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Kaylee Boyer
blogger, model and stylist
"I’ve always been a jack of all trades. I have my hands in a lot of things. I get bored easily; so ...
Raquel Sanchez Montes
visual lab manager, sales associate
“I can't go without my glasses; I feel like I'm a stranger.” Raquel Sanchez Montes ...
Michele Savoia of House of Savoia
tailor, clothing, costume, interior designer, FIT professor
"To me, 1937 was the epitome of life, the creativity in design, architecture and fashion. The world ...
Olek
artist, sculptor
"After high school where people were throwing things at me and calling me names, I realized that if ...
Masha Orlov
fashion stylist
"It’s very hard for me to find people who truly understand me because I have so many layers. In Fr ...
Zandile Blay
journalist
"Something that keeps me focused is not being from America. I know what struggle looks like. I have ...
Andrew Yang
artist
“This time last year, I was figuring out how I was going to pay my rent, living on my unemployment ...
Elizabeth Spiridakis
art director and blogger
"I have a lot of things that I love but I also don't have a problem with poking fun at it. A lot of ...
Nary Manivong
designer
“My proudest moment was when I was able to say, 'I deserve this.’ ” Nary Manivong ...
Rebecca Weinberg
stylist
"I don't have a job where I have to put on a slip, trousers or a dress shirt. I don't have to impres ...
Liz Coicou
model
“I’m inspired when a woman doesn’t have to be extra sexy to be sexy, [but lets] her personalit ...
Loan Tran
accountant, dancer and artist
“I've realized that if people see something negative in what I’m doing it’s just a reflection ...
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 ...
Lindsay Luv
DJ, producer and blogger
"You want people to be inspired by you, and you're not going to be remembered if you play the same t ...
Shae Detar
photographer, student
"I definitely feel like I was born in the wrong era. I love the contentment of the people who lived ...
LaQuan Smith
designer
"These past few years have been a journey of finding myself and still finding my aesthetics in desig ...
Mey Bun
model
"[Modeling] has pushed me. It has given me a lot more confidence because growing up I had low self-e ...
Robert James
designer and owner of By Robert James
“My major principle behind how I design my line is three words: simple, honest, and handsome. I do ...
Nina Stotler
jewelry designer, freelance editor, writer and consultant
“As humans, the most difficult thing we are faced with is honest communication. If we can achieve ...
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]. ...
Kimberly Sumner
artist
"There is a point of acknowledging and realizing that you are trying to assimilate and be something ...
Lauren Ezersky
journalist
"I think I’m good at talking to people. I enjoy asking questions and finding out what makes them t ...
Meli SanfiOrenzO
artist
"When you put your mind to something, you can get to so many levels. You can break through to so man ...
NC Shuva
musician in the band PUi
"I'm loud in terms of what I stand for and that loudness comes from lyrics, that loudness comes from ...
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 ...
Brittany Shaw
filmmaker
"[I'm inspired by] Thurston Moore tearing on his tremolo bar, the freedom of Surrealism, the gentle ...
