Category: Talks & Tries

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE| DIERDRE FRIEL

    You fall in love with her the moment she steps on stage, and you continue to ask when she’s going to return next, when she’s not on. She’s a bubbly persona filled with stories you could listen to for hours. She’s the angel of death in her latest project Under My Skin – a Broadway…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| YLIN

    Is this your first collection? This was my first full collection, we launched with a small capsule collection of elevated basics late last year. Have you always worked in fashion? No, this was a big career change for me.  I started out working for high tech companies doing contract negotiations for several years in Silicon…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| NIRCO CASTILLO

    Is this your first collection? This is my third collection. I feel that my brand identity has become further defined since my first collection. How did you get into fashion? Like many inspiring creative designers, it was something I always wanted to do. So I focused all my efforts since I was a child and…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| KENNETH NING

    Is this your first collection? Yes this is my debut collection. How did you get into fashion? I was interested in street wear growing up and wanted to learn how to construct the clothes that I bought. I went to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco to pursue that interest and as time…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| PICKETT

    It’s always refreshing when you hear of personalities proving media stereotypes wrong.Jennifer Pickett is a footballer wife, and though she’s not on any of those destructive reality shows portraying women in her position as “gold-diggers” and “classless”, she’s still a footballer’s wife. But she’s like the ones I knew of growing up in Houston –…

  • DESIGNER TO WATCH| LOZENA

    Is this your first collection?  Yes, this is my first collection. I have tried to combine old-world charm with modern simplicity – to juxtapose fluidity and hand embroidery with hard, structural elements. It has evolved over the past few years, and I’m very excited to show it now! How did you get into fashion? My grandmother…

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE| ESTHER GAUTHIER

    We’re doing things a little backwards this week. Rather than introducing you to AQUA Studiothrough a journal, we’re speaking with owner of this revolutionary Tribeca studio, Esther Gauthier. And before you say anything ho-hum, know that this place isn’t your run of the mill cycling studio. There’s no out of breath exertion. It’s ideal for…

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE| SIENNA CHARLES

    Sometimes you wish for the life of travel and luxury. Sometimes you’re fortunate enough to live it. Other times it’s a passion you turn into an occupation. Sienna Charles, the most elite brick and morter travel agency in the world, are spilling their secrets on what makes them so unique. With the worldwide web attempting…

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE| DOMINIQUE PENN

    “We’re not like that,” says Dominique Penn on L.A. people’s bad rap. “It’s the transplants that live up to the superficial persona.” And she’s right. This Los Angeles native is anything but superficial. She’s smart, witty, generous, but most of all real. Which from what reality tv shows us isn’t possible for a footballer’s wife.…

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE| SARA RICKLEN

    There’s always going to be one other person who’s searching for what your searching for in the market; only one of you will have the courage to make it reality. That was Sara Ricklen. Discouraged by the lack of the perfect present for her mother, Ricklen took it upon herself to bring to life Pretty…

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE| JOANNA VARGAS

    How did you go from a double major at University of Chicago to a celebrity facialist? My path was a bit unusual for sure! I graduated from college and decided to move to NYC to be a photographer. I realized quickly that I didn’t really have the personality for it- I was shy! I thought…

  • INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: EVAN JONIGKEIT

    Last month, Evan Jonigkeit was on Broadway opposite Mary-Louise Parker. This summer he’ll be on the big screen in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” Soon to be more than just another actor, this breakout star dishes on what’s next, his style and working with girlfriend, Zosia Mamet. You’ve been coined a “name and face” to watch.…