Dexter Simmons

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A designer, stylist and make-up artist, Bay area native Dexter Simmons hopes to be fashion’s next triple threat. A self-professed “oddball,” Simmons loves fashion because it’s the only place where he feels his quirky personality really translates. With this experience, he is looking to break out of the San Francisco art scene and find mainstream success with his over-the-top designs.

Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty has taken the music, entertainment and fashion industry by storm. An accomplished performer, she has sold 43 million albums worldwide and 170 million digital tracks worldwide making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. Her seventh album, Unapologetic, gave the singer her first number one album on the Billboard 200 album chart. In addition, she has achieved 12 number-one singles and won seven Grammy Awards. In 2012, she took her talents to the silver screen with her big screen debut in Battleship. Rihanna was recently crowned the most-likeable star on Facebook with 72 million "friends" on the site, more than any other celebrity. In addition, she has created a fashion empire with the successful launches of her fragrances Reb'l Fleur, Rebelle, and Nude as well as two capsule collections under the Armani umbrella and a collection with River Island for their spring/summer 2013 collection.

In her new series, Styled to Rock, Rihanna has enlisted top experts from the industry to guide the designers through the competition.

Read more
Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams is a pop culture icon and creative force with credits that include music producer, recording artist and fashion designer. He is known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the hip-hop rock band, N.E.R.D, as well as one half of the production duo, The Neptunes. Through his production company, Pharrell has been responsible for the success of an expanding roster of projects, which have garnered him 19 Grammy nominations and three Grammy Awards. In 2012, he released his wildly successful book Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been, which gave readers an unprecedented look at his career and creative endeavors thus far. Recently, Pharrell has collaborated with French Duo, Daft Punk, to create the record-breaking hit, “Get Lucky.” This has reached the number 1 spot in 55 global markets within its first week of release. Currently, “Get Lucky” sits atop the official UK Singles chart and has broken the record for the most singles sold in one week so far in 2013. He has also teamed up with Robin Thicke, producing and writing the hit single “Blurred Lines” which also features T.I. Exploding around the world “Blurred Lines” has reached top spots on iTunes in 55 countries. Clinching the #1 spot in 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Ireland, South Africa, Portugal and Poland. His creative pursuits include his clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club, Billionaire Girls Club, Bee Line, ICECREAM, jewelry and accessories designs for Louis Vuitton, furniture and product design, collaborations with Moncler, Marc Jacobs, the artist KAWS, and with architects Zaha Hadid and Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall. In addition, Williams established the creative venture--i am OTHER--a collective that includes the initiatives: Billionaires Boys Club, IceCream, FriendsWithYou, Bionic Yarn, Collaborative Fund, Artst Guild & Gallery, Brooklyn Machine Works, UJAM and the not-for-profit foundation From One Hand To Another.

Read more
Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Texas native Erin Wasson is a model, designer, entrepreneur and actress who is considered one of modeling’s “blue chip” faces. Her prolific career has countless highlights, from gracing the covers of numerous magazines, including the French, German, Spanish and Australian editions of Vogue, to shooting with renowned photographers Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Ellen von Unwerth, among others, to walking runways for every important European fashion house, including Chanel, Gucci, Lanvin and Balenciaga. Her low-key and free-spirited sense of style has inspired many, and Erin served as muse, and then stylist, for CFDA Award winner and designer Alexander Wang. In 2008, Erin made the natural leap to designer, kicking off a three-season apparel collaboration with storied skate-and-surf brand RVCA and launching her own line of jewelry, Low Luv, which currently is sold at more than 200 stores worldwide. In fall 2011, she returned to the studio to design a capsule collection for French brand Zadig & Voltaire. Erin also appeared alongside Justin Timberlake in a series of short films for the William Rast brand and made a cameo appearance in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. Most recently, Erin was featured as a leading role in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Uniquely versatile and notoriously hard-working, she spends much of her free time traveling and working in support of animal rescue and serves on the advisory board of Saving America’s Mustangs.

Read more
Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

As a leading stylist, Mel Ottenberg has left his indelible mark on not only fashion, but pop culture as well. Mel is known for reinventing the looks of some of the world’s most provocative style tastemakers, such as Cate Blanchett, Chloe Sevigny and James Franco. He currently works with pop superstar Rihanna, serving as the stylist for all of her appearances, album covers and music videos, including the Grammy Award-winning smash “We Found Love.” Additionally, he is Rihanna’s wardrobe director for her current world tour. A former fashion design major at Rhode Island School of Design, Mel mixes tongue-in-cheek irreverence with a bold sensuality – all done with an approach that is equal parts offbeat and sophisticated. His editorial work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, V, I-D, Purple, Dazed & Confused, The New York Times Style Magazine and GQ Style, among others. Mel’s narrative approach to clothing has been featured in ads for Nike and Dior’s Midnight Poison fragrance, as well as an assortment of globally-recognized iconic images from top photographers, including Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti and Steven Klein.

