Diane Gilman, famously referred to as Jean Queen by HSN, is an entrepreneurial spirit, a fashion pioneer, and a voice for women above the age of fifty. Her involvement in fashion began as early as the 1960s, when she was a student at UCLA and had a boutique supply store, but she established herself as an entrepreneur after seeing a gap in the clothing market for denim that is made exclusively for baby-boomer women. This was the time she began her DG2 Jeans brand, establishing a denim empire worth $150 million, making her brand the number one name in terms of sales at HSN. The brand has also found a place in other countries such as QVC Italy and QVC UK.
Gilman has worked beyond her business and has made her mark on changing perceptions about aging in society. She has taken her experiences with her painful moments in life and victories in fighting against breast cancer in her personal life to take control and empower women around her. At her age, and being in the third stage of her life, she carries her silver hair and personality with pride and teaches women how self-confidence and attraction can never fade.
The world knows Gilman through her works such as Good Jeans: 10 Simple Truths about Feeling Great, Staying Sexy & Aging Agelessly, and Too Young to Be Old. Besides that, her podcast called Too Young to Be Old with Diane Gilman gathers followers from all over the world as she shares her own secrets on how to lead a meaningful and significant life.
She received multiple awards for her work as an entrepreneur and her social life work as a speaker and journalist, being mentioned in The New York Times and CBS This Morning. She motivates women to understand what their self-worth really is and start valuing themselves and their potential ahead of society’s standards and expectations.