Wear Many Hats

Selena Liu is an interdisciplinary designer exploring color, form, and humor to elicit joy and child-like energy. With a background in industrial design, she is a prop stylist, set designer, and conceptual artist. Selena works in but not limited to content creation, user experience, interiors, styling, and product design. The list of clients are all your favorites you’ve heard of such as Nike and...

Al Menne is a musician. Al was the lead singer of the indie rock band Great Grandpa that is still showing up in people’s Spotify Playlists. Al has been cooking and collaborating with their homies Christian Lee Hutson and Whitmer Thomas. Also including Melina Duterte of Jay Som for they’re own music. I come back to Al’s not allowed leak song “Kill Me” that is pinned on their IG page because it’s so...

Marcus Maddox is a photographer. If you were to read Marcus’s origin story it brings you back to childhood memories, thinking to yourself as a kid, what would be a cool thing to play around with? What would be cool to take a picture of? It’s your shadow. Marcus has shot some of your favorite musicians such as friend and guest of the show Shamir, Tierra Whack, Moor Mother, yes I just dropped 3 Phil...

Abby Muir is an independent consultant and creative director based in New York City with a background in business, strategy, and frontend development. Primarily, Abby works with the founding teams of startups or small-to-medium size businesses. Abby's services are a mix of consultation and execution; focus on strategy, creative direction, and the design of key touchpoints such as brand identities,...

Marcos Vaca is a musician. Marcos Vaca Group came down from a show with favorites Storefront Church and friend and guest of the show Dear Boy. Marcos has modeled for Miracle Seltzer, Willy Chavarria. Learned that from friend and guest of the show Jae Kim. We’re all about making new friends from friends of friends and friends adjacent. Please welcome Marcos Vaca to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/mar...

Elizabeth Goodspeed is is an independent designer and casual archivist specializing in branding , editorial design , packaging , and art direction . Elizabeth also publishes an archive focused newsletter called Casual Archivist. Like this podcast, very causal and all the episodes are an archive. A timestamp of what was said and where our guests on the show were at in that specific time of their li...

Kennedy Freeman is... Highnoon. Plays guitar, sings... Based in Philly...basement to festivals now indie pop she's got it going on... Please welcome Kennedy Freeman to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/highnoonphl instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagram.com/rashadrastam rashadrastam.com wearmanyhats.com dahsar.com

Natalie Freihon is the founder of Strange Bird Hospitality who brings to life in New York City these great restaurants, Nat’s On Bank, Nat’s on Bleecker, and The Orchard Townhouse. Surprisedly I’ve eaten at The Orchard Townhouse when I used to work in Chelsea, oh my photo and video days, but definitely stopped by when I’m bopping around to galleries. Lo and behold I enjoy walking down Chelsea into...

Angel Xu works as a brand marketing consultant for fashion, beauty, lifestyle and hospitality brands. Angel Xu is the co-founder of Busboy with Rebecca Kligerman as a way to highlight the stories, lessons, and advice from some of the most integral members of this world. Busboy is a platform dedicated to introducing more eyes and ears to industry professionals who make eating out life’s greatest pl...

Darby Irrgang is a Cinematographer, Camera Operator and Camera Assistant based in Philadelphia and New York. I first met Darby on the set of Soul Glo’s music video for ‘Driponomics’ directed by Dan White, Assistant Director by friend and guest of the show Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy and Director of Photography our lovely guest, Darby Irrgang. We run in similar circles. 1 degree of separation....

Lee Phillips is poet and a writer. I first met Lee at the Canal Street Market during the Office Coffee days and enjoyed reading her writing for Office Magazine. Lee has consulted for many brands such as Youth to the People and Outdoor Voices and has been on teams with titles ranging from editorial intern to Editorial Director and Lead Copy Writer. Across art, culture, beauty and opinion, Lee has w...

Sophia Valenzuela is a writer and a model. Wellness writer and matcha lover to be exact. Something I do everyday. Multi-Passionate creative based in Philly. Known from social media, Sophia built an online community that delves into all things self-care, body positivity, fashion & community work. I recognize Sophia from her work with Urban Outfitters and modeling the sweatsuits for Yowie. Can’t...

Greg Rivera also known as Greg Mishka is an artist and the Co-Founder and President of Mishka Greg has comepeted in Secret Walls along with Pow Wow for graffitti. Remember the mural at Vinnies Pizza? MISHKA began as a company that made cool t-shirts like their signature eyeball. It has since grown into a lifestyle brand that has created its own culture. MISHKA has crafted a distinct world for itse...