Read more
Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Minneapolis native Adam Christoffel discovered his love for styling at a young age. Since then, Christoffel has immersed himself in all things fashion. He graduated from the International Academy of Design & Technology and currently works as a freelance pattern maker. Christoffel is looking forward to the day when he can quit his day job and focus on his own line.

Read more
Adriana Diaz

Adriana Diaz

High-fashion street wear designer Adriana Diaz always has had a penchant for style, teaching herself how to sew at age eight. Diaz credits her daughter Adalie, whom she had when she was 17 years old, as her biggest inspiration and the driving force behind her determination to accomplish her dreams. Her design influences come from the Jamaican culture and street graffiti, and she longs to create universal high-fashion street wear.

Read more
Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi is a free spirit. Outside of her design work, she enjoys centering herself through yoga and can often be found meditating or stretching in her workspace. In an effort to rebel against her strict conservative upbringing, Radvanyi joined counter-culture movements and became a performer doing circus acrobatics, hoop dancing and fire dancing. She believes that celebrities will embrace her adaptable designs because the clothes will allow them to transform throughout the day.

Read more
Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano gravitated toward fashion as a way of expressing himself after moving to America as a child. Although he had difficulty adjusting to a new culture at such a young age, he has embraced the idea that "fashion is freedom." A couturier, his designs have been featured in multiple publications, including Italian Vogue. Andre’s fashion mantra is “Peace, love, glamour and fashion!"

Read more
Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Unapologetic designer Autumn Kietponglert has never concerned herself with what others think of her and cares more about following her artistic vision with her avant-garde designs than getting along with her fellow designers. Kietponglert says that her best design inspirations come from her dreams, which are detailed visions of the unseen world. Adept to more complex designs, her talents were recognized when she received the RAW Artist of the Year for Fashion Design in 2012.

Read more
Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Art and design instructor Cecilia Aragon is finally taking her own advice and following her dreams of solely working on her own clothing line. A consummate perfectionist, Aragon even has a different pair of scissors for each kind of material she uses. She credits Madonna and designer Jean Paul Gaultier as inspirations for her design aesthetic.

Read more
Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

A designer, stylist and make-up artist, Bay area native Dexter Simmons hopes to be fashion’s next triple threat. A self-professed “oddball,” Simmons loves fashion because it’s the only place where he feels his quirky personality really translates. With this experience, he is looking to break out of the San Francisco art scene and find mainstream success with his over-the-top designs.

Read more
Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Women’s wear designer Ebony White is eager to bring her fashion prowess to the forefront. White has been a ghost designer for several household labels. While she appreciates the opportunities given to her by working for those labels, her ultimate goal is to create a name for herself – “I’ve been designing with no voice for so long. For me, it’s just important to be able to have that opportunity to have a voice.”

Read more
Jordan Crowson

Jordan Crowson

Women’s wear designer Jordan Crowson undoubtedly has an intense love for both music and fashion. He believes his couture designs could stand up to any of the designs at Fashion Week in New York, but he hasn’t had the financial means to break into the industry. Crowson credits his traditional Christian family for keeping him grounded and counts his father as his biggest supporter and best friend.

Read more
Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

After losing everything to Hurricane Katrina, Keenan Zeno moved to Atlanta with only one suitcase. Through perseverance and a drive to succeed, Zeno graduated with two bachelor’s degrees in Apparel Textiles and Business Management from Southern Polytechnic State University, and he recently received his MBA in finance. While continuing to design in his personal time, Zeno makes a living as an accountant, where most of his co-workers are unaware of his designer ambitions.

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Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf, a women’s wear designer, has the unique challenge of sewing and designing with only one arm, but she doesn’t allow her disability to limit her potential. A graduate of Western Washington University, Metcalf is currently finishing a certificate program in Fashion Design at the New York Fashion Academy. Her fashion philosophy -- “Form and function. Clothes should be beautiful, wearable and well-made.”

Read more
Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

When she’s not spending time with her family, baking and making crafts, seemingly typical housewife and mother Laura Petrielli-Pulice designs latex fetish wear for her brand, Vex Clothing, Inc. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lingerie from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she went on to create looks that have been featured in W Magazine and Italian Vogue. Despite her success in the world of latex, Petrielli-Pulice is ready to break out into mainstream fashion markets to prove that she can do more than custom fetish wear.

Read more
Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Torn between her lucrative engineering job and her passion for fashion, Laura Thapthimkuna is at a crossroads. Fashion has always had an important role in Thapthimkuna's life. Her mother taught her to sew at a young age and has always been a fervent supporter of her work. Thapthimkuna's ultimate goal is to pursue fashion/costume design for the film and music industry. "Celebrities have the ability to wear outfits that break the rules and push boundaries," she says "that inspires me and reminds me that there are fearless people that will wear my designs."

Read more
Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

South Carolina designer Sergio Hudson is determined to prove that Southern designers have what it takes to succeed in the fashion industry. Hudson hates over-embellishments and believes that his strongest skill is constructing structured, but feminine pieces. He is currently working on the second collection of his namesake women's line, "The Sergio Hudson woman is a vision of a lifestyle." Hudson graduated from Bauder College with an Associate degree in Fashion Design. The father of three is looking to take the next steps in the career that he feels defines him -- "I am fashion and it is me. I couldn't live without it."

