GUEST CURATOR
ERIN
POLLARD
Erin Pollard thinks about time differently. A former dancer who spent nearly two decades working in New York fashion, she eventually found her way back to a craft that surrounded her growing up in Maine: basket weaving. Now living in Brooklyn, Erin has founded a studio practice based in Maine, creating functional carriers that honor New England’s regional history. Her world moves between movement and making, inherited craft and contemporary design—shaped by a belief in the human signature, the value of patience, and the quiet power of working with our hands.
GUEST CURATOR
ROXANNE
DOUCET
Roxanne Doucet has built her career around images and the people who make them. Global Visuals Director at Vanity Fair, former Visual Director at Vogue and founder of TRIPTYQUE, she moves between New York and Paris and across the worlds of art, fashion, photography and visual culture. Her own references are equally wide-ranging: Arte Povera and Roni Horn, documentary photography, Maria McManus and Dries Van Noten. Together, they reveal an eye drawn to artistic authorship, unexpected connections and work that leaves a distinct human signature.
GUEST CURATOR
JESSICA
DE RUITER
Jessica de Ruiter spent more than two decades as an editor and stylist during fashion’s golden era, developing the meticulous eye and intuition that still guide her today. Now living between Los Angeles and her native Toronto, the mother and longtime fashion insider is bringing that same sensibility to interiors alongside her husband, designer Jed Lind. Her world is understated and tactile—morning hikes in nature, print magazines, pen and paper, photographs taken with an actual camera, and a steadfast rule before bringing anything new into her wardrobe or home: sleep on it. After a lifetime spent looking, editing and choosing, Jessica has learned to trust what stays with her.
GUEST CURATOR
JOHANNA
ENGVALL
Johanna Engvall has spent a lifetime paying attention—to people, culture and the stories behind how we live. Raised on three continents and now working in fashion, beauty, food and wellness, she brings an expansive perspective to what catches her eye. For Johanna, taste goes beyond aesthetics: she’s as interested in the people, ideas and intentions behind something as the object itself.
GUEST CURATOR
LAURA M.W. NARGAARD
AND LOUISE KABBELGAARD
As Creative Director and Head of Brand of Copenhagen-based KONÉ, Laura M. W. Nørgaard and Louise Kabbelgaard have built their work around discernment—fewer, better things, exceptional craftsmanship and an appreciation for design that endures. Together, they are shaping the next chapter of the Danish accessories house while expanding its world through fashion, interiors, art and craft.
Their shared eye extends well beyond their work. Shaped by Copenhagen’s creative culture and a thoughtful approach to how they spend their time and what they surround themselves with, Laura and Louise curation brings a compelling perspective on what is truly worth our attention.
GUEST CURATOR
NIA
THOMAS
“I’ve stopped apologizing for moving slowly.” It’s a philosophy that feels deeply woven into everything Nia Thomas creates. Founder and Creative Director of her namesake label, she has built a collection built around natural fibers, thoughtful craftsmanship, and small-scale production, proof that modern luxury can be both beautiful and deeply considered.
Her perspective has been shaped as much by conversations with strangers across Morocco, Kyoto, and Peru as by her work in fashion, cultivating a lasting curiosity about how people choose to live. Today, that curiosity extends beyond clothing to interiors, blacksmithing, carpentry, and “anything that lets me build something with my hands instead of just imagining it.” It’s this blend of intentionality, craftsmanship, and quiet creativity that makes her perspective one worth discovering.
GUEST CURATOR
GEORGIA
DANT
Georgia Dant is a designer, founder, and mother whose perspective is shaped by a life built on discernment, care, and consistency. Through Marfa Stance, she has drawn a community around a more considered approach to design, rooted in her belief that living intentionally means slowing down to understand what truly matters, how we spend our time, what we choose to wear, and how things are made. That mindset carries through everything, from the people she supports to the brands and rituals she returns to. She is drawn to what feels purposeful, enduring, and thoughtfully made, choices that reflect her values of care, longevity, and deliberate living.
