s husband cheated
on her so she divorced him and she married someone else not
long afterward.
From there, Gold’s road to fame and True Religion jeans was
a rocky one: she started and lost several clothing labels
over the years, but she learned from each experience. She
raised a family, and capital for more endeavors. And in the
aftermath of losing her second husband and her business in
the same day, Gold found her resolve…
So what?
Those were two words that came to my mind over and over. So
author Kym Gold started a series of businesses. So she
flitted from idea to idea. So she made and lost scads of
money. Stand in line. So what?
And then it hit me: try, try again. Gold Standard is
the epitomical story of that old saying and Gold has the
tenacity of a terrier. Her life, as depicted in this book,
is like one of those bop-bags from childhood: she just kept
bouncing back up.
So what? So motivational.
Keep in mind that this book is rough. It’s choppy, rambling,
filled with childhood pity-partying and name-dropping, and
it begs for a bit more formality – but overlook it, and
you’ll find inspiration. For that alone, Gold Standard
is worth a try. |
