Wear Many Hats

Jean Pyo is a designer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Feels Studio. Jean and I met when I came back on my third stint to NYC and I met her and her sister Daisy, another awesome creative.  Jean’s branding magic include Domakase, Pearl’s Tea, Cafe Blue Roastery, Sweeties K-Chicken, Tovert NYC, Jinro, Mokbar, she has designed t-shirts for Garnish Studios, everything she touches turns to branding g...

Healy is a musician. I first heard of Healy through my friends Spotify playlists while chilling waiting to go out and take over the night. Suddenly what caught my ear was the track ‘2D’ and my pop music ears suddenly lit up.  I never heard of Healy before but after that moment, I went back into the discography and went down the line. ‘Tungsten’ .. ‘Subluxe’ instant fan. Healy’s new EP, ‘Look At Go...

Richie Quake is a musician and DJ based in New York City. I first heard of Richie though doing collaborations with friend and guest of the show, Anna Shoemaker, Morning Silk and Middle Part. I just saw Richie play for the first time out with his band on the rooftop for friend and guest of the show, Scotch Mist and their record release show. Richie DJs all your favorite parties in the city. I think...

Be Me is a DJ, producer, and photographer. Be Me has created several mixes and remixes as a DJ but also likes to shoot analog and also work in the film production space.  One of the geishas on John Wick 4. Please welcome Be Me to Wear Many Hats. ⁠instagram.com/luckyybeme linktr.ee/bemez ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Alex from Everything Alex Cooks is an LA-native and now NYC-based recipe developer, writer, pop-up host, ceramicist, and works in the medical field . Saving lives and appetites.  I came across Everything Alex Cooks through a flier of her doing a pop up at my favorite club in Brooklyn, Public Records. I had to go. I did see through photos that Alex did another pop up at another fine institution, Ch...

Andrew J.S. is an Art Director, Designer, Photographer, and Composer based in New York. Andrew is the Creative Director and founding partner at Collect, an independent agency for New Identities. I first met Andrew when he was a frequent guest at Homecoming where we used to chat about what we were up to, what projects we were doing, and where we were traveling to next. NDA or no NDA we were all abo...

Nadia Lung is a Design Director. Nadia is the Design Director over at Combo, an independent branding and innovation agency based in NYC. Nadia likes tattoos, loves a good hobby and loves to eat. We’ll be finding out what hobbies she’s into, learn about how she takes on work life balance, and how’s it feel to go from designer, to art director, to senior designer, to design director. Please welcome...

Caroline Safran is a photographer.  Caroline has shot everything under the sun from music, portrait, event, and lifestyle. She has shot some of our favorite musical acts live such as Porches, Blood Orange, Model/Actriz, Wet, Strange Ranger and Alex G. Her work has been featured in the Rolling Stone, Document Journal, and Nylon Magazine. I have seen Caroline in motion at the barricade at every show...

Brit Matheson is the owner of Eden’s. Greenpoint’s favorite salad shop. I am on a mission to try all of Eden’s salads every time I visit friends and guest of the show, Homecoming Coffee in order to stand up against big salad. Please welcome Brit Matheson to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/edens_bk ⁠instagram.com/britmatheson ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/wearma...

Melisa Seah is passionate about building emerging consumer products in the creativity space. Melisa spends her days working as a product marketer over at YouTube Music and focuses on the global launches and delightful creative for artists and the music industry. I first met Melissa via Twitter when she put together a studio session at betaworks in the Meatpacking District in NYC. Folks could DM Me...

Mikey Taylor, you may know him as a pro skater who is retired but I know Mikey in his new era as an entrepreneur mostly known for co-founding Saint Archer Brewery, COMMUNE Capital, and is a Thousand Oaks Council Member.  I used to watch clips of him back in the day at Nocturnal Skateshop in Philly but now I’m watching clips of him spreading the good word of financial education in my home in NYC. A...

Jordan Coley is a writer & performer. Jordan has words penned down in GQ, SSENSE, New Yorker, NPR, Pitchfork and The Nation. Jordan is also a performer. He has a show called ‘Jordan Show’ a comedy talk show that happens at Lifeworld, a venue in Gowanus, Brooklyn where performers go to get away from it all. I watched Jordan’s video to catch a ‘To catch a Dirtbag’ to promote his previous comedy...