Read more

Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty has taken the music, entertainment and fashion industry by storm. An accomplished performer, she has sold 43 million albums worldwide and 170 million digital tracks worldwide making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. Her seventh album, Unapologetic, gave the singer her first number one album on the Billboard 200 album chart. In addition, she has achieved 12 number-one singles and won seven Grammy Awards. In 2012, she took her talents to the silver screen with her big screen debut in Battleship. Rihanna was recently crowned the most-likeable star on Facebook with 72 million "friends" on the site, more than any other celebrity. In addition, she has created a fashion empire with the successful launches of her fragrances Reb'l Fleur, Rebelle, and Nude as well as two capsule collections under the Armani umbrella and a collection with River Island for their spring/summer 2013 collection.

In her new series, Styled to Rock, Rihanna has enlisted top experts from the industry to guide the designers through the competition.

Read more
Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams is a pop culture icon and creative force with credits that include music producer, recording artist and fashion designer. He is known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the hip-hop rock band, N.E.R.D, as well as one half of the production duo, The Neptunes. Through his production company, Pharrell has been responsible for the success of an expanding roster of projects, which have garnered him 19 Grammy nominations and three Grammy Awards. In 2012, he released his wildly successful book Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been, which gave readers an unprecedented look at his career and creative endeavors thus far. Recently, Pharrell has collaborated with French Duo, Daft Punk, to create the record-breaking hit, “Get Lucky.” This has reached the number 1 spot in 55 global markets within its first week of release. Currently, “Get Lucky” sits atop the official UK Singles chart and has broken the record for the most singles sold in one week so far in 2013. He has also teamed up with Robin Thicke, producing and writing the hit single “Blurred Lines” which also features T.I. Exploding around the world “Blurred Lines” has reached top spots on iTunes in 55 countries. Clinching the #1 spot in 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Ireland, South Africa, Portugal and Poland. His creative pursuits include his clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club, Billionaire Girls Club, Bee Line, ICECREAM, jewelry and accessories designs for Louis Vuitton, furniture and product design, collaborations with Moncler, Marc Jacobs, the artist KAWS, and with architects Zaha Hadid and Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall. In addition, Williams established the creative venture--i am OTHER--a collective that includes the initiatives: Billionaires Boys Club, IceCream, FriendsWithYou, Bionic Yarn, Collaborative Fund, Artst Guild & Gallery, Brooklyn Machine Works, UJAM and the not-for-profit foundation From One Hand To Another.

Read more
Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Texas native Erin Wasson is a model, designer, entrepreneur and actress who is considered one of modeling’s “blue chip” faces. Her prolific career has countless highlights, from gracing the covers of numerous magazines, including the French, German, Spanish and Australian editions of Vogue, to shooting with renowned photographers Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Ellen von Unwerth, among others, to walking runways for every important European fashion house, including Chanel, Gucci, Lanvin and Balenciaga. Her low-key and free-spirited sense of style has inspired many, and Erin served as muse, and then stylist, for CFDA Award winner and designer Alexander Wang. In 2008, Erin made the natural leap to designer, kicking off a three-season apparel collaboration with storied skate-and-surf brand RVCA and launching her own line of jewelry, Low Luv, which currently is sold at more than 200 stores worldwide. In fall 2011, she returned to the studio to design a capsule collection for French brand Zadig & Voltaire. Erin also appeared alongside Justin Timberlake in a series of short films for the William Rast brand and made a cameo appearance in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. Most recently, Erin was featured as a leading role in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Uniquely versatile and notoriously hard-working, she spends much of her free time traveling and working in support of animal rescue and serves on the advisory board of Saving America’s Mustangs.

Read more
Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

As a leading stylist, Mel Ottenberg has left his indelible mark on not only fashion, but pop culture as well. Mel is known for reinventing the looks of some of the world’s most provocative style tastemakers, such as Cate Blanchett, Chloe Sevigny and James Franco. He currently works with pop superstar Rihanna, serving as the stylist for all of her appearances, album covers and music videos, including the Grammy Award-winning smash “We Found Love.” Additionally, he is Rihanna’s wardrobe director for her current world tour. A former fashion design major at Rhode Island School of Design, Mel mixes tongue-in-cheek irreverence with a bold sensuality – all done with an approach that is equal parts offbeat and sophisticated. His editorial work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, V, I-D, Purple, Dazed & Confused, The New York Times Style Magazine and GQ Style, among others. Mel’s narrative approach to clothing has been featured in ads for Nike and Dior’s Midnight Poison fragrance, as well as an assortment of globally-recognized iconic images from top photographers, including Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti and Steven Klein.

Read more
Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Minneapolis native Adam Christoffel discovered his love for styling at a young age. Since then, Christoffel has immersed himself in all things fashion. He graduated from the International Academy of Design & Technology and currently works as a freelance pattern maker. Christoffel is looking forward to the day when he can quit his day job and focus on his own line.