Georgia brings to Purpose Collective, an edit grounded in what holds its place over time, a perspective that reminds us that what we return to is often what matters most.
GUEST CURATOR
JULIA
PERRY
Julia Perry is endlessly curious about the people behind the things we love.
Throughout her career across fashion, media, and brand partnerships, she has built a reputation for bringing together interesting people, meaningful ideas, and unexpected opportunities. Whether discovering an emerging designer, supporting a founder, or uncovering a destination worth sharing, she approaches everything with a belief that great taste is built through exploration, not algorithms.
As Co-Founder of Purpose Collective, Julia is helping create a new model for discovery - one rooted in community, craftsmanship, and human connection.
Her edit reflects the pieces, brands, and objects that have earned a lasting place in her world: thoughtful, versatile, beautifully made, and rich with story.
CELEBRITY STYLIST,
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, PERIOD COMPANY
KARLA
WELCH
GUEST CURATOR
Karla Welch is a visionary force in culture, fashion, and social transformation. One of Hollywood’s most sought-after stylists, she’s shaped the looks of trailblazers like Tracee Ellis Ross, Justin Bieber, Olivia Wilde and more. But Karla’s impact transcends aesthetics.
As the co-founder of Period Company, she has leveraged her influence to normalize conversations around menstruation, championing sustainability, dignity, and access in an industry long overdue for disruption. Her work is emblematic of a new era—one where creativity is a vehicle for justice, and personal style becomes an extension of collective purpose.
With her unmatched eye and unrelenting advocacy, Welch is turning platforms into movements and clothing into statements, moving with an ethos of radical care and cultural clarity. Her work invites us to ask, what does it mean to dress with intention? To design with meaning? To make fashion a conduit for systemic change?
"Period Company - from the product to running the company - all of it is rooted in purpose." Karla Welch
Through Period Company, she is helping to destigmatize menstruation with products that are accessible, inclusive, and environmentally conscious—proving that impact can be wearable, and that utility can be beautiful. As a creative, founder, and activist, Karla is daring to merge the personal and political, the functional and fashionable. Her legacy is not only in the looks she crafts but in the narratives she shifts. Karla Welch reminds us that style is not just what we wear—it’s how we show up for the world. Here, Karla shares the objects, ideas, and rituals that guide her daily practice with purpose:
GUEST CURATOR
ESTELLE BAILEY-BABENZIEN
Estelle Bailey-Babenzien moves between fashion, culture, and design with rare fluency. As co-founder of Noah, alongside her husband Brendon, she has helped shape a brand that fuses classic tailoring with street sensibility—while never shying from conversations around ethics, equity, and sustainability.
Through her studio Dream Awake Design, Estelle brings that same conviction to space, creating retail environments that feel less like stores and more like cultural statements. Most importabtly, Estelle brings the same depth of perspective as a mother, weaving the values of care, responsibility, and future-building into both her personal life and her creative practice.
Estelle's work is rooted in community and integrity, a belief that true style is inseparable from the lives we lead and the principles we hold. Demonstrating what it means to build with intention—crafting spaces, brands, and narratives that resonate with the ethos that luxury is at its most powerful when it carries meaning, accountability, and purpose.
GUEST CURATOR
An acclaimed author (The Bold World), activist, and beauty entrepreneur, Jodie Patterson has become one of today’s most compelling voices on identity and culture. Honored with a GLAAD Media Award and serving as Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, she brings a sharp eye and fearless perspective to the worlds of beauty, fashion, and purposeful living.
“I’m finding myself in a moment. One that is about reframing, traversing, and disrupting… Other times I’m literally moving from one country to another in search of new work and new meaning to old work. And then you might also find me finding ways to slow down, and mind my own damn business. Here are some of my new fave things that come with me on my new journey.” Jodie Patterson
