[ad_1] Dear ITG, I went to my second Met Gala! It’s so exciting and fun to go because the night is always unexpected. You don’t know who’s going because no one wants to tell you who they’re taking. But it’s exciting to see my peers and what they’ve worked on. It’s kind of like a … Read more
[ad_1] “I was born in Hong Kong, but my mom moved me and my brother to New York when I was four years old. Growing up here, I thought I wanted to be a cartoonist, but I got really into fashion and ended up going to FIT. Straight out of college, I was the PR … Read more
[ad_1] “I did my undergrad in biology. Pretty much right after graduating college, I had a moment where it became clear to me that my truest desire was to have my own beauty brand. I knew that I had a strong point of view on color, formula, makeup, and the overall approach to beauty because … Read more
[ad_1] “I love my job. I’m a creative editor for Instagram’s own account, @instagram, which means I work with creators and other creatives to feature them and their work. Outside of that, I’m also a model. I’ve done a lot of work for beauty brands like Kosas and Peach and Lily, as well as some … Read more
[ad_1] “I founded Palm Heights in Grand Cayman in 2019, and I’m now the Creative Director. I do a little bit of everything, from curating the guest experience to organizing the event programming. When I’m in Cayman, my nights out are almost always at Palm Heights. Sometimes I might have some friends in town, but … Read more
[ad_1] “I’m really good at manifesting. When I was growing up in South Jersey, I always knew that I wanted to work in the fashion industry. I was a girly girl—I never wore pants, only dresses, skirts, skorts—and I had this dream of going to the Fashion Institute of Technology. I didn’t even do a … Read more
[ad_1] “I was born in New Zealand, but my parents—my dad is French and my mom is Irish—raised me in Paris for the first few years of my life. During that time, I formed a really close bond with my grandparents. I would spend a lot of time with them in the kitchen, and I … Read more
[ad_1] “I grew up in Los Angeles, and then I went to college at Cornell. I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. At one point, I thought I might want to do something in fashion after interning at Teen Vogue. Art was not on my radar at all until I took a visual … Read more
[ad_1] I’m a novice to the world of fillers, injections, or anything that includes big scary needles. I’ve managed to skate through life without needing any interventions outside of aggressive sheet masking or electrocuting my face with microcurrent. But, as the world turns, I’ve grown curious about the illustrious world of tiny, approachable tweaks from … Read more
[ad_1] Days after Bianca Betancourt documented Madison Utendahl’s engagement party extravaganza for Harper’s Bazaar, she was getting ready for her own big day—her wedding! The culture editor married fiancé DJ Ben Stepnowski in October. The couple tied the knot in The Big Easy on the sixth anniversary of their first date—and a year after they … Read more