Lizzo says the launch of Kim Kardashian’s Skims was “validating” as a shapewear competitor

At Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, Lizzo said that the launch of Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand, Skims, was “validating" as a competitor.

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00:00I started taking meetings around 2016-17.

00:03I got a lot of no's because people didn't think shapewear was a viable category.

00:07Can you believe it?

00:09And then finally Fabletics said yes.

00:12And not only yes, they gave me the opportunity to build my own company and be a CEO of my

00:17own company.

00:20Yeah.

00:22And shortly after that, Skims launched and it was so validating actually to see that

00:28because I was like, I told you, I told you shapewear would be viable.

00:32You didn't see it as a negative thing.

00:33You weren't seeing it as...

00:34No.

00:35Do you and Kim Kardashian exchange notes?

00:36Oh my God.

00:37That's hilarious.

00:38There's room...

00:39No, but there's truly...

00:40I mean, you might.

00:41No, it's funny.

00:50There's truly room for all of us and what this means now is that young girls don't have

00:54to grow up the way that I did with no options.