James Williams III is a Virginia bred/Atlanta based interdisciplinary artist. An insight to Williams journey. He has an expansive background ranging from AutoCAD drafting, Graphic Communications, Activation Design all the way to Mental Health. He has been particularly engaged in his art practice since 2016. James strives to investigate topics neighboring space, way-finding, emotional health and th...

Nick Rogers is a design producer x creative consultant x weirdo endorser. Nick Rogers has a brand agency called Saturday Cartoons in which builds and develops brands within apparel, home, and CPG industries. Nick integrates high level creative concepts into value based solutions to ensure integrity and growth. With 360º skills in place Saturday Cartoons can provide insight, go to market strategies...

Jason Crombie is a writer and the Editor in Chief for Monster Children. I’ve been reading Monster Children for years whether it was for skateboarding, art, music, cars, girls, not porn, travel, design, photography, the list goes on. I have a stack of Monster Children in my USM Haller. No flex. Not porn. In 2003, Jason created the magazine Wooooo that featured Thurston Moore, Mark Gonzales, Zach Ga...

Rich Tu is a first generation Filipino American  and I am not. Well I am first generation though. Malaysian American, which is kind of the first time I’ve ever said that. Rich is a Creative Director, Designer, Illustrator, and artist who has held roles at MTV, ViacomCBS and Nike. Rich has a podcast called First Generation Burden which focuses on diversity within the creative industry. I first met...

Saeed Ferguson is a designer, photographer, and is heavily rooted in the streetwear community. You may know him as the face of All Caps Studio. But I know him as the smiling face I loved to see every time I walked into Abakus Takeout, now Ps and Qs. Even though me and Saeed would chat it up when I saw him at the shops he worked at respectfully, we would never talk about streetwear. We would talk a...

Emily Burtner is a freelance print designer, photographer, clothing designer, and custom embroiderer.. I’ve been running  into Emily everywhere whether it’s in Philly or NYC but honestly I could have ran into her everywhere. I never went to MICA but who knows I could have ran into her there. Ran into Emily at Yowie, a lifestyle shop & design studio in Philly run by friend Shannon Maldonado. Th...

Olivia Reid Cooper is a Creative Director and/or Art Director, pick your poison. Based in New York City, Olivia worked for Barbarian, Laundry Service, and Annex88. Olivia loves dogs. Hot dog joint. Please welcome Olivia Reid Cooper to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/oliviareidcooper instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagram.com/rashadrastam rashadrastam.com wearmanyhats.com dahsar.com

Hassan Ayub is a Brand Manager who he says does a lot of other things. That includes being a stylist for shoots, account management, event coordination, overall client experience, troubleshooting, and product placement. This is all going down at Yony. A brand that I discovered through a friend and guest of the show, comedian Nick Thune. I met Hassan at the Yony store in LA cruising down La Brea. M...

Talk Magazine Issue 4 is available now featuring a ton of amazing creatives, designers, with the best ads with all your favorite brands. Created and edited by our guest today, Harry Gassel. You can buy it now at talk-is.cheap Check out the Food Issue that Commercial Type released. The Kuih Cafe segment is one of favorite reads. Illustrations by Derrick Schultz and written by mutual friend, Christi...

Marisa Kalil-Barrino is a journalist who has written for Office Magazine, Eater, Brooklyn Magazine and many more. I only know Marisa through her string of the new online Brooklyn Magazine stories. Her stories are honestly the only thing that resonates with me. I still feel the youth ringing through me when I know at least 4 out of the 12 DJs in her list of Brooklyn DJs I need to know. Marisa’s nic...

coolstuff.nyc is a weekly design-forward newsletter by Anna Brettschneider & Garrett Albury dedicated to sharing cool stuff in New York City and beyond. That’s it, that’s the Tweet but it’s not on Twitter it’s in your Inbox, a newsletter every Friday and dropping gems on Instagram. We’ve been to the same art shows and crossed paths maybe at Kathleen Ryan’s Giant Daisy Chain and can’t forget ab...

Paolo Del Castillo is a photographer, illustrator, and a bespoke patchwork designer, and known for his sick colorful patterns for his pants, workshirts and shoes. Paolo uses select materials, then uses his hand for skiving, distressing, painting, screenprinting, blowdrying, carving, sewing. Paolo is not the one who makes your shoes from scratch you racists but his Air Force 1s and 85 Bred ones, 85...