Read more
Adriana Diaz

Adriana Diaz

High-fashion street wear designer Adriana Diaz always has had a penchant for style, teaching herself how to sew at age eight. Diaz credits her daughter Adalie, whom she had when she was 17 years old, as her biggest inspiration and the driving force behind her determination to accomplish her dreams. Her design influences come from the Jamaican culture and street graffiti, and she longs to create universal high-fashion street wear.

Read more
Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi is a free spirit. Outside of her design work, she enjoys centering herself through yoga and can often be found meditating or stretching in her workspace. In an effort to rebel against her strict conservative upbringing, Radvanyi joined counter-culture movements and became a performer doing circus acrobatics, hoop dancing and fire dancing. She believes that celebrities will embrace her adaptable designs because the clothes will allow them to transform throughout the day.

Read more
Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano gravitated toward fashion as a way of expressing himself after moving to America as a child. Although he had difficulty adjusting to a new culture at such a young age, he has embraced the idea that "fashion is freedom." A couturier, his designs have been featured in multiple publications, including Italian Vogue. Andre’s fashion mantra is “Peace, love, glamour and fashion!"

Read more
Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Unapologetic designer Autumn Kietponglert has never concerned herself with what others think of her and cares more about following her artistic vision with her avant-garde designs than getting along with her fellow designers. Kietponglert says that her best design inspirations come from her dreams, which are detailed visions of the unseen world. Adept to more complex designs, her talents were recognized when she received the RAW Artist of the Year for Fashion Design in 2012.

Read more
Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Art and design instructor Cecilia Aragon is finally taking her own advice and following her dreams of solely working on her own clothing line. A consummate perfectionist, Aragon even has a different pair of scissors for each kind of material she uses. She credits Madonna and designer Jean Paul Gaultier as inspirations for her design aesthetic.

Read more
Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

A designer, stylist and make-up artist, Bay area native Dexter Simmons hopes to be fashion’s next triple threat. A self-professed “oddball,” Simmons loves fashion because it’s the only place where he feels his quirky personality really translates. With this experience, he is looking to break out of the San Francisco art scene and find mainstream success with his over-the-top designs.

Read more
Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Women’s wear designer Ebony White is eager to bring her fashion prowess to the forefront. White has been a ghost designer for several household labels. While she appreciates the opportunities given to her by working for those labels, her ultimate goal is to create a name for herself – “I’ve been designing with no voice for so long. For me, it’s just important to be able to have that opportunity to have a voice.”

Read more
Jordan Crowson

Jordan Crowson

Women’s wear designer Jordan Crowson undoubtedly has an intense love for both music and fashion. He believes his couture designs could stand up to any of the designs at Fashion Week in New York, but he hasn’t had the financial means to break into the industry. Crowson credits his traditional Christian family for keeping him grounded and counts his father as his biggest supporter and best friend.

Read more
Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

After losing everything to Hurricane Katrina, Keenan Zeno moved to Atlanta with only one suitcase. Through perseverance and a drive to succeed, Zeno graduated with two bachelor’s degrees in Apparel Textiles and Business Management from Southern Polytechnic State University, and he recently received his MBA in finance. While continuing to design in his personal time, Zeno makes a living as an accountant, where most of his co-workers are unaware of his designer ambitions.

Read more
Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf, a women’s wear designer, has the unique challenge of sewing and designing with only one arm, but she doesn’t allow her disability to limit her potential. A graduate of Western Washington University, Metcalf is currently finishing a certificate program in Fashion Design at the New York Fashion Academy. Her fashion philosophy -- “Form and function. Clothes should be beautiful, wearable and well-made.”

Read more
Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

When she’s not spending time with her family, baking and making crafts, seemingly typical housewife and mother Laura Petrielli-Pulice designs latex fetish wear for her brand, Vex Clothing, Inc. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lingerie from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she went on to create looks that have been featured in W Magazine and Italian Vogue. Despite her success in the world of latex, Petrielli-Pulice is ready to break out into mainstream fashion markets to prove that she can do more than custom fetish wear.

Read more
Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Torn between her lucrative engineering job and her passion for fashion, Laura Thapthimkuna is at a crossroads. Fashion has always had an important role in Thapthimkuna's life. Her mother taught her to sew at a young age and has always been a fervent supporter of her work. Thapthimkuna's ultimate goal is to pursue fashion/costume design for the film and music industry. "Celebrities have the ability to wear outfits that break the rules and push boundaries," she says "that inspires me and reminds me that there are fearless people that will wear my designs."

Read more
Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

South Carolina designer Sergio Hudson is determined to prove that Southern designers have what it takes to succeed in the fashion industry. Hudson hates over-embellishments and believes that his strongest skill is constructing structured, but feminine pieces. He is currently working on the second collection of his namesake women's line, "The Sergio Hudson woman is a vision of a lifestyle." Hudson graduated from Bauder College with an Associate degree in Fashion Design. The father of three is looking to take the next steps in the career that he feels defines him -- "I am fashion and it is me. I couldn't live without it."

