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Photographed By: Raquel Olivo

Styled By: Brandy Schaefer

Raquel Alegra

Clothing Designer, Raquel Allegra

Birthplace: Berkley, CA

Hometown: West Hollywood

Favorite Album: White Chalk by PJ Harvey

Stefanie Keenan

Photographer 

Birthplace: Hamberg, Germany

Hometown: Los Feliz

Favorite Book: "A Life" Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Gerald Martin

Nicole Frantz

Creative Director, Capitol Music Group and owner, 

www.artforemptywalls.com, online gallery

Birthplace: Houston, Texas

Hometown: Echo Park

Favorite Album: The Decemberists, The Hazzards of Love.

Ilaria Urbanati

Storeowner of Confederacy, Fashion stylist, and collaborative designer with Rebecca Minkoff for her apparel and Albert Hammond Jr. (from the Strokes) for their Confederacy private label suit.

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Hometown: West Hollywood

Favorite Book: Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Rosson Crow

Painter

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas

Hometown: Echo Park

Favorite Book: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Melissa Coker

Clothing Designer, Wren

Birthplace: Rensselaer, Indiana

Hometown: Silverlake

Favorite Album: She & Him, Volume One

Tamsin Lonsdale

Founder and Creative Director of The Supper Club. A private members traveling dinner club.

Birthplace: London, England

Hometown: Los Angeles

Favorite Book: The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

Stephanie Fessler-Scoppa

Publicist, Bardot

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio

Hometown: Los Feliz

Favorite Album: Elbow and Ray LaMontagne

Denise Focil

Clothing Designer, Alpinestars by Denise Focil

Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Hometown: Redondo Beach

Favorite Album: "Midnight Boom" by The Kills

 

Hair and Makeup By: Adrienne Herbert for Organiz/CelestineAgency.com

Hair and Makeup By: Tena Bernard using NARS/CelestineAgency.com

Shot on location at the Roosevelt Penthouse in downtown Los Angeles