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Amanda Thomas
Founder and designer of Luv Aj, the Los Angeles-based jewelry brand she started at age 14 after a chance encounter with a Fred Segal buyer; Forbes 30 Under 30 (2015).
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Sep 14, 2026
Why licensing a sports team logo might be your smartest move this year - and exactly how this jewelry brand does it
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How have you done it? What are the lessons that you have for those of us trying to do the same thing and funding a target launch as well? Like,
The Haunted Soul of Gettysburg, Part Two | The Grave Talks
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18:08Amanda ThomasGUEST
'Cause I've, I've had, um, I had one lady, um, t- Uh, it was her, uh, daughter that was out here, and she lost her necklace out on the trails, and I found it, um, I think it was, like, three we- weeks later, and it was just laying there, like, in the middle of the trails.
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18:28Amanda ThomasGUEST
I'm a very nature person, so I'm always out there, and I didn't see it walking, and then all of a sudden it just appears.
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18:42Amanda ThomasGUEST
They'll play little, little tricks, and I- it's like, where, where does this stuff go?
The Haunted Soul of Gettysburg, Part One | The Grave Talks
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10:08Amanda ThomasGUEST
And unfortunately, growing up, um, my mom, you know, was kind of scared of whatever it was that I had, and she would always just say that it was my imagination.
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Amanda Thomas | From Fred Segal to Beyoncé: The LUV AJ Story
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Maeve ReillyHOST
Tell me top three best, craziest, most amazing things that have happened for the brand.
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53:02Amanda ThomasGUEST
Number three, um, getting summoned by Lindsay Lohan to the set of her movie to give her jewelry, where she made me wait eight hours outside of her trailer, only to come out and give me a hug smelling like Red Bull and cigarettes, and she took all the jewelry and then shut the trailer door.
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53:50Amanda ThomasGUEST
Number one, getting a call one week before Coachella from Beyoncé's team saying she found a box of jewelry I'd sent her a year prior somewhere at her house.
Building Luv Aj from Age 14, Bootstrapping a Jewelry Brand & Entrepreneurship Advice with Amanda Thomas
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4:54Amanda ThomasGUEST
And I loved the adventure of like going out, finding materials, coming back home, you know, coming up with these creations and then showing them to buyers and seeing what people's opinions were.
The Haunted Soul of Gettysburg, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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18:09Amanda ThomasGUEST
'Cause I've, I've had, um, I had one lady, um-Uh, it was her, uh, daughter that was out here, and she lost her necklace out on the trails, and I found it, um, I think it was like three we- weeks later, and it was just laying there, like in the middle of the trails.
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18:28Amanda ThomasGUEST
I'm a very nature person, so I'm always out there, and I didn't see it walking, and then all of a sudden it just appears.
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18:42Amanda ThomasGUEST
They'll play little, little tricks, and I- it's like, where, where does this stuff go?
The Haunted Soul of Gettysburg, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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7:41Amanda ThomasGUEST
And unfortunately, growing up, um, my mom, you know, was kind of scared of whatever it was that I had, and she would always just say that it was my imagination.
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