Read more

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty has taken the music, entertainment and fashion industry by storm. An accomplished performer, she has sold 43 million albums worldwide and 170 million digital tracks worldwide making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. Her seventh album, Unapologetic, gave the singer her first number one album on the Billboard 200 album chart. In addition, she has achieved 12 number-one singles and won seven Grammy Awards. In 2012, she took her talents to the silver screen with her big screen debut in Battleship. Rihanna was recently crowned the most-likeable star on Facebook with 72 million "friends" on the site, more than any other celebrity. In addition, she has created a fashion empire with the successful launches of her fragrances Reb'l Fleur, Rebelle, and Nude as well as two capsule collections under the Armani umbrella and a collection with River Island for their spring/summer 2013 collection.

In her new series, Styled to Rock, Rihanna has enlisted top experts from the industry to guide the designers through the competition.

Read more
Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams is a pop culture icon and creative force with credits that include music producer, recording artist and fashion designer. He is known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the hip-hop rock band, N.E.R.D, as well as one half of the production duo, The Neptunes. Through his production company, Pharrell has been responsible for the success of an expanding roster of projects, which have garnered him 19 Grammy nominations and three Grammy Awards. In 2012, he released his wildly successful book Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been, which gave readers an unprecedented look at his career and creative endeavors thus far. Recently, Pharrell has collaborated with French Duo, Daft Punk, to create the record-breaking hit, “Get Lucky.” This has reached the number 1 spot in 55 global markets within its first week of release. Currently, “Get Lucky” sits atop the official UK Singles chart and has broken the record for the most singles sold in one week so far in 2013. He has also teamed up with Robin Thicke, producing and writing the hit single “Blurred Lines” which also features T.I. Exploding around the world “Blurred Lines” has reached top spots on iTunes in 55 countries. Clinching the #1 spot in 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Ireland, South Africa, Portugal and Poland. His creative pursuits include his clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club, Billionaire Girls Club, Bee Line, ICECREAM, jewelry and accessories designs for Louis Vuitton, furniture and product design, collaborations with Moncler, Marc Jacobs, the artist KAWS, and with architects Zaha Hadid and Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall. In addition, Williams established the creative venture--i am OTHER--a collective that includes the initiatives: Billionaires Boys Club, IceCream, FriendsWithYou, Bionic Yarn, Collaborative Fund, Artst Guild & Gallery, Brooklyn Machine Works, UJAM and the not-for-profit foundation From One Hand To Another.

Read more
Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Texas native Erin Wasson is a model, designer, entrepreneur and actress who is considered one of modeling’s “blue chip” faces. Her prolific career has countless highlights, from gracing the covers of numerous magazines, including the French, German, Spanish and Australian editions of Vogue, to shooting with renowned photographers Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Ellen von Unwerth, among others, to walking runways for every important European fashion house, including Chanel, Gucci, Lanvin and Balenciaga. Her low-key and free-spirited sense of style has inspired many, and Erin served as muse, and then stylist, for CFDA Award winner and designer Alexander Wang. In 2008, Erin made the natural leap to designer, kicking off a three-season apparel collaboration with storied skate-and-surf brand RVCA and launching her own line of jewelry, Low Luv, which currently is sold at more than 200 stores worldwide. In fall 2011, she returned to the studio to design a capsule collection for French brand Zadig & Voltaire. Erin also appeared alongside Justin Timberlake in a series of short films for the William Rast brand and made a cameo appearance in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. Most recently, Erin was featured as a leading role in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Uniquely versatile and notoriously hard-working, she spends much of her free time traveling and working in support of animal rescue and serves on the advisory board of Saving America’s Mustangs.

Read more
Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

As a leading stylist, Mel Ottenberg has left his indelible mark on not only fashion, but pop culture as well. Mel is known for reinventing the looks of some of the world’s most provocative style tastemakers, such as Cate Blanchett, Chloe Sevigny and James Franco. He currently works with pop superstar Rihanna, serving as the stylist for all of her appearances, album covers and music videos, including the Grammy Award-winning smash “We Found Love.” Additionally, he is Rihanna’s wardrobe director for her current world tour. A former fashion design major at Rhode Island School of Design, Mel mixes tongue-in-cheek irreverence with a bold sensuality – all done with an approach that is equal parts offbeat and sophisticated. His editorial work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, V, I-D, Purple, Dazed & Confused, The New York Times Style Magazine and GQ Style, among others. Mel’s narrative approach to clothing has been featured in ads for Nike and Dior’s Midnight Poison fragrance, as well as an assortment of globally-recognized iconic images from top photographers, including Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti and Steven Klein.

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Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Minneapolis native Adam Christoffel discovered his love for styling at a young age. Since then, Christoffel has immersed himself in all things fashion. He graduated from the International Academy of Design & Technology and currently works as a freelance pattern maker. Christoffel is looking forward to the day when he can quit his day job and focus on his own line.

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Adriana Diaz

Adriana Diaz

High-fashion street wear designer Adriana Diaz always has had a penchant for style, teaching herself how to sew at age eight. Diaz credits her daughter Adalie, whom she had when she was 17 years old, as her biggest inspiration and the driving force behind her determination to accomplish her dreams. Her design influences come from the Jamaican culture and street graffiti, and she longs to create universal high-fashion street wear.

