{"id":42342,"date":"2019-06-14T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/?p=42342"},"modified":"2019-06-14T17:53:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T17:53:38","slug":"real-talk-with-aquabatix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Talk with Aquabatix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aquabatix<\/a> is a synchronized swimming team that takes their sport everywhere from live events to the big screen. They tagged us in a post on Insta a while ago, and when we made a synchronized-swimmer-printed suit this season… we knew we had to get together! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked with Aquabatix co-founder, Adele Carlsen, about the business she built alongside her lifelong friend and teammate, Katie Fried. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Real<\/a>
Photo by Katie Hoss<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why did you start Aquabatix<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea for Aquabatix came about in 2006 when my business partner, Katie Fried, and I realized that there was a gap in the market for synchronized swimming as an entertainment and art form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are both former competitive synchronized swimmers, who were often asked to perform at live events or model in water for photographic and film shoots, and we realised no one was doing this professionally, such as working with clients from the initial brief to delivery and marketing the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time I was working as a synchronized swimming coach and choreographer and Katie had gone into event management, so combining our skills and experience was the perfect mix for Aquabatix<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were inspired by the Hollywood Esther Williams musicals from the 1950s but wanted to fuse it together with the modern sport of synchronized swimming. We wanted to include the athletic power and acrobatic ability to create exciting performances for people who have never seen water entertainment live and up close before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aquabatix is renowned for its innovation.  We don\u2019t just perform the standard synchronized swimming routines, we are always wanting to create new and different forms of water entertainment, such as performing underwater in glass tanks and open water. We worked with a Turner prize nominee, Janice Kerbel, last year to create a contemporary water piece for the arts world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another reason we set up Aquabatix was that we both wanted to continue working with our passion that we have been involved in since we were eight years old. We have won national titles together, competed for our country together and now we are winning awards and working with major global brands across the world with our company together. We occasionally get to do really fun things too! We attend film premieres that Aquabatix has appeared in, or meet music bands and actors that Aquabatix has worked with or perform in front of. We have even performed in front of the British Royal family! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also offer a pathway for those training in synchronized swimming, another route than just the competitive approach. They get to perform under less pressure, in exotic locations or use their highly trained skills underwater in a movie. Whilst we always work hard on our performances to reach our high expectation of delivery, we have lots of fun too. We have many former Olympic athletes perform for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Real<\/a>
Photo by Katie Hoss<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What advice would you give to someone who wants to turn their passion into a business?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be prepared for a lot of hard work, unsociable hours, and a huge learning curve! Both Katie and I love what we do but had no experience in setting up and running a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We found a brilliant business mentor called Louisa Moger, who was running a course for women in small businesses back in 2014 and she has thankfully worked with us ever since! Louisa made us really open our eyes to the business side and that this may be our passion, but what was the point unless it was making a profit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it is also important to ask and take advice from experts in specific areas. No one can be an expert in everything, and running your own small company, you have to manage everything from basic admin to financial accounting, social media, marketing as well as management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I can say though is that it\u2019s worth it. However tough it can get, if you can stick with it, it can be brilliant and far more rewarding than working for someone else! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie is a Mum as well, so even though it can be hard having to work on family vacations sometimes, it does allow her the flexibility to work around important family times as well. 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Real<\/a>
Photo by Katie Hoss<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What sets synchronized swimming apart from other sports?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have to hold our breath whilst exercising and that\u2019s really insane! Seriously though, I think the fact that it is so dominated by women, as athletes, coaches and on the administrative side that it is really self-empowering as a woman to be involved in this sport. Men do participate now in most competitions and it\u2019s exciting to see that grow but with sport overall being so dominated by men, especially in coaching, the media and sport director positions, it\u2019s a brilliant pathway to enable women not only to achieve their athletic ability, but also to encourage them into sporting leadership roles. It also encourages girls into fitness and to understand that having muscular fit bodies, that they can do incredible things with that many people can\u2019t, is something to be proud of, appreciate, show them off in stunning swimwear and for others to aspire to. It gives the athletes the tools to work as a team and how differences in individuals working within the team is a good thing. Working so many hours as a team day in and day out, it helps everyone recognise when team mates are having a hard day and to pull together to support people in those moments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s visually captivating, so in the Olympics it is always one of the first sports to sell out and people are just so intrigued to watch it and find out about it because it\u2019s very different to just running from one end of the track to the other or throwing a ball around. In the past many people would put the sport down, normally male journalists, and focus in on the makeup or smiles, having never tried it the sport. Anyone who just tries to stay afloat in water knows how hard that is in itself. In the last ten years most now respect it as being one of the most physically demanding Olympic sports out there. These aren\u2019t just women floating around looking pretty, which so many used to describe us as. Elite synchronized swimmers are some of the fittest athletes in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course, it can be a sport or an art form which we have tried to capitalize on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"<\/a>
Photo by Katie Hoss<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What makes each of you #AerieREAL?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are real women who have become successful in our passion through hard work, innovation, ambition and work closely with other women who inspire us all over the globe as part of the Aquabatix<\/a> family. 

