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Gaby Basora & Zoe Potkin
designer, casting director, producer
"I think my mother raised strong willed women... Growing up, there was no question of how you had to ...
Rose Apodaca
writer, retailer, curator
"I'm such a doer; what we do, I think, actually speaks louder than anything we wear or say." Rose Ap ...
Sara Samoiloff
jewelry designer
"I know who I am. I don't give a shit what you think. I like this; I don't like that. I'm not trying ...
Sarah Ellison
stylist
"I was a goth, a hippie, and then I mixed the goth and hippie with an indie rock twist. Next it was ...
Christene Barberich
editor-in-chief of Refinery 29
"It takes a long time to become good at something, but in our culture there's this need for immediat ...
Fatima Robinson
director, choreographer
"I’ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesn’t feel r ...
Jeffrey Costello & Robert Tagliapietra
fashion designers
"We love Jean Muir and Geoffrey Beene, people who respected the arts. For us it harkens back to our ...
Damon Peruzzi
party promoter
"I love a suit. My friends say I wear a suit like a jogging outfit. I wear it so comfortably it's no ...
Jojo Americo
artist, singer and songwriter
"I don't care. I guess I get it from my mother. She said: 'You can do anything you want, what are yo ...
Cynthia Rowley
fashion designer
“I started sewing and taking charge of my wardrobe when I was about seven years old. Nothing was e ...
Gerard Maione & Valeria Likhova
creative director and designer, art director
"I love interacting with people and sharing never ending life experiences in all facets of persona a ...
Daniel Silver and Steven Cox of Duckie Brown
designers of Duckie Brown
"There's a lot of homophobia and it's very pervasive in the fashion industry, which is kind of inter ...
Andrea Linett
creative director of eBay Fashion
“Bob Dylan is my style idol and always has been. Almost every time I get dressed, I think what wou ...
Lauren Ezersky
journalist
"I think I’m good at talking to people. I enjoy asking questions and finding out what makes them t ...
Karen Robinovitz
creator of Purple Lab Makeup and social media guru
"I look at [fashion] like art; I collect it like art. I hope my future daughter will want to wear [m ...
Lorenzo Martone
PR strategist and representative
"Part of my personality is my ability to adapt to things and adapt wherever I am." Lorenzo Martone ...
Judy & Jane Aldridge
Judy: entrepreneur, Jane: student and blogger
"I felt so repressed by public school and how they tried to make everyone look and act and learn the ...
Elisa Palomino
fashion designer
“Fashion is to make people dream. It’s great to make a business and money out of it, but if I ca ...
Malcolm Harris
designer and activist
"Keith [Haring] was one of those guys that believed we should all love each other. He never looked a ...
Diane Naegel
jewelry designer
"I wanted to be anything but what I was. I think that over the years being exposed to blogs, to diff ...
Lesa Amoore
stylist and photographer
"Fashion is, by design, mood-depending, and energy-altering. That is my favorite thing about it." Le ...
Celia Ingesson
journalist, artist, stylist
"I wear my own age. I don't [want to look] like a teenager. I am a grown woman and I want to dress l ...
Brigitte & Michael Conti
professor and fashion consultant, perfumier
"One of my personal goals is enlightenment, to prepare for eternity. What would I pack?" Michael Con ...
Arthur Louie
co-owner of The Archive in San Francisco, manager, and merchandiser
"I love the hidden details about the clothing I have and that I sell in the store. You may not see i ...
Lisa Moffie
stylist and designer
"It's like being a painter. No one paints the same picture in the same way or sings a song the same ...
Magda Berliner
designer
"As you progress in age, everything comes back. If you always shop to suit your style and your body ...
Fille de Joie and CC McGurr
vintage store owner
"To me, clothes are only there to help you engage in conversation. They're like a letter, a way to w ...