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Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi is a free spirit. Outside of her design work, she enjoys centering herself through yoga and can often be found meditating or stretching in her workspace. In an effort to rebel against her strict conservative upbringing, Radvanyi joined counter-culture movements and became a performer doing circus acrobatics, hoop dancing and fire dancing. She believes that celebrities will embrace her adaptable designs because the clothes will allow them to transform throughout the day.

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Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano gravitated toward fashion as a way of expressing himself after moving to America as a child. Although he had difficulty adjusting to a new culture at such a young age, he has embraced the idea that "fashion is freedom." A couturier, his designs have been featured in multiple publications, including Italian Vogue. Andre’s fashion mantra is “Peace, love, glamour and fashion!"

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Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Unapologetic designer Autumn Kietponglert has never concerned herself with what others think of her and cares more about following her artistic vision with her avant-garde designs than getting along with her fellow designers. Kietponglert says that her best design inspirations come from her dreams, which are detailed visions of the unseen world. Adept to more complex designs, her talents were recognized when she received the RAW Artist of the Year for Fashion Design in 2012.

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Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Art and design instructor Cecilia Aragon is finally taking her own advice and following her dreams of solely working on her own clothing line. A consummate perfectionist, Aragon even has a different pair of scissors for each kind of material she uses. She credits Madonna and designer Jean Paul Gaultier as inspirations for her design aesthetic.

Read more
Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

A designer, stylist and make-up artist, Bay area native Dexter Simmons hopes to be fashion’s next triple threat. A self-professed “oddball,” Simmons loves fashion because it’s the only place where he feels his quirky personality really translates. With this experience, he is looking to break out of the San Francisco art scene and find mainstream success with his over-the-top designs.

Read more
Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Women’s wear designer Ebony White is eager to bring her fashion prowess to the forefront. White has been a ghost designer for several household labels. While she appreciates the opportunities given to her by working for those labels, her ultimate goal is to create a name for herself – “I’ve been designing with no voice for so long. For me, it’s just important to be able to have that opportunity to have a voice.”

Read more
Jordan Crowson

Jordan Crowson

Women’s wear designer Jordan Crowson undoubtedly has an intense love for both music and fashion. He believes his couture designs could stand up to any of the designs at Fashion Week in New York, but he hasn’t had the financial means to break into the industry. Crowson credits his traditional Christian family for keeping him grounded and counts his father as his biggest supporter and best friend.

Read more
Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

After losing everything to Hurricane Katrina, Keenan Zeno moved to Atlanta with only one suitcase. Through perseverance and a drive to succeed, Zeno graduated with two bachelor’s degrees in Apparel Textiles and Business Management from Southern Polytechnic State University, and he recently received his MBA in finance. While continuing to design in his personal time, Zeno makes a living as an accountant, where most of his co-workers are unaware of his designer ambitions.

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Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf, a women’s wear designer, has the unique challenge of sewing and designing with only one arm, but she doesn’t allow her disability to limit her potential. A graduate of Western Washington University, Metcalf is currently finishing a certificate program in Fashion Design at the New York Fashion Academy. Her fashion philosophy -- “Form and function. Clothes should be beautiful, wearable and well-made.”

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Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

When she’s not spending time with her family, baking and making crafts, seemingly typical housewife and mother Laura Petrielli-Pulice designs latex fetish wear for her brand, Vex Clothing, Inc. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lingerie from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she went on to create looks that have been featured in W Magazine and Italian Vogue. Despite her success in the world of latex, Petrielli-Pulice is ready to break out into mainstream fashion markets to prove that she can do more than custom fetish wear.

Read more
Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Torn between her lucrative engineering job and her passion for fashion, Laura Thapthimkuna is at a crossroads. Fashion has always had an important role in Thapthimkuna's life. Her mother taught her to sew at a young age and has always been a fervent supporter of her work. Thapthimkuna's ultimate goal is to pursue fashion/costume design for the film and music industry. "Celebrities have the ability to wear outfits that break the rules and push boundaries," she says "that inspires me and reminds me that there are fearless people that will wear my designs."

Read more
Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

South Carolina designer Sergio Hudson is determined to prove that Southern designers have what it takes to succeed in the fashion industry. Hudson hates over-embellishments and believes that his strongest skill is constructing structured, but feminine pieces. He is currently working on the second collection of his namesake women's line, "The Sergio Hudson woman is a vision of a lifestyle." Hudson graduated from Bauder College with an Associate degree in Fashion Design. The father of three is looking to take the next steps in the career that he feels defines him -- "I am fashion and it is me. I couldn't live without it."

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty
@rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty has taken the music, entertainment and fashion industry by storm. An accomplished performer, she has sold 43 million albums worldwide and 170 million digital tracks worldwide making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. Her seventh album, Unapologetic, gave the singer her first number one album on the Billboard 200 album chart. In addition, she has achieved 12 number-one singles and won seven Grammy Awards. In 2012, she took her talents to the silver screen with her big screen debut in Battleship. Rihanna was recently crowned the most-likeable star on Facebook with 72 million "friends" on the site, more than any other celebrity. In addition, she has created a fashion empire with the successful launches of her fragrances Reb'l Fleur, Rebelle, and Nude as well as two capsule collections under the Armani umbrella and a collection with River Island for their spring/summer 2013 collection.

