WWD | ‘Like a Boss’ Looks Mighty Familiar to Designer Kay Unger
Kay Unger, American fashion designer, joins WWD in the first founder's podcast. George Chinsee/WWD
It wasn’t until Kay Unger saw the new comedy “Like a Boss” that her son Sam Pitman cowrote that she wondered if some of the inspiration for the film stemmed from her business experience.
Although the film’s leads Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish run their own cosmetics company, Unger saw similarities with her New York-based fashion brand. “I had business partners, I had issues with them, I had one, who stole all the money — there were really amazing parallels,” she said.
The speed of life being what it is, Unger, who also serves as chair of Parsons’ board of governors, hadn’t had the time to have an in-depth conversation about the film with her Los Angeles-based son. Pitman has been engulfed in premieres, at work on new projects with his writing partner Adam Cole-Kelly, and busy with his own three children.