Serge Neborak is the founder of Drink More Water. Drink More Water is a Downtown New York fashion brand that Serge created by being inspired by art that excites him and the micro celebs that surround him.  Serge has had fashion shows that feature friends and guests of the show such as Jean Luc and Shallowhalo and his collections have been written up in online publications such as Nylon from friend...

Sid Simons is a musician. I first heard of Sid when he was in his band Girlskin where my friend Ruby played violin in so of course I would support and go check it out for myself. Girlskin was such a New York band that I loved listening to. Reminded me of all those Patti Smith books I used to read before moving to NYC but without shooting up of course. This isn’t another Sid and Nancy story so piss...

Andrew Yung is a diva that I enjoy talking with out and about on the streets of NYC. Andrew has stories that are filled with laughter, good food and memories. When I met Andrew he was showing me what he was working on which was keychains for his brand, Pintrill. Where he also does the marketing and e-commerce for. Finding out that Andrew is the co-founder of Pintrill, I wish I met him during my da...

Noel Mercado is an artist. Noel repurposes found objects giving it new life, more life. In order to have and to hold for many more generations to come. I first met Noel back in Philly with friend Zak Parsons from Four Finger Press and Kyle of Smalldosesdaily and vibed on streetwear, photography, and music. Then we caught up in Brooklyn. Always a good time when we ran into each other at a club and...

Alex Hao is a photographer. Alex also works as the social media marketing lead for Notion. I met Alex through a Melissa Seah studio session that was connected via Twitter. I didn’t know what to expect. I met a handful of creatives that work in the tech space at an incubator hub in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. We went around the room sharing our ideas like an AA meeting talking about how...

Joel Eel and Leevisa are musicians. If you want to go deeper, they are both music producers and composers.  Joel Eel runs Perpetual Care Club with Leevisa as the co-operator. A music label that puts out beautiful releases and designs that when a piece comes out, Joel sends me a CD dripped in beautiful artwork.  Yes, Joel is a designer and I feel like The Other Child. As in, the two have collaborat...

Matt King is a designer and art director based in Brooklyn, NY. Matt has been the design lead at Squarespace since 2019 but he has worked on various projects such as design art books for homies, posters for Neighborhood Watch and has worked at many branding agencies before. But the past is the past and here we are in the present. Where me and Matt met via IG through various multiple friends. Same...

Daniela Alves da Silva Santos is a fashion stylist. Dani likes to do pottery, design clothes, including earrings and jewelry for Até o fim. Dani also likes to laugh, draw, crack jokes, go to parties, drink wine. I wish we could do this episode in Español but I know none. Please welcome Daniela Alves da Silva Santos to Wear Many Hats. ⁠instagram.com/dani__saints ⁠⁠instagram.com/ate__o__fim ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Dave Merheje is a comedian and actor. You may know him as Ahmed from Ramy but I know him as Ahmed from Ramy. …and that’s what came to me when I looked at him, wondering why is someone wearing a Virgil Normal T-Shirt at Pete’s Comedy Store and why does he have such a familiar face? Went to the bathroom and when I came out it instantly came to me. RAMY. Sometimes your memories and best ideas do come...

SYLO is a DJ and Producer. I’ve known Sylo when I used to live in Philly and I used to go all of the parties he’s thrown all over the city. Catching him at Silk City, to The Saint, to The Dolphin. These are all amazing fine establishments in the good ole city of Philadelphia. Every time I see Sylo the vibes be wavy with all the homies dancing, feeling groovy and then becomes family by the end of t...

Gutes Guterman co-founded The Drunken Canal, a newspaper that covered the downtown scene of NYC and is a co-founder of Byline, a web publication creating a universe of content. Wear Many Hats has taken out an ad from the very infamous newspaper, The Drunken Canal, in which was a print-only publication that landed major press placements and which she says caused hullabaloo everywhere. It really did...

Brandon Dent is a vintage seller, independent clothing designer and barista from Georgia. I met Brandon at Colbo working their coffee program but I knew there was something more. Brandon had a vintage pop up in the gallery space of Colbo for his vintage company, Big Iron vintage along with his friend Adam from Condemned Clothing. Brandon was also selling cut & sew pieces that he bespoke at hom...

Drew Stevens is the founder of Margin, a skincare brand that caught my attention from all my favorite cultural people that work in the ever so loving world of design and fashion. Drew with designer Sam Jayne has led Margin to create beautiful packaging that catches my eye from start to finish. Starting with the box that holds the product, they feature it as a canvas, so far showcases beautiful art...