"We love Jean Muir and Geoffrey Beene, people who respected the arts. For us it harkens back to our ...
dilettante, translator
"19th Century French poetry and ideas resonate with me. It's the idea that you have to lose yourself ...
clothing and textile designer
"I get confused when I look at what I’m supposed to be doing. If I’m on my truest path, I’m ju ...
artist
"I'm inspired by watching a child draw, watching a woman peel vegetables, seeing a friend become vul ...
artist, musician, blogger
"Clothing shouldn’t be about trying to fit in or out of the world. It should be the opposite of an ...
"I don’t keep clothes for very long...The experience of life is about seeing how you can always fi ...
"Fashion is the most common art form. Every single person wakes up and makes a decision about how th ...
"I am visually drawn to and inspired by the grit and underbelly of cultures and art. I like things t ...
sales associate, stylist and designer
"Ever since I was a little girl my mom had me in dresses. To this day I still wear dresses-- I don't ...
"What is quintessential about style all together is how you feel about your body, not how you feel a ...
makeup artist and blogger
“I never wear flats. I’d rather cut my foot off than be seen in public with a flip flop on.” D ...
singer
“When I was twenty-two I began to lose my hair. I felt a lot of shame and self-loathing from being ...
jewelry and accessories designer
“I’m so connected to making things; it’s special to be able to make jewelry. It feels so good ...
blogger and entrepreneur
"I like things to be over the top. Average doesn't interest nor inspire me." Aureta Thomollari ...
co-owner and director of TenOverSix and shoe designer
"[In LA] there’s less pressure, which is very good for the creative process." Kristen Lee ...
production manager of Supreme and designer of MadeMe
“When designing, I take traditional typical men’s styles and alter the fit, change a few details ...
lawyer
"I can't stand the whole 'it bag' culture." Emma Brady ...
DJ and singer
"You learn from people who are skilled already. It’s like family recipes. The styles of music, the ...
"[London] is such an amazing place. Period. I'll never forget riding the subway one day when I saw a ...
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 ...
jewelry designer
"I wanted to be anything but what I was. I think that over the years being exposed to blogs, to diff ...
writer
"I’ve always been attracted to the notion of uniforms as fashion, or fashion as uniform, because i ...
fashion publicist
"I would come out of my body as a child, and I would go into my body... I think it comes from my her ...
civil servant, burlesque, go-go dancer, and pin up girl
"Who cares about what celebrities are wearing? Someone told them to wear it. [I like] ...
accessories designer
"I’m learning to live my life in love. It helps me remain in a state of peace. If I can love peopl ...
menswear designer
"I'm often inspired by people with stories of strife, lawmen and criminals, political figures, activ ...
musician, DJ, party host
"I've never traveled, only relocated. Portland made me a hippie. New Orleans, a pirate. Pittsburgh p ...
artist,
“I feel like I’ve always had one foot in the East and one foot in the West. It’s a part of me, ...
stylist and photographer
"Fashion is, by design, mood-depending, and energy-altering. That is my favorite thing about it." Le ...
designer and stylist
"I enjoy creating beautiful worlds, objects and clothing and living inside of them. Making music. O ...