The Journal · Editorial Feature
Founders Supporting Founders.
Where beauty, culture, entrepreneurship, and ownership intersect.
Chapter I — The Moment
A new generation of founder-led brands is emerging at the intersection of beauty, culture, and ownership.
What makes this moment different is not simply visibility. It is expertise becoming equity.
This editorial moment brings together Erin J. Hall, Ingrid Best, and celebrity hairstylist Kiyah Wright — three women shaping culture through beauty, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and modern luxury.
Plate I · The Application
The Portfolio
A study in collaboration, presence, and quiet luxury.
Chapter II — Expertise Into Equity
"Women who have spent decades mastering their craft, understanding consumers, building relationships, and shaping culture deserve access to capital, strategic support, and opportunities to build legacy brands of their own."
Through her work as Co-Founder of Pronghorn and Chief Culture Officer of Pro Standard, Erin J. Hall has positioned herself at the center of a movement: directing capital and strategic resources to women whose cultural fluency has long outpaced their access.
Kiyah Wright arrives at this table as one of the most decorated stylists of her generation — two Emmy Awards, decades behind the chair, and a beauty authority earned in editorial, film, and red carpet rooms most never enter. MUZE Hair is the translation of that expertise into ownership.
Ingrid Best has built IBest Wines into a brand where luxury wine, art, and culture converge — a quiet study in what it looks like when a founder refuses to choose between heritage and modernity.
What unites them is a shared understanding: collaboration is infrastructure. Ownership is generational. And the most enduring brands are built when women resource one another openly.
The Founders
Three women, one conversation.
Erin J. Hall
Co-Founder, Pronghorn · CCO, Pro Standard
Investor and operator supporting culture-driven female founders building generational brands.
Ingrid Best
Founder, IBest Wines
Wine entrepreneur blending luxury, art, and cultural storytelling into a modern hospitality brand.
Kiyah Wright
Celebrity Hairstylist · Founder, MUZE Hair
Two-time Emmy-winning stylist redefining modern haircare luxury through expertise and ownership.
A Note on Collective Power
"When women support each other, share resources, and build collectively, we create stronger companies, stronger communities, and more generational impact."
MUZE Journal
Plate II · The Conversation
In Closing
The Future of Founder-Led Luxury.
Culture moves differently when ownership is part of the story.