As We Are: Natalie Dreyfuss

Lucia Tran December 25, 2014

"My Mom worked on episodic, which is sometimes 18-hour days. I never saw her. I was alone a lot. I want to create that sense of family. I want a house that's so loud and annoying that you just want to claw your eyes out and go be by yourself, because I've spent so much time in solitude. I'm a rare person that can handle being alone, and I'm alone a lot actually. I travel a lot and I'm very extremely independent. But it's not what I want. I want to be surrounded by loved ones. The big Thanksgivings and all that stuff that I think people sometimes take for granted, because they come from that. I didn't come from that. So it's my goal to have a healthy family that continues to grow much after I'm gone, that would be like the Academy Awards of my life.”

Photography by Isaac Sterling

Creative Direction by Lucia Tran

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Celebrate Boredom

Lucia Tran December 22, 2014

Blanket: Good Night June. Top: Omamimini. Bottoms: Agatha Cub.

During childhood, our boredom would often flood even with the simplest of distractions. There weren't enough animals to draw, not enough new books on the shelves to read, nor enough paper to craft inventive paper airplanes. But, from those moments of weariness and frustration comes creativity. Perhaps some of us fabricated our own ideas that we deemed artwork, wrote our own stories to share with our parents, or began an obsession with origami that proved endless crafting hours. We are forced to explore uncharted territory, and that is where creativity reigns.

Encourage boredom and celebrate the periods of lethargy. Without such an origin, we would not be the creative people we are today.

Beanie: Kira Kids. Top: Kira Kids. Pants: Mabo Kids.

Beanie: Kira Kids. Cardigan: Anjo Kids. Top: Agatha Cub. Dress: Kira Kids.

Photography by Jessica Castro

Creative Direction and Styling by Lucia Tran

Hair and Makeup by Briana D. Chapman

As We Are: Matthew Moy

Lucia Tran December 15, 2014

“In high school, I was on stage doing a performance of “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” I did a half-split and popped my knee cap right on stage. You could hear it. I fell on the ground and I thought the curtain was going to come down and the show would be over. But, my buddy Robert kept going. He spoke to me as if I was the character. Maybe my survival instincts kicked in, because I just took my knee and popped it back in and we continued. I truly believe you can expect the unexpected when you least expect it.”

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ISAAC STERLING

CREATIVE DIRECTION BY LUCIA TRAN