Danielle Combs

For the sixth installment of @hypebae ’s #BehindtheAtelier, I had the pleasure to speak with (my dear friend) @oliviainflowers the designer, founder and owner of the New York-based brand, @dauphinette.nyc 🌼During our conversation, she revealed how she started her environmentally-minded brand at just 19, how outerwear inspired her love of fashion and the opening of Dauphinette’s first-ever brick-and-mortar store. Read the full story via bio link. ❤️ Photographer: the inimitable @nateshuls Hair/MUA: @hinako_makeup

For the 15th installment of my #behindtheatelier series for @hypebae , I spoke with Jane Wade, the New York-based designer behind her eponymous fashion brand🩵✨ In a candid conversation with the design force, Jane walked us through her design and creative influences which have been shaped as a result of working in corporate America, how defining pillars of her brand are centered around juxtaposing workwear with traditional office wear, and ways she is using self-expression to highlight the beauty of individuality with her namesake fashion brand. Read the exclusive feature via my bio link and hypebae.com🩵✨ Photographer: @nateshuls Hair/Makeup: @karlahirkaler Model: @aaliyahlavonne Creative Director/Editor: @daniellefcombs PR: @abrooksconsulting

I’m extremely proud of the 2nd installment of #BehindtheAtelier with @aurorajames of @brothervellies