Kimme Aaberg
“Even though it’s where I’ve spent the majority of my life, I’m still endlessly inspired by Los Angeles. I think it’s the perfect place with amazing contrasts – lavender jacaranda trees and trashy lingerie.” Kimme Aaberg
occupation: designer, blogger, and stylist
“If you are not your own muse, who is?” kind of says it all for me. It’s one thing to admire people, like the way Kimme is inspired by Evelyn Nesbit, the first “it” girl (she takes my breath away too), but it’s another to give it all up to someone else and not feel that you have it within yourself to touch others with your own expression. Kimme lets it rip with her interpretations of the world – everything from dresses that are “’30s and ’40s through the eyes of the ’70s” to her love for the romantic, like
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Nicole Youngblut
“Even though you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, you tend to wear your personality on the outside with your fashion choices. It’s what’s on the inside that counts, but it’s what’s on the outside that gives you a peek into the inside.” Nicole Youngblut
occupation: promoter and stylist
I love how Nicole says that she wears her personality on the outside, and that she doesn’t care if people laugh, or say that she looks like a present and should be tied in a bow (which she usually is). Her motto is “in with the new, out with the old,” and her playfulness with it all, from the difference that a chiffon scarf tied around her head or a graphic pair of tights can make, is intriguing. When she was transitioning from the proverbial skinny jean, she satisfied her life long obsession with glitter by…
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Lesa Amoore
“Fashion is, by design, mood-depending, and energy-altering. That is my favorite thing about it.” Lesa Amoore
occupation: creative director, consultant, stylist, and photographer
Lesa is a mom with a successful modeling career under her belt, including Vogue covers, world travels, and that “less is more” style that comes from experience. When you’ve been around enough of the new season’s runway boots, you develop an eye for the eternally perfect ones that take you everywhere and go with everything, like her buttery leather Margiela ones that have a nail for a heel. As she says, “they are just rock and roll enough, without being over-the-top or losing any classic perks.” It’s hard to deny their classic, edgy power when worn with anything from a clean black dress to leggings to jeans. Lesa’s penchant for the understated brought on an interesting dilemma when iconic hairdresser Oribe convinced her to play with…
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Lindsay Jones
“I enjoy creating beautiful worlds, objects and clothing and living inside of them. Making music. Observing. Absorbing. Reflecting. Refining. Redefining.” Lindsay Jones
occupation: designer and stylist
Lindsay lives in a Princess room in a loft that is nothing short of Brooklyn’s version of a castle. It was designed by her best friend and fellow mom, 1990s model Sibyl Buck, and is like wandering around in a fun house for artistic bohemians. There is magic in the cracked and decayed elegance of Lindsay’s boudoir, where broken vases sit in bowls as decoration, and where she holes up reading Russian writers, love letters, and romantic fables about female Turkish Tatars and Mongolians soldiers on horseback. There is an almost tangible, enchanted New York twilight that fills the space. Across the long and cavernous corridors, up stairs and across ramps (Harry Potter-style, filled…
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Rachel Lena Esterline
“Only put out what you want more of in life. The number one thing that I’ve learned recently from one of my dear friends is that we’re all mirrors. If you want negativity, ask for it. If you want rad things to come to your life, invite it.” Rachel L. Esterline
occupation: wardrobe stylist and costume designer for television and film, part of the design team at Harputs OWN, entrepreneur and partner at American Apocalypse
“I would rather dress in a costume,” says Rachel, and I find her wide-open enthusiasm for self-expression intoxicating. She is a stream of innate creative consciousness and is refreshingly unattached to any of the typical trappings associated with fashion, like keeping up with or even knowing who’s who, or buying into the credo that you need years of school (or any classroom experience) to train your eye. Rather, Rachel…
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