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aquabatix is a synchronized swimming team that takes their sport everywhere from live events to the big screen. They tagged us in a post on Insta a while ago, and when we made a synchronized-swimmer-printed suit this season… we knew we had to get together! We talked with Aquabatix co-founder, Adele Carlsen, about the business […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"callout_image":42396,"mobile_callout_image":42344,"_subheading":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[192,4673],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-42342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-talk","tag-real-talk","tag-real-voices"],"yoast_head":"\nReal Talk with Aquabatix - #AerieREAL Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real Talk with Aquabatix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aquabatix is a synchronized swimming team that takes their sport everywhere from live events to the big screen. They tagged us in a post on Insta a while ago, and when we made a synchronized-swimmer-printed suit this season… we knew we had to get together! We talked with Aquabatix co-founder, Adele Carlsen, about the business […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"#AerieREAL Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Aerie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-14T07:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-14T17:53:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aerie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@aerie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aerie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aerie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Aerie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/person\/1bf003942a5cc1ca9a15ad1885fa7577\"},\"headline\":\"Real Talk with Aquabatix\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-14T07:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-14T17:53:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\"},\"wordCount\":1153,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024\",\"keywords\":[\"Real Talk\",\"REAL Voices\"],\"articleSection\":[\"REAL Talk\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\",\"name\":\"Real Talk with Aquabatix - #AerieREAL Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-14T07:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-14T17:53:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Real Talk with Aquabatix\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/\",\"name\":\"#AerieREAL Life\",\"description\":\"#AerieREAL Life\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Aerie\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AerieREAL_Life_Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AerieREAL_Life_Logo.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"Aerie\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Aerie\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/aerie\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/person\/1bf003942a5cc1ca9a15ad1885fa7577\",\"name\":\"Aerie\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/author\/mcallistja\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Real Talk with Aquabatix - #AerieREAL Life","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Real Talk with Aquabatix","og_description":"Aquabatix is a synchronized swimming team that takes their sport everywhere from live events to the big screen. They tagged us in a post on Insta a while ago, and when we made a synchronized-swimmer-printed suit this season… we knew we had to get together! We talked with Aquabatix co-founder, Adele Carlsen, about the business […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/","og_site_name":"#AerieREAL Life","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Aerie\/","article_published_time":"2019-06-14T07:00:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-14T17:53:38+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Aerie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@aerie","twitter_site":"@aerie","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aerie","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/"},"author":{"name":"Aerie","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/person\/1bf003942a5cc1ca9a15ad1885fa7577"},"headline":"Real Talk with Aquabatix","datePublished":"2019-06-14T07:00:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-14T17:53:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/"},"wordCount":1153,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024","keywords":["Real Talk","REAL Voices"],"articleSection":["REAL Talk"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/","name":"Real Talk with Aquabatix - #AerieREAL Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024","datePublished":"2019-06-14T07:00:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-14T17:53:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/aerie-3-.jpg?w=1024"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/14\/real-talk-with-aquabatix\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Real Talk with Aquabatix"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/","name":"#AerieREAL Life","description":"#AerieREAL Life","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#organization","name":"Aerie","url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AerieREAL_Life_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AerieREAL_Life_Logo.png","width":400,"height":40,"caption":"Aerie"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Aerie\/","https:\/\/x.com\/aerie"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/#\/schema\/person\/1bf003942a5cc1ca9a15ad1885fa7577","name":"Aerie","url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/author\/mcallistja\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paH3SX-b0W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52627,"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2020\/10\/29\/real-talk-changemakers-edition-creating-inclusive-spaces\/","url_meta":{"origin":42342,"position":0},"title":"Real Talk: Changemakers Edition \u2013 Creating Inclusive Spaces","author":"Aerie","date":"October 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u00a0caught up with a passionate group\u00a0of\u00a0our\u00a0#AerieREAL Changemakers\u00a0earlier this\u00a0month\u00a0to\u00a0continue\u00a0our\u00a0Real Talk: Changemakers Edition\u00a0panels. This week, we\u00a0hosted the final panel of the\u00a0virtual series with another round of our 2020 Changemakers in order to\u00a0talk about creating inclusive spaces.