In her new series, Styled to Rock, Rihanna has enlisted top experts from the industry to guide the designers through the competition.

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Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams
@Pharrell

Pharrell Williams is a pop culture icon and creative force with credits that include music producer, recording artist and fashion designer. He is known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the hip-hop rock band, N.E.R.D, as well as one half of the production duo, The Neptunes. Through his production company, Pharrell has been responsible for the success of an expanding roster of projects, which have garnered him 19 Grammy nominations and three Grammy Awards. In 2012, he released his wildly successful book Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been, which gave readers an unprecedented look at his career and creative endeavors thus far. Recently, Pharrell has collaborated with French Duo, Daft Punk, to create the record-breaking hit, “Get Lucky.” This has reached the number 1 spot in 55 global markets within its first week of release. Currently, “Get Lucky” sits atop the official UK Singles chart and has broken the record for the most singles sold in one week so far in 2013. He has also teamed up with Robin Thicke, producing and writing the hit single “Blurred Lines” which also features T.I. Exploding around the world “Blurred Lines” has reached top spots on iTunes in 55 countries. Clinching the #1 spot in 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Ireland, South Africa, Portugal and Poland. His creative pursuits include his clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club, Billionaire Girls Club, Bee Line, ICECREAM, jewelry and accessories designs for Louis Vuitton, furniture and product design, collaborations with Moncler, Marc Jacobs, the artist KAWS, and with architects Zaha Hadid and Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall. In addition, Williams established the creative venture--i am OTHER--a collective that includes the initiatives: Billionaires Boys Club, IceCream, FriendsWithYou, Bionic Yarn, Collaborative Fund, Artst Guild & Gallery, Brooklyn Machine Works, UJAM and the not-for-profit foundation From One Hand To Another.

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Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Erin Wasson
@ErinWasson

Texas native Erin Wasson is a model, designer, entrepreneur and actress who is considered one of modeling’s “blue chip” faces. Her prolific career has countless highlights, from gracing the covers of numerous magazines, including the French, German, Spanish and Australian editions of Vogue, to shooting with renowned photographers Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Ellen von Unwerth, among others, to walking runways for every important European fashion house, including Chanel, Gucci, Lanvin and Balenciaga. Her low-key and free-spirited sense of style has inspired many, and Erin served as muse, and then stylist, for CFDA Award winner and designer Alexander Wang. In 2008, Erin made the natural leap to designer, kicking off a three-season apparel collaboration with storied skate-and-surf brand RVCA and launching her own line of jewelry, Low Luv, which currently is sold at more than 200 stores worldwide. In fall 2011, she returned to the studio to design a capsule collection for French brand Zadig & Voltaire. Erin also appeared alongside Justin Timberlake in a series of short films for the William Rast brand and made a cameo appearance in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. Most recently, Erin was featured as a leading role in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Uniquely versatile and notoriously hard-working, she spends much of her free time traveling and working in support of animal rescue and serves on the advisory board of Saving America’s Mustangs.

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Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

Mel Ottenberg
@MelOttenberg

As a leading stylist, Mel Ottenberg has left his indelible mark on not only fashion, but pop culture as well. Mel is known for reinventing the looks of some of the world’s most provocative style tastemakers, such as Cate Blanchett, Chloe Sevigny and James Franco. He currently works with pop superstar Rihanna, serving as the stylist for all of her appearances, album covers and music videos, including the Grammy Award-winning smash “We Found Love.” Additionally, he is Rihanna’s wardrobe director for her current world tour. A former fashion design major at Rhode Island School of Design, Mel mixes tongue-in-cheek irreverence with a bold sensuality – all done with an approach that is equal parts offbeat and sophisticated. His editorial work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, V, I-D, Purple, Dazed & Confused, The New York Times Style Magazine and GQ Style, among others. Mel’s narrative approach to clothing has been featured in ads for Nike and Dior’s Midnight Poison fragrance, as well as an assortment of globally-recognized iconic images from top photographers, including Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti and Steven Klein.

Read more
Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Adam Christoffel
@achrisbp

Minneapolis native Adam Christoffel discovered his love for styling at a young age. Since then, Christoffel has immersed himself in all things fashion. He graduated from the International Academy of Design & Technology and currently works as a freelance pattern maker. Christoffel is looking forward to the day when he can quit his day job and focus on his own line.

Read more
Adriana Diaz

Adriana Diaz

High-fashion street wear designer Adriana Diaz always has had a penchant for style, teaching herself how to sew at age eight. Diaz credits her daughter Adalie, whom she had when she was 17 years old, as her biggest inspiration and the driving force behind her determination to accomplish her dreams. Her design influences come from the Jamaican culture and street graffiti, and she longs to create universal high-fashion street wear.

