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Bess Kellerman

Bess Kellerman

Co-founder of Dallas-based beaded jewelry brand Allie+Bess, which she launched with best friend Allie Wardlaw in 2019 after careers as a speech-language pathologist.

Sep 8, 2026

Preppy Podcast

Preppy Podcast

Allie+Bess

Sep 8 · 35m

Allie WardbaughGUEST
13:16
2019.
Bess Kellerman
Bess KellermanGUEST
13:16
I'm just gonna give dates 'cause it kind of helps understand the timeline.
Bess Kellerman
Bess KellermanGUEST
13:20
Um, so February of 2020, we were presented with this huge pop-up at a, a large retailer, and it went s- like spectacularly, I mean, way better than anyone could have ever expected it to go.
Bess Kellerman
Bess KellermanGUEST
13:35
Um, and they said they wanted to buy our line.
Bess Kellerman
Bess KellermanGUEST
13:39
We thought we had made it.
Bess Kellerman
Bess KellermanGUEST
13:40
Like, we literally thought we, um, had hung the moon.
Allie WardbaughGUEST
16:16
Do Say Give
Bess Kellerman
Bess KellermanGUEST
16:16
... yeah, by, uh, Lee Corden of Do Say Give.

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