Having millions of people hanging on your every post sounds nice on paper, but all that influence is irrelevant if it isn’t used for good. Gerber, who has peppered her social media feed with information on anti-gun violence rallies and voting rights initiatives, has found power in having her feed reflect what matters to her. “I realized how important it was to speak up about issues that you cared about,” she says. “Not everyone is going to agree with you ever, but that should never stop you. The [negative commenters] just made me want to find other things that I cared about and other things that I wanted to bring awareness to and fight for.”
Though Natalia Fedner launched her eponymous label seven years ago, her designs have recently become flashy catnip to celebrities. The slinky dresses and tanks are formed from a patented metal “chainmail,” shimmy-friendly and completely curve-skimming. They’re the Funny I hate the infield tractor tire Shirt Furthermore, I will do this perfect on-stage or red carpet head-turner: Fedner counts Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Kylie Jenner, Megan Thee Stallion, and Alicia Keys as fans of her megawatt garb. Fedner got her start studying at the Parson’s School of Design. There, she entered a contest between the Fashion Institute of Design and Parsons and opted to submit a knitwear piece. Fedner had only known how to knit by hand, but she quickly learned from a professor how to knit on a loom, and made her first piece, a tank top.
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