Katherine Lewin: “You Gotta Shoot Your Shot” (From Vogue Intern to Three NYC Stores)

Katherine Lewin turned a cold call to a Greenpoint broker into Big Night, the dinner party shop with three NYC stores, a cookbook, and its own product line. Before that, she was employee number five at The Infatuation and left as editorial director, after starting her career at Vogue and J.Crew. We talk about the Jenna Lyons moment that started her career, learning retail from Mickey Drexler’s loudspeaker, a one-year lease on 240 square feet that she built out for $13K and had profitable by about month three, the cold email to Campari that paid for her book tour, and why “shoot your shot” still runs her week. Big Night’s Olive Everything Picks ($36) are in the Womansplain Eat, Drink & Host Guide and The Good Host box ($99): womansplainpod.com/gift-guides/eat-drink-host The Womansplain Collective is open for 2027: founder matching, members-only dinners, and your ticket to next year’s Summit. womansplainpod.com/membership Find Big Night: shopbignight.com | @bignightshop Find Womansplain: @womansplainpod | [email protected] | womansplainpod.com/newsletter