InJupiter Magazine

ODABASH ON THE SILVER SCREEN

Jennifer Lawrence wears Odabash’s white SportsLuxe Zuma suit in the recent blockbuster film, “Passengers.” To view the suit in “reel life” in the full movie trailer, visit injupiter.com or Sony Pictures Entertainment’s You Tube page:

youtu.be/7BWWWQzTpNU

digital exclusive

style injupiter

Whether Indo-boarding (above)

or inline skating
(right), when in
Jupiter, Odabash
can most often be
found outdoors
enjoying the Florida
sun – and wearing
her own designs.

In the top photo
she is wearing the
Anastasia top; in
the bottom, the
SportsLuxe Zuma.

She is right to seize the moment and capture the business market afforded by the Internet. According to an article published by the The Telegraph, Melissa’s online sales have increased by 30 percent in the U.K. and 120 percent in the U.S.

In 2014, Melissa was named one of London’s 50 Most Influential People. That same year, she was named the Designer of the Year at the Salon International de la Lingerie in Paris, France. In 2015, she was honored with London’s Retailer of the Year award by the London Lifestyle Awards, an honor she won again in 2016. Her love of life and celebratory spirit is reflected in the “Joi De Vivre” Award with which she was presented by the Champagne Bureau in 2016. Perhaps not coincidentally, in February of 2015, she debuted her line of mastectomy swimwear, Future Dreams. She has also received the Founder’s Award from the WIE (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise), as well as the Humanitarian Award from the Future Dreams Charity in 2015 and 2016.

“I believe that giving back is crucial. I don’t see a dime from the mastectomy line. The proceeds go to a cancer charity,” she says.

A look at her schedule reveals work with CLIC Sargent (a British charity for children and young people with cancer), as well as work with the Gynecological Cancer Fund. Melissa is also an enthusiastic supporter of other women in business and design, speaking regularly at business schools in the U.K. and the U.S., including the Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design and the Harvard Business School. It is quite an exhausting schedule for a woman who insists on being the fit test model for every single one of her designs, as she likes to try on every single piece they make. Yes. That is how deep her commitment to quality runs.