Meet Kira & Rima

Life isn’t perfect, but your outfit can be.

At Alembika we love our staff, we love our shoppers and we love word-of-mouth referrals. When that all combines into one bloodline, it’s a powerful trifecta!

We interviewed our Product Manager, Kira Rosentiel and her mother, Rima Sirota who are Alembika Women and Alembika Shoppers. They are also Alembika Brand Ambassadors for simply being themselves and inspiring others to feel confident and beautiful too.

Q&A with Kira & Rima:

What do you do for work?

Kira: I am working as the product manager within the merchandising team at Alembika. Couldn’t be more excited to be part of this inspiring team.

Rima: I am a law professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

What do you love most about being a woman?

Kira: The built-in community. In my teen years, women in the media were always pitted against each other and competing to be in the top spot. My reality couldn’t be further from the truth – all the women in my life are so loving and supportive, navigating what it means to be women together.

Rima: The daily opportunity to make things a little easier for other women. 

What would you do with a whole day to yourself?

Kira: Wander into as many thrift stores as possible. Preferably with an iced oat milk latte in the morning and an afternoon break for an Aperol spritz!

Rima: I’d take a long hike, read a great novel, do a crossword puzzle, and let my husband (who is an excellent cook) serve me dinner while I watch tv on the couch.What’s one piece of clothing you can’t live without? 

Rima: I am new to Alembika and don’t know how I’ve managed so long without punto pants. 

Kira: The perfect white linen sundress. She’s been with me for years and years.

What woman from history (alive or dead) would you love to have dinner with and why?

Rima: So many possible answers to this question! But I would have to go with Sojourner Truth. Truth escaped from slavery with her infant daughter, had an enormous impact as an abolitionist and women’s rights activist, delivered the Ain’t I a Woman speech (which should be required reading), and gave herself the most kickass name to replace the enslaved name she was born with. 

Kira: I think Frida Khalo is the most badass woman to exist! From the day she was born she’s been tested by the world. I think that she struck such an incredible balance of not shying away from her hardships but also not letting them define her. She wore every aspect of herself proudly like a badge and had such a distinctive sense of self. I am deeply inspired by that.

What piece of wisdom would you like to pass along to younger women?

Rima: Don’t wait on the sidelines, hoping that those in power will notice and do right by you. Get yourself into the conversation. 

Kira: It gets better.

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