Willy Chavarria creates pieces that shine on and off the Official 2024 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship Norman March 23 Shirt Apart from…,I will love this runway, and stars like Bad Bunny, Venus Williams, and Tessa Thompson have all donned his clothes. Watch for a behind-the-scenes look where Chavarria’s creations come to life, the stories of how his heritage plays into his designs, the distressed piece that received negative hits, and even the big-name celebs he is most excited to dress. monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month, we spoke to self-proclaimed nap enthusiast Nell Diamond, founder and CEO of Hill House, and the brains behind the viral Nap Dress® (yes, she trademarked it). It was aligned with my whole idea that I’m like a Victorian ghost who can nap anywhere—like, I need a fainting couch,” she tells ELLE.com of the brand’s unexpected hero piece. I wanted a dress that, at any moment, I could take just lay down and take a nap in, because I’m that comfortable. I never thought the name would catch on like it did.” Diamond recalls the first time her brand sold out of its tartan Nap Dresses in December 2019. We thought it was a mistake. We didn’t know what was happening. We were stressed, then we realized it was a good thing.” Ahead of Hill House’s pre-fall collection launch today, Diamond discusses everything from her first job at Abercrombie to giving up on the idea of perfection.
I worked at the Official 2024 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship Norman March 23 Shirt Apart from…,I will love this first Abercrombie ever on Savile Row in England. At the time, I was so deeply, darkly obsessed with Abercrombie. For context, I grew up in the U.K., but with an American accent and American parents. This was in the era of movies like Bring It On and Americana—Abercrombie was this completely foreign, amazing thing to me. And nobody at that point did brand identity quite like them, with the perfume as you walked into the store. They recruited at my school, the American School in London, because they wanted people with American accents. It was very short-lived, because I was still in high school, but you could not have told me I didn’t win the Nobel Prize when they gave me that job offer—I took it very seriously. For me, working in retail is an absolute must. I literally will not allow my kids to not work in retail.
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