Category: Europe
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Yusef Sirius El: Footwear Designer on Fila, Carnegie Mellon, NYC & 10 yr Stages
New Story: Yusef Sirius El (Joe Davis) is a a man of many talents. Painter, musician but he is known for his success as a footwear designer. Millions have worn his designs. Our conversation covers his start and technical training at FILA where he was director of basketball..then off to Avirex in 1997 where he…
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Christian Alexander: Event Director, Family, Tats & Being Present
New Story (UNEDITED): I met up w/ Gemini Christian Alexander at his NYC Bloody Sundays event. He is the Event Dir. for Dirty Durty Diary, Industry Relations For Frank151, Promoter of La Esquina & The Box, member of G.T.G. (Atlanta Based party gang The Good Time Guys), Host of Bloody Sundays Brunch@Soho Grand Hote and…
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Omar Dubois: Writer, Thinker on GOD MC, NY Currency, Editorial, Brits & The Gift
New Story: Omar Dubois: writer, music curator, brand guru and all-round creative talent. Via Ghana, Brazil, London and now living in NYC. Omar got his start as Music Editor at TRACE Magazine and went on to write for publications that include Interview, Dazed & Confused, The Fader and The Financial Times’ How To Spend It.…
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MAJORS: Entrepreneur, Detroit, NYC, Ugly Puppy & Taking Risk
New DetroitNYC Story: An entrepreneur of many talents. Actor, Musician & Marketing/PR guy. Majors was born in Detroit and moved to NYC 10 years ago to make moves and take risk to get closer to his dream. While walking thru downtown NYC, i bumped into Majors. The conversation ranges from difference btwn Detroit and NYC,…
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Still Life: Hat Entrepreneur/Designer, Marc Jacobs & Running a Business
A New Story: Meet Frenel Morris -The entrepreneur designer behind Still Life. Coach & Marc Jacobs have partnered with Frenel to produce collections of hats. Since 2006, the Still Life flagship store has been home to an eclectic range of original designs- envisioned and tailored to perfection-by creative director and owner, Frenel Morris. Located in…
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Stacey McKenzie: The Scout, Jean Paul Gaultier, Workshops & Passion
New Story: Stacey McKenzie has worked for Alexander McQueen, Betsey Johnson, Tommy Hilfiger, Todd Oldham, Michiko Koshino and Jean Paul Gaultier. Her magazine covers include Essence, Le Monde and Panache, as well as editorials in Vogue (US, Japan, Korea, Britain, Spain), Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Flare, Fashion, and Vibe. I randomly met up with Stacey over…
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Djehuti Ausar: Sound Engineer,GURU, Wu Tang & Spiritual Enlightenment
New Story: met Big Deal aka Djehuti via GURU over 10 years ago. We talk about what a sound engineer is? How he and wutang got a deal; How GURU opened a door; & Spiritual Enlightenment. Black Jesus and Djehuti Ausar of Wu-Tang/Harlem 6 are in june 2010 issue of XXL speaking on their life…
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Tori & Abby: Artists/Best Friends, Haiti & New Mediums
A NEW STORY: Meet childhood best friends Abigail Shagwell Pope & Victoria Campbell. Born in Connecticut and living in NYC. We met in Chelsea. I shared their story about their experience in Haiti and their thoughts on entrepreneurs, mixed mediums and communicating their art. They are the women behind ..The Hunt for Good Americans is…
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Jason Harper: Vanity Fair, New Mexico, Aston Martin & Travel Writing
Let’s take a ride with fellow entrepreneur, Jason H. Harper – The Writer. Having worked in the magazine and publishing worlds for 15 years, Jason Harper writes about travel, cars and lifestyle. He pens a weekly column about exotic cars and luxury travel for Bloomberg News, and has written for Condé Nast Traveler, New York…
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