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.
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.
Reinvention #06Raysa 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.
Reinvention #05Fae 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.
Reinvention #04Katie 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.
Reinvention #03Claudia 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.
Reinvention #02Vickie Nickolls left fashion to design homes as therapy
A Houzz-famous bathroom turned trend analyst Vickie Nickolls into an award-winning interior designer and the founder of Interior Therapy.
Reinvention #01Julia 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.