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William the Chaplain

University Chaplain

"We have these very set stereotypical ideas and models, but who wants to be a stereotype? I don’t. ...

Bernd Naber

Fine Artist

"Messing up is a given, you just have to be humble about it. A piece develops out of itself. You hav ...

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 ...

Jake Oliver

sales associate at Barney's

"No one wears clothes [for modesty]. I hate the philosophy [of people who don't care about fashion]. ...

Fred Holston

creative media manager, visual artist, photographer

"I think there is such power in unintentionally living within a duality of gender." Fred Holston ...

Lori Goldstein

fashion entrepreneur, stylist and designer

"Styling is my form of painting. I can understand the process behind it, the being afraid to start, ...

Jelone

musician

"You’ve got to not only be able to sing a song, you’ve also got to create an art and let your au ...

Nicole Youngblut

promoter and stylist

"It's what's on the inside that counts, but it's what's on the outside that gives you a peek inside. ...

Kelle Calco

musician, DJ, party host

"I've never traveled, only relocated. Portland made me a hippie. New Orleans, a pirate. Pittsburgh p ...

Brett Banks

director of presentation

"I love to dress. I love the thrill, the unexpected." Brett Banks ...

Ruqaiyah Johnson

knitwear designer

"I like to appear like it was easy for me to get dressed, and in order for it to appear that way, it ...

Krystal Simpson

blogger, designer, and model

"I've always gone against the grain. I haven't figured out why yet, but there's a reason...I was nev ...

Rinat Welsing

aspiring singer and model

"I get inspired by people who dare to take steps, even if they have nobody to hold their backs. I lo ...

Ruthie Friedlander

senior editor of Styleite.com

"Reading Breakfast at Tiffany's was the first time I understood why people read and how amazing it i ...

Ran Q Huang

student

“[A lot of my clothes] are like books. You buy a book, and it’s not like you have to read the bo ...

Lucie Porges

designer and professor

"I [once] saw a photo of a model with a jersey turban and a jersey dress. 'Just beautiful,' I though ...

Donna Harrison

museum docent and former dancer

"You have to take into account that there are always people who will try to take your joy away. If y ...

Dandy Wellington

producer, stylist, choreographer

"I'm very classic. I call myself a dandy. I live my life as a dandy. I don't ever leave the house ...

Hiraku Morilla

student

"I like to wear things that make people say, 'Ew, thats disgusting.' It makes me feel special. It gi ...

Ebeneezer Nii-Sowah

actor

"I aspire to the times when men tried to be gentlemen and dressed a certain way." Ebeneezer Nii-Sowa ...

Jack Sehnert

student, designer

"I want to be someone's Mr. Darcy someday." Jack Sehnert ...

Rachel Tobias & Kaitlin King

students and activists

"Everything I have is used and loved so much." Kaitlin King ...

James Fils-Aime

fashion designer

"Finding something that makes you look and feel good can give the same satisfaction as a refreshing ...

Edmundo Desnoes & Felicia Rosshandler

novelists, artist, photographer

"I believe that if there is any religion, it's literature." Edmundo Desnoes ...

Lizzy Seguin

stylist

"I feel like I dress the spectrum. I can dress up, dress down... " Lizzy Seguin ...

Bradley Smith

designer for Suno

"If you have a good eye you can make Balenciaga and Margiela look amazing or you can make Goodwill l ...

Shelby Scudder

designer

"Go all the way." Shelby Scudder ...

DJ Louie XIV

DJ

"For me, style is all about throwing in the little thing that makes it all different." Louis Mandelb ...