Snippet of the
@officialstyleicon article in
@flauntmagazine !
@abbyshewmaker wrote a heartfelt story about me and
@theeslayicon cofounding
@hausoftranscendent and the amazing work of the
@ejaf lead with support from
@eltonjohn ,
@davidfurnish @charlottetilbury who sponsored the
@officialstyleicon contest!
Also, click the link to see the beautiful pictures captured by
@andi.elloway and the fabulous looks styled by
@akwardrhino Zhang and yours truly!
flaunt.com/post/jordi-luke-baby-its-cold-inside-issue
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DO THE WORK, DO IT FABULOUSLY
“Let me show you this,” Jordi Luke says, turning their laptop toward an open closet. On Zoom, the screen fills with color: shelves of purses, rows of dangling earrings, textures and hues crowding the frame. Luke wears an electric-blue, rounded-brim hat and a button-down splashed with oversized cobalt flowers. Most of what’s visible is thrifted. None of it feels accidental.
It’s fitting, then, that Luke is now officially a Style Icon. The activist and nonprofit leader won the Style Icon competition, powered by the fundraising platform Colossal and benefiting Elton John’s AIDS Foundation, earning global attention for a maximalist aesthetic inseparable from their organizing work…
That instinct—to reroute attention and resources outward—has shaped Jordi Luke’s life. Born in Mexico and raised in Chile and Bolivia by missionary parents, they spent the first thirteen years of their life abroad before relocating to the United States as a teenager. “Being in Chile from seven to a little past sixteen was definitely my most formative time,” Luke says. “I always took something from every place.”
Luke’s time abroad, though culturally enriching, was also riddled with setbacks. They were bullied throughout school for their creativity and tendency to stand out, often being perceived as an outsider, resulting in Luke changing schools seven times over a five-year period. Eventually, their parents sent them to a boarding school in Bolivia—a decision that would unexpectedly shape both Luke’s sense of self and aesthetic worldview.
Read more at the link above!