Read more
Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi
@struts04

Ahni Radvanyi is a free spirit. Outside of her design work, she enjoys centering herself through yoga and can often be found meditating or stretching in her workspace. In an effort to rebel against her strict conservative upbringing, Radvanyi joined counter-culture movements and became a performer doing circus acrobatics, hoop dancing and fire dancing. She believes that celebrities will embrace her adaptable designs because the clothes will allow them to transform throughout the day.

Read more
Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano
@andresoriano

Andre Soriano gravitated toward fashion as a way of expressing himself after moving to America as a child. Although he had difficulty adjusting to a new culture at such a young age, he has embraced the idea that "fashion is freedom." A couturier, his designs have been featured in multiple publications, including Italian Vogue. Andre’s fashion mantra is “Peace, love, glamour and fashion!"

Read more
Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Autumn Kietponglert
@heartlessrevivl

Unapologetic designer Autumn Kietponglert has never concerned herself with what others think of her and cares more about following her artistic vision with her avant-garde designs than getting along with her fellow designers. Kietponglert says that her best design inspirations come from her dreams, which are detailed visions of the unseen world. Adept to more complex designs, her talents were recognized when she received the RAW Artist of the Year for Fashion Design in 2012.

Read more
Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Cecilia Aragon
@CAcoutureSF

Art and design instructor Cecilia Aragon is finally taking her own advice and following her dreams of solely working on her own clothing line. A consummate perfectionist, Aragon even has a different pair of scissors for each kind of material she uses. She credits Madonna and designer Jean Paul Gaultier as inspirations for her design aesthetic.

Read more
Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

Dexter Simmons
@DexterFlawk

A designer, stylist and make-up artist, Bay area native Dexter Simmons hopes to be fashion’s next triple threat. A self-professed “oddball,” Simmons loves fashion because it’s the only place where he feels his quirky personality really translates. With this experience, he is looking to break out of the San Francisco art scene and find mainstream success with his over-the-top designs.

Read more
Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Ebony White
@EbonyWhiteNYC

Women’s wear designer Ebony White is eager to bring her fashion prowess to the forefront. White has been a ghost designer for several household labels. While she appreciates the opportunities given to her by working for those labels, her ultimate goal is to create a name for herself – “I’ve been designing with no voice for so long. For me, it’s just important to be able to have that opportunity to have a voice.”

Read more
Jordan Crowson

Jordan Crowson

Women’s wear designer Jordan Crowson undoubtedly has an intense love for both music and fashion. He believes his couture designs could stand up to any of the designs at Fashion Week in New York, but he hasn’t had the financial means to break into the industry. Crowson credits his traditional Christian family for keeping him grounded and counts his father as his biggest supporter and best friend.

Read more
Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

Keenan Zeno
@Zeneaux

After losing everything to Hurricane Katrina, Keenan Zeno moved to Atlanta with only one suitcase. Through perseverance and a drive to succeed, Zeno graduated with two bachelor’s degrees in Apparel Textiles and Business Management from Southern Polytechnic State University, and he recently received his MBA in finance. While continuing to design in his personal time, Zeno makes a living as an accountant, where most of his co-workers are unaware of his designer ambitions.

Read more
Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf
@kristiemet

Kristie Metcalf, a women’s wear designer, has the unique challenge of sewing and designing with only one arm, but she doesn’t allow her disability to limit her potential. A graduate of Western Washington University, Metcalf is currently finishing a certificate program in Fashion Design at the New York Fashion Academy. Her fashion philosophy -- “Form and function. Clothes should be beautiful, wearable and well-made.”

Read more
Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

Laura Petrielli-Pulice
@VexClothing

When she’s not spending time with her family, baking and making crafts, seemingly typical housewife and mother Laura Petrielli-Pulice designs latex fetish wear for her brand, Vex Clothing, Inc. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lingerie from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she went on to create looks that have been featured in W Magazine and Italian Vogue. Despite her success in the world of latex, Petrielli-Pulice is ready to break out into mainstream fashion markets to prove that she can do more than custom fetish wear.

Read more
Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Laura Thapthimkuna
@laura_takataka

Torn between her lucrative engineering job and her passion for fashion, Laura Thapthimkuna is at a crossroads. Fashion has always had an important role in Thapthimkuna's life. Her mother taught her to sew at a young age and has always been a fervent supporter of her work. Thapthimkuna's ultimate goal is to pursue fashion/costume design for the film and music industry. "Celebrities have the ability to wear outfits that break the rules and push boundaries," she says "that inspires me and reminds me that there are fearless people that will wear my designs."

Read more
Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

Sergio Hudson
@sergiotheexpert

South Carolina designer Sergio Hudson is determined to prove that Southern designers have what it takes to succeed in the fashion industry. Hudson hates over-embellishments and believes that his strongest skill is constructing structured, but feminine pieces. He is currently working on the second collection of his namesake women's line, "The Sergio Hudson woman is a vision of a lifestyle." Hudson graduated from Bauder College with an Associate degree in Fashion Design. The father of three is looking to take the next steps in the career that he feels defines him -- "I am fashion and it is me. I couldn't live without it."

Read more

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