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“I am my authentic self every day. I created the Vanity Group because I wanted to show up to work everyday as Karleen. When you think about it in our jobs and our careers we spend more time working than we do with our loved ones as we do laying on our couch... I wanted to create an environment, I wanted to create a business, where I could authentically show up as Karleen, talk how I want to talk walk how I want to walk, dress how I want to dress, curse if I need to curse, express myself how I...

“For me I think deep truth is making sure that you find the time and the way to kind of get back into your brain, get back into your body. Making an assessment of what is it that really matters and making sure that continues to be your North Star. For me that’s about continuing to experiment and making sure that I find the times and the ways to do that. I think its different for everybody, but I do think that the truth is that it doesn’t happen unless you make the time and carve out the inten...

“When you speak things aloud, they go into your subconscious. They are things that you think about and things that, you know, remembering in yourself the things that are important to you. Whether its if you are looking for a partner or a new job or how to navigate a certain situation it is always important to remember the things that are important to you. Those pillars, those points because they will correct you when you go astray.” – Carly Cushnie Carly Cushnie is the founder of namesak...

“In general, I think just spending more time with ourselves and alone and less on the phone, less on social media, less on people’s highlight reels… being able to have time and space to know who we are outside of all of that. I think that’s how we get to a place of authenticity and then being able to share our authentic selves.” – Nicolette Mason A Los Angeles native now residing in Brooklyn, Nicolette Mason is a Jill of All Trades… a creative consultant, strategist and digital content ...

“Look back on what you’ve been finding out. Look back on what you’ve discovered about yourself. Look back on how you have felt in the world around you and whatever you’ve gone through and you’ve probably been on the way.. no matter if you are 18 or 38 and so on and so forth.” – Lauren Chan Lauren Chan began her career as a plus-size model in New York City and later spent time as a fashion writer for outlets like Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Lauren later became a fashion editor with Glamour ov...

“At this point, now I know that there’s room for everything and for everybody, so I have to just think about making more room for other people. Now that feels like my job more than modeling feels like my job.” – Ama Elsesser With a breakout role in Jonah Hill’s 2018 film Mid-90s, Ama Elsesser has since become a vibrant new face in fashion appearing in numerous high-profile campaigns. Identifying as non-binary, Ama is a rising voice for change and advocacy in the queer community, focused ...