Wear Many Hats

Jamier Burden is a DJ, karate instructor, self defense guru. He’s DJ’d at all your favorite clubs in Philly, all up in NYC. He’s been bopping around DJing for Manual, Same Friends, Masquerade, Grave Rave, Blood Rave, anyone else got a rave he’s on it. His videos be hot on Triller no Tik Tok. Did you work out today? Boy next door with the symmetrical face! Boy with the dragon tattoo. Dj 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 Mier...

Chris Kontos is a Photographer, DJ, and Editor in Chief of Kennedy Magazine Chris puts out lovely photos of his journey, his friends and family, work and curated campaigns almost daily and its always a treat to see. His stills are beautiful, his music taste from The Breeders to Jeff Buckley are in lined with ours. Chris has shot series for Berthelotti, ASPESI and a bunch of publications such as Lu...

Perry Shall is an Art Director, Designer, and Vintage T king! He has designed album art for Green Day, Kurt Vile, Yola, The Black Keys, Ted Leo, Mannequin Pussy and Diarrhea Planet. Yes, Mannequin Pussy and Diarrhea Planet. He’s designed T-Shirts for Questlove, Gilbert Gottfried, Ceremony, Kurt Vile, Hop Along, Tigers Jaw, Pup, Dan Auerbach, Best Coast, Soul Glo, Spirit of the Beehive and the 3 ma...

Frederico “Kiko” Casanova, head honcho over at Soft Wax Record Pressing, many know him of playing in bands, directing music videos, throwing shows all around the country but mostly Philly, worked in the coffee world but now founding Soft Wax. Kiko is a first generation American growing up in the Dominican Republic . Soft Wax Record Pressing, a home in the Bond Bread building is America’s only POC...

Sydney Gore is a writer and a Digital Design Editor. She believes in writing something worth reading about and doing something worth writing about. Sydney is the Digital Design Editor for Architectural Digest. She has also written articles for Byrdie, Highsnob, VOX, Atmos, W Magazine, The Strategist, Teen Vogue, Vogue, The New York Times She has a newsletter called Bloated by Thoughts. Her intent...

Josh Madden is a Creative Director, Chief Creative, stylist, DJ, hiker, and lives at the intersection of art, music, and fashion. The 2 brands is the creative director of is X-Girl and X-Large, two legendary streetwear brands that have been around since the nineties. Now Josh is the CEO + Chief Creative over at Alternative Press. Josh started MDDN Co. with his two brothers Benji and Joel Madden of...

Yavez Anthonio is a Photographer, Director, and Creative born and raised in Amsterdam. Yavez aims to create contemporary ideas and stories through his interests in music, fashion and the cultures and communities around him. Yavez past clients include Nike, Adidas, Filling Pieces, and Gap. His work has been featured on Nowness, ItsNiceThat, I-D, Kodak, and The Fader. Yavez works with streetwear bra...

Diane Chang is a food writer, recipe stylist, and content strategist. Chef and owner of Po-Po's, a catering company based in NYC. Po-Po's, a culinary project about her Grandmother, has been featured in Vogue, T-Mag, and Eater. Po-Po's has catered for New York Times, Pioneer Works, Spotify the list goes on. Diane is a wordsmith and a foodsmith. She has written for Architectural Digest, Grub Street,...

Aaron Ramey is a multidisciplinary artist, creative director, visual artist, and costume designer. He and Gianni Lee have a clothing brand called Babylon Cartel that puts out prints way before our time on t-shirts, jerseys, denim jackets, camo jackets, that are worn by Rihanna and Young Thug. Aaron worked on the costume team for the films See You Yesterday and Judas and the Black Messiah. Also as...

Andrew Herzog is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist and designer and is the Partner and Director for School, a creative design studio founded by two designer-engineer-types. His artworks have occupied museums, galleries, and city streets. School’s select works include The New Yorker, Haus, Publik Library, and one of my favorite brands, Entireworld. I first heard of Andrew through his previous d...

Eric Kenney is a t-shirt and poster designer, illustrator and screenprinter. He’s printed on cups, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, vintage, chorecoats, dice boxes, record sleeves, flags, shower curtains, camo jackets, calendars, totebags, hats, beanies, flasks, slides, enamel camp mugs, lighters, jerseys, and aprons. No thongs. He has done collaborations with brands such as Poler, Lakai, Revival,...

Gab Bonghi is a photographer and visual artist based out of Philadelphia. She’s dabbed in design and marketing. Her work has been featured in EATER, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Eating Well Magazine, NYLON, Saveur Magazine, The Outline, and Thrillist. Some of her clientele include Universal Music Group, Philadelphia Distilling Co., Vernick, Starr Restaurants, DiBruno Brothers, and...

