Afia Bayayi left teaching to build a bold floral studio
The founder of AFMENA Events traded the classroom for floristry, and built a business on color, boldness, and mixed blooms.
Deborah Kugler plans weddings like a designer solving an equation
The founder of OFFICIALE treats each couple as data to translate, and the whole wedding year, not the day, as the real project.
Jeffrey Ampratwum teaches menswear as a way of living
The Bronx-born stylist and FIT educator treats getting dressed as effort you make for yourself and everyone you meet.
Winnie Tam designs interiors like they are lived philosophies
Winnie Tam named her studio after an hour that does not exist, and builds homes as sanctuaries from the cities she cannot leave.
Nejla Renee left finance to become a top New York stylist
After a career in finance, Nejla Renee built one of New York's go-to personal styling practices on decisiveness, fit, and a refusal to doubt.
Raysa Farah left nursing to grow a floristry business
A childhood love of her father's garden pulled Raysa Farah out of the NHS and into LK Verdant, now featured in Vogue and Grazia.
Fae Jagdon traded nursing scrubs for a styling business
A nurse manager who lost her sense of style in scrubs, Fae Jagdon rebuilt it, then built a styling practice grounded in the psychology of dress.
Katie Porter left 25 years in media for personal styling
After 25 years in media production, the pandemic finally pushed Katie Porter into the styling career that had always niggled at the back of her mind.
Claudia Kalur left Egyptology at The Met to design interiors
After six years in the Met's Department of Egyptian Art, Claudia Kalur retrained in interior design and founded CFK Interiors.
Julia Murray left the record industry to design homes
After years turning rented houses into homes that never quite worked, Julia Murray retrained from music into interiors and founded The House Ministry.