Chaka chilichonse, a Kupanga STL akonzi amasankha munthu wamba kapena banja kuti alemekeze naye Mphotho ya Masomphenya . Munthuyu amadziwika chifukwa cha zopereka zake zapadera kwa anthu opanga mapangidwe, ndipo, kupyolera mu khama lawo ndi zochita zawo, amathandizira kupanga St. Louis malo osangalatsa komanso osangalatsa okhalamo.
Chaka chino, ndife okondwa kupereka mphoto kwa Susan Sherman. Susan amadziwika komanso amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha ntchito yake yosatopa m'malo mwa mabungwe omwe amawathandizira, koma palibe amene amalumikizana naye kwambiri kuposa SaintLouis Fash ion Fund , yomwe adayambitsanso. Pansi pa utsogoleri ndi chitsogozo cha Susan, Fashion Fund yalera opanga omwe akutukuka kumene, kulimbikitsa maphunziro a mafashoni, ndikuthandizira kutsitsimutsa St. Louis, zomwe zimabweretsa chidwi cha atolankhani padziko lonse lapansi komanso ntchito ku mzinda wathu. The Fund's FashionIncubator idakopa talente yolonjeza komanso idathandizira kukwera kwa St. Louis ngati njira yokongola komanso yotheka kuti makampani opanga mafashoni ndi opanga azichita bizinesi. Chimodzi mwa zitsanzo zopambana kwambiri za ntchitoyi ndi Evolution St. Louis , kampani yopanga zovala zapamwamba zokwana madola 5 miliyoni yomwe inatsegula malo ake oyamba ku St. Louis.
Susan ndiyenso woyambitsa nawo MERCH , kanyumba kakang'ono ka St. Louis-based bizinesi yomwe imalumikiza mafashoni otchuka ndi St. Louis kudzera m'mashopu apamwamba amitundu monga Proenza Schuler, Jeffrey Levinson, Mansur Gavriel, Moss Antiques, ndi zina zambiri.
Omwe adapambana Mphotho Zakale za Visionary akuphatikizapo Esley Hamilton, Alise O'Brien, ndi Carol ndi Pat Schuchard.