\u00a0Model Jillian Mercado\u00a0moderated\u00a0the live event,\u00a0leading an important\u00a0discussion with\u00a0Keely Cat-Wells, CEO of C Talent and disability activist, musician\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Changemakers"","block_context":{"text":"Changemakers","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/category\/changemakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/-6pvHUvMiUQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":52126,"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2020\/10\/14\/real-talk-changemakers-edition-self-care-as-an-entrepreneur-organizer\/","url_meta":{"origin":42342,"position":1},"title":"Real Talk: Changemakers Edition \u2014 Self-Care as an Entrepreneur\/Organizer","author":"Aerie","date":"October 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We gathered an inspiring\u00a0group of\u00a0our\u00a0#AerieREAL Changemakers\u00a0last month\u00a0to\u00a0continue\u00a0our\u00a0Real Talk: Changemakers Edition\u00a0panels. This week, we continued the virtual series with another round of our 2020 Changemakers in order to discuss how they\u00a0ensure they maintain self-care practices while serving as entrepreneurs and organizers. Actress\u00a0Jameela Jamil\u00a0moderated\u00a0the live event,\u00a0leading an impactful discussion with\u00a0Maya Caine of\u00a0MIVE,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Changemakers"","block_context":{"text":"Changemakers","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/category\/changemakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/sB7W7_G9oj0\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":41587,"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/25\/real-talk-how-to-be-a-better-friend-ally\/","url_meta":{"origin":42342,"position":2},"title":"Real Talk: How to be a better friend & ally","author":"Aerie","date":"June 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"#AerieREAL\u00a0Role Models Brenna Huckaby, Samira Wiley & Iskra came together this spring in NYC to answer YOUR questions about how we can all be there for our friends a little more. https:\/\/youtu.be\/B3iHaMzGI5U \"We have to teach ourselves a loving language.\"Iskra \"We can't make change by ourselves. A win for one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Event Recaps"","block_context":{"text":"Event Recaps","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/category\/event-recaps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARL_FreiendAlly_RT_Iskra.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARL_FreiendAlly_RT_Iskra.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARL_FreiendAlly_RT_Iskra.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARL_FreiendAlly_RT_Iskra.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARL_FreiendAlly_RT_Iskra.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24110,"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2015\/11\/30\/real-talk-with-gal-meets-glam\/","url_meta":{"origin":42342,"position":3},"title":"REAL Talk with Gal Meets Glam","author":"Aerie","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What happened when\u00a0Gal Meets Glam's Julia Engel took our PJ's on a getaway? The cutest, coziest weekend of the year! Even though she felt a little under the weather, Julia rocked her faves from our Holiday collection all weekend long. \"My ideal weekend during the holidays is spending time somewhere\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "REAL Talk"","block_context":{"text":"REAL Talk","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/category\/real-talk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gmg-aerie-high-res-6883.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gmg-aerie-high-res-6883.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gmg-aerie-high-res-6883.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gmg-aerie-high-res-6883.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gmg-aerie-high-res-6883.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gmg-aerie-high-res-6883.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33813,"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2018\/08\/03\/real-talk-with-sarah-ribble\/","url_meta":{"origin":42342,"position":4},"title":"Real Talk with Sarah Ribble","author":"Aerie","date":"August 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Not only does Sarah Ribble design Aerie bras, she rocked them in our latest #AerieREAL photoshoot! Find out why Sarah wanted to join the shoot and how #AerieREAL has influenced her work here at Aerie. Why did you want to be a part of\u00a0this\u00a0#AerieREAL\u00a0bra photoshoot? I wanted to show that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "REAL Talk"","block_context":{"text":"REAL Talk","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/category\/real-talk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Real Talk With Sarah Ribble","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/square.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/square.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/square.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/square.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/square.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/square.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42664,"url":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2019\/06\/28\/real-talk-with-jenna-kutcher-mercy-nyangau-iskra-body-confidence\/","url_meta":{"origin":42342,"position":5},"title":"Real Talk with Jenna Kutcher, Mercy Nyangau & Iskra: Body confidence","author":"Aerie","date":"June 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"#AerieREAL is... belly smiles, booty jiggles & loving your REAL self. Inside & out. Body confidence is a journey, & three of the most inspiring women we know are coming to talk about it! On Sunday, 7.28 at the Mall of America, join Photographer, Podcaster & Mom, Jenna Kutcher, &\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Event Recaps"","block_context":{"text":"Event Recaps","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/category\/event-recaps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42342"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42437,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42342\/revisions\/42437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42342"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=42342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}