Tools to Keep Us Human: Wanda and Simone's 31-Year Stationery Revolution

Someone said it with the quiet certainty of someone who has spent three decades watching people reach for something they didn't know they were missing. The invitation to design your own stationery doesn't sound revolutionary until you understand what it actually means: permission to make something that looks exactly like you, in a world designed to make you look like everyone else. In an age of AI and automation, there's something quietly radical about doubling down on the irreducibly human act of choosing, creating, and sending something handpicked into the world.

Wanda Wen founded Soolip thirty years ago—the same year her daughter was born—as a love letter to beautiful paper and the human connection it creates. Now, with Simone's energy and editorial eye, they've launched the Soolip Stationery Bar, a custom design experience that gives anyone the tools to compose their own visual voice. On Every Day's a Train Wreck, Wanda Wen opens up about why accessibility and artistry aren't opposites, and what it means to build a business around the belief that the things we make by hand still matter most.

Marley Majcher, host of Every Day's a Train Wreck and a devoted student of how rooms, gatherings, and chosen details shape our lives, sits down to explore legacy, permission, and the philosophy underneath it all. This is a conversation about why paper still matters—and why a mother and daughter decided that in a world obsessed with efficiency, the slowest, most intentional choice is the one worth making.

About the Guest: Wanda Wen is a pioneer in artisanal luxury and founder of Soolip, the renowned boutique specializing in hand-styled paper goods, fine arts, and curated home accessories. With a business degree from USC and more than a decade in New York's fashion industry working for designers including Perry Ellis and Stephen Sprouse, Wen has become a tastemaker favored by Hollywood and corporate elite. She's appeared on the Today Show, HGTV, and E!, and has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, Town & Country, and W. Wen is also author of The Art of Gift Wrapping and co-creator of YogaLand, an experiential board game that blends design, wellness, and community.

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