![]() She’s killing it online, she’s a mom-there’s a lot of things I want to learn from that she’s going through right now. ![]() I’ve been following her on YouTube for like five years. Me and Chriselle have a long relationship! I love her. What about your relationship with other YouTube stars? You recently promoted one of Chriselle Lim’s outfits on your Instagram… how do you decide which colleagues to hype? They always keep me in their world, and I’m so grateful for that. I learn what they want to see, because I ask them, and I listen to them. I’ll actually give them credit and fashion advice. I highlight their questions in my series. What do you consider your relationship to be-are they like your friends? Your pen pals? Then you can ask questions about what you’ve seen, and flow with the conversation really easily. Are your friends going? Are people you know going? If they are, check on Instagram to see what they’ve been up to. An easy way to make it easier and feel more engaged or talkative is to do a little research before you go to an event. It’s basic advice, but you have to fake it ‘til you make it. We’ve all had to attend a “work party” and we’re just not into it. And I’ve just sort of accepted that it’s my job, and I don’t mind being overdressed, or looking extra! It’s a lifestyle and I don’t mind owning up to it. It photographs beautifully, but in real life, it’s a lot of look. Sometimes with photo shoots, the makeup can be heavy and cakey. If I’m coming from a shoot, absolutely! Some days, you need to cram in everything into one day. What about parties? Do you show up for events in full hair and makeup? But I’d never lock down my hair like that myself! I know, right?! It’s funny because when I’m watching something online or on TV, I never noticed flyaways! Now that I’m on-camera so much, I do kind of notice them. You can shop it at eggie.Even though you’ll have a helmet of hairspray to get it. From the comfort of her home and from morning until night, Jenn’s style is ever-fluid, and captured by the EGGIE girl’s ability to showcase her duplicity in a breadth and depth of closet staples.ĮGGIE’s inaugural collections boasts multi-purpose garments with an array of big personalities. ![]() The set designs – led by Ema Walters – built out different “home” environments that acted as the centre-point to the empowering notion that “nobody puts baby in the corner”. When developing this look book concept, I considered how Jenn’s style has remained consistent since I met her nearly half a decade ago. It’s humble in size, but it’s distinctly our own and the space in which the magic happens. Though I no longer had access to an impressive studio attached to a big corporation, times had changed and my business had evolved since we first met.ģ weeks later, Jenn was knocking on the door to the Kastor & Pollux studio. In July, I found myself sprawled out on Jenn’s couch in LA, discussing the possibility of shooting a look book for her new line EGGIE. Not only has work brought me over to the West Coast more frequently, but recent trips to New York had us glued together (and bonded by matching tattoos). Over the past couple of years, Jenn and I have gotten really close. My email inbox is an archive of discussions chronicling everything from “omg so nice to finally meet you!” to “I hope one day we can work together again.” But 5 years ago, building relationships at a distance took a little more effort. Now, it’s easy to feel connected to everyone and anyone after exchanging a series of “likes” on photos. In an age before Instagram DMs, communication wasn’t as instant: the ties between visual content and actual conversation were limited to comment boxes and email threads. The funny thing about growing up on the internet is that the prospect of meeting pixels on your screen feels more normal than meeting a stranger at a party. Little did I know that this collaboration would kickstart one of my most meaningful friendships. Wearing a pair of pleather overalls, I greeted Jenn under the radioactive green glow of 299 Queen Street’s green room for a project called #SummerEncounters. At the time, I was super shy young blood freshly escaping the grasps of 4 years in post-secondary school, timidly figuring things out at my first “adult” job at MTV. Though our Internet chat logs date back to early 2012, the first time I met Jenn was in the thick of Toronto’s 2013 heatwave.
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