Lauren Moetell is the owner of Mirth Vintage—a vintage shop in Greenpoint recommended by passersby like Jenna Saraco, Nicole Steriovski, Sara Radin and Andrea Toscano. Passerbuys visited Lauren at her Manhattan Avenue store, where she told us a little bit about the work that goes into running a popular vintage business.
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Lisa oversees design and product development at MONOGRAM, the graphic tee company she co-founded with her husband, Jeff. She has been recognized through numerous industry accolades for her design, and was previously the co-founder of Vena Cava. Lisa is a mother of two boys and lives in Clinton Hill.
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Tea is a Croatian born, American raised writer, filmmaker and TV host. While studying Fashion Design in Milan, she wrote two blogs, CRUMPETS & Sugar Tits which led to popular columns for Wired and Vice Italy and a television series called Sex in the World on La3.
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Charlotte is the co-founder of RUDAS, a line of idlewear designed and produced in NYC. She has a history in art book publishing, a love of textiles, and an obsession with bath houses. Born and raised in North Carolina, she currently lives in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
Read MorePaige is a Brooklyn-based poetry teacher and filmmaker. Currently pursuing her master’s degree in Media Studies at Pratt, her work explores the intersection of art and advocacy, where the political and the creative coexist, unpacking gender, heritage, and sexuality with multimedia storytelling.
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Ariel is an Illustrator and Art Director based in her native Los Angeles, CA. Influenced by an upbringing in salty water, comic books, cars and punk, her work comes together through texture, bold shapes and humor.
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Angie is the Publicity Manager for Vintage & Anchor Books at Penguin Random House. Originally from Los Angeles, she moved to NYC after graduating from college in Oregon to pursue a career in book publishing. She lives in East Williamsburg with her fiancé and their dog, Shelby.
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Sarah is an independent producer, championing personal films with unique worldviews. She is a graduate of NYU’s Cinema Studies program and has a Master’s Degree in Media Management from The New School. Her work has been shown at Sundance, SXSW, Atlanta Film Festival, and ITVS.
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Zan Goodman is the design director of Chandelier Creative and a native New Yorker. She has worked on a wide range of fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands, including Adidas, Bottega Veneta, Moda Operandi, Moët Hennessy, and Target, and has designed books for Rizzoli and Penguin. She lives in Greenpoint.
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Holly is a dancer from Vancouver. She moved to New York at age 18 to attend the dance conservatory at SUNY Purchase College. She’s performed various works of choreographers and performance artists, and collaborated with musicians, clothing designers, playwrights, and film-makers.
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Marie was born in Melbourne, Australia. Wanting to travel the world, she moved to Dubai and worked for Emirates for 7 years, before moving to London to work for British Airways. Her most valuable item is her passport.
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Shawana works as a Visual Consultant for international fashion houses, curating innovative and unique shopping experiences for clients including Opening Ceremony, Erdem and Burberry. She is also the co-founder of Still Life, an interior-focused design store launching in September 2017.
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Tabitha Denholm is a VMA-nominated music video director and creative director for Florence & the Machine for her past three albums. She is also a frequent contributor to the Dazed, Ch4, I-D and Nowness. Since relocating from London to LA Tabitha has made a goal for herself to use her influence to make a positive impact in the industry that she loves.
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Kendall is a freelance photographer and location scout based out of Brooklyn. She is a contributor to the New York Times and has had her work exhibited in Berlin, Chicago, New York, and most recently at SFMOMA’s Artist Gallery in San Francisco.
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Meet LA Passersby, Victoria Hoff, an editor and writer. After two years writing about news, beauty, fashion, and wellness for the site, she decided to take the leap and move to LA from NYC last fall, where she now works as the News Editor for Byrdie.
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Melanie is a London-based visual artist working in collage and video. Originally from a small agricultural community in British Columbia, Canada, she now lives in a studio flat in Islington, where she creates art and writes amongst her plants, art supplies and books.
Read MoreWhen Lyndsey Butler founded VEDA in 2008, she didn't just want to make another leather jacket; she wanted to make the best leather jacket. We visited Lyndsey and the rest of the VEDA team in their light-filled Canal Street studio to learn more about what it's like to run a growing brand in the fashion industry.
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Emily has many jobs, but mostly she is a stylist/model/photographers (sometimes all three at the same time). After growing up on Long Island, she moved to New York to study at FIT and has lived in Brooklyn ever since.
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Meet NYC passerby, Zahra bennani. After 11 years in Paris, she recently moved to Rabat to launch JNOUN - a creative studio and clothing line in collaboration with her sister Meriem Bennani.
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Bianca is the Community Manager at Milk. Born and raised in Coronado, California, she always knew the city life was for her. She graduated New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a major in Film and a minor in Art History. In addition to her position at Milk, she does freelance photography, painting, and production design for editorial videos and short films. Lately she's also been modeling for a number of brands that are striving to feature girls with untraditional looks. She also recently self-published a zine, "hotpot," with photos she took on a recent trip throughout Asia.
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