Scott Turner is a Photographer and a Meme connoisseur. I found him through stories of stories of stories of friends like Hassan Rahim storying his stories of the memes he finds and the tweets that people post are so hilarious and true. But back to photography, his clients include my boy H33M, The Divinities, The Hundreds, One of these Days Co and a bunch of streetwear brands that you’ve definitely...

Malachi Shockley is the co-owner and operations manager for the brand Know Nothing and Merchandiser at NTWRK. Previously the Associate Buyer at Urban Outfitters. I’ve heard of Malachi through our friends who have brands to hit up Malachi back when he was at Urban but followed his journey when he moved to NTWRK. I don’t know anything about Know Nothings so I guess that makes me a fan. Let’s know so...

Seanella Abraham is the Editor In Chief at Artsy Magazine. I first ran into her when I was working at the Canal Street Market and she told me to come check out the Kid Super booth where designer Colm Dillane was selling a few pieces of his line there and to check it out. As a kid with no money I was like yeah yeah maybe but having Seanella come up to me was a memorable moment that I will never for...

Allister Ann is a photographer that started her documenting career shooting The Civil Wars and then was the personal photographer for Kenny Chesney. Two musicians I’m not into but she has shot my favorites, Dolly Parton, Butch Walker, Chelsea Wolfe, Jenny Lewis, Adele and Reggie Watts. I stumbled upon her work after having friend of the pod Matt Maust and viewing her sick photos of Cold War Kids w...

Ryan Evans is a Creative Consultant based out in New Jersey but during the day he works as a Senior Designer at Boyds, a Philadelphia Landmark Department Store. No Macy’s, No Barneys, No Century 21s, No Real Reals. No Sotheby’s. No Sak’s. No Farfetches. No Garmentary. No Net-A-Porter. No SSENSE. Ok I’m done. Ryan is known for his poster cut outs that are fun sticker ideas collages, you name it. Th...

Sudan Green is a Musician and Activist that organizes Spirits Up! An organization that offers tools for personal liberation and healing through yoga, meditation, the arts, and innovative activity to support the continued work towards collective Black liberation . Sudan has told his story on ABC 6, Fox29, had a clothing collaboration release with 18 East, has also modeled for them with our good fri...

People ask me what’s the softest and smoothest thing you’ve ever touched and I’ve often told them, a Mannequin Pussy. Missy, head honcho of the critically acclaimed hot and bothered, sweat drippin, fire breathin, screamin demon, baby back ribbin, always rippin, homie runnin, hard workin band, Mannequin Pussy. Good Philly friends, Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy. Please welcome Marisa Dabice of Ma...

Jason Stewart is a DJ, foodie, kitchen aid chef, tv ideas person, and podcaster. You may have known him through the Bloghaus days with his Them Jeans remixes or you may know him through his other podcasts The Stew and Tall Tales. Oh and maybe How Long Gone with his co-host Chris Black. Jason Stewart or TJ is described from everyone as tall, not dark, not handsome and is about hardcore music. Steve...

Daniel Wooden is a photographer focusing on music and personalities. I first met Daniel in Philly shooting all your favorite parties. Tall as hell, vibrant, loving, either shooting digital or film, it was great to see him always capturing the moment. Like many do, creatives leave Philly to other cities to tune their craft, hone their skills, go beyond and see what else is there to offer outside of...

Christine Espinal is a Spatial Designer based in NYC that I met in Philly at Yowie that works over at Lichen NYC. I feel like I’m on a roll with interviewing everyone at Lichen NYC because I love everything and everyone who sets foot in that store and what they do. Christine’s conceptual renderings of storefronts, hotels, trade show booths, is a future we’re looking to see within the commercial sp...

Sabreen Jafry is a first gen Pakistani-American Creative Producer and photographer based in Brooklyn. Her clients include Sprite, BET Awards, HBO, and Delta Airlines. Her works has been covered by WeTransfer’s WePresent and Office Magazine. She currently works as a Creative art + photo Producer at Wieden + Kennedy. We met through the grapevine online but we have crossed paths at different function...

Zoë Rayn is the founder and creative director of Caldera Magazine, a magazine and multimedia platform dedicated to championing the voices of artists and creatives from bipoc and queer communities. Founded in 2018, based in Philadelphia. Zoë also works with collaborative programs at the Penn Museum and programs at The Rail Park. People ask me if I’m a New Yorker, I’m not, I’m still Philly all the w...

Steele FC is a musician based in Brooklyn, NY. I know Steele from coming into the coffee shop at the Canal Street Market and we became very fast friends learning about his band The Britany's and going to his shows around New York. Steele FC has those face tattoo filters on IG and honestly I would get those on my face in real life. Steele has a heart of gold, vegan, and is no relation to Brooklyn S...