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Garnering more than 14 billion views to date, the TED Talk stage — or the "nerd red carpet” — is also a place to champion fashion with a cause.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the ladies at Lafayette 148 — and a few men, too — met to honor some unordinary women.

Lafayette 148 launched the campaign for International Women’s Day last Friday featuring eight New York City women in black-and-white portraits shot by the fashion photographer Sophie Elgort, sister of Ansel Elgort, who also shoots portraits like her dad, Arthur. The women include an American Ballet Theater ballerina, La Mercerie chef, and Whitney curator — and each shared a quote about a woman who has changed them. Scroll to see Elgort’s photos for the campaign.

I’ve made a career out of being curious. Whether it involved seeking counsel from the dead or drinking volcanic water with a shaman in Peru, being a lawyer in Paris or at the tech giant Google, taking stand up comedy classes in NYC or working in a professional kitchen in Italy, or designing a line of handbags for ten years (that ended up being carried by none other than SJP herself in not one, but two, episodes of Sex and the City!), my willingness to explore the things I am curious about has led me down many an unexpected path.

In her new column for Just Bobbi, author, advisor and attorney Anjali Kumar is willing to try anything in the name of wellness (at least once).

In her new column for Just Bobbi, author, advisor and attorney Anjali Kumar is willing to try anything in the name of wellness (at least once).

Zadie Smith’s wry, vibrant observations, natural disasters on land and sea, and a few real-life assassinations round out this month’s collection of great reads.

Anjali Kumar went looking for God and ended up finding something else entirely. In an uplifting, funny talk about our shared humanity, she takes us on a spiritual pilgrimage to meet witches in New York, a shaman in Peru, an infamous "healer" in Brazil and others, sharing an important lesson: what binds us together is far stronger than what separates us, and our differences are not insurmountable.

As a lawyer at Google in New York, Anjali Kumar was once tapped to M.C. what she thought would be a small intramural cooking competition. Then she found out that Padma Lakshmi, the “Top Chef” host, would be a judge, along with the chefs Eric Ripert and Daniel Boulud.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.*

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Warby Parker General Counsel, Anjali Kumar, wanted to build a company that "did good for the world". Listen to Anjali's story as she takes part in the "Trust is the New Black" panel at the 2013 Go Further with Ford Trend Conference.

Fashion expert Garance Doré joins Anjali Kumar for Lunchtime at Google. This event took place on January 16, 2013, as part of the Lunchtime at Google series.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson joins Anjali Kumar for Lunchtime at Google. This event took place on May 8, 2012, as part of the Lunchtime at Google series.