I got bored of pink and red, and there was one friend of mine that suggested I try orange - my favorite color since I was little. Then I bleached it, and they did a bad job. I’ve had long, dark hair for my entire life because I was a ballet dancer and could never do anything to my hair. It’s one of those colors that you either love or you hate. Gabrielle Schwan: I just gravitate toward it. You can quickly notice the color is everywhere around you. and Jennifer Zapata see their concept shop as a vehicle for community and an homage to their friendship.Īshley S.P.: You’ve been rocking your signature orange hair since 2016. Image In a fashion world built on exclusivity, Género Neutral is a space that says ‘I see you’ Opportunity and eagerness brought her back to the West Coast soon after, with a dance injury forcing her to find what moved her, only this time off her feet. Schwan has restarted a few times in a way that feels familiar for many young artists who lean into the unknown - she traded Washington’s Tri-Cities, where she grew up, for New York at 16 years old, ready to formalize the ballet dancing she’d done since she was a toddler.
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She’s spent much of the last seven years trying things for fun, and then mastering them - from painting fiery flames on reworked denim that she pored over instead of doing homework, to turning after-work hangouts into design collaborations with her friend’s cult-followed brand, Left Hand, before she even formally knew how to sew.
Gabrielle Schwan, the multihyphenate artist, designer and dancer is doing just that. įinding freedom in doing a lot of things at once, and being good at all of them, is many an Angeleno’s dream. You can purchase the issue in print here. This story is part of Image issue 21, “Image Makers,” our third annual celebration of the homegrown fashion luminaries who are designing a global fashion future built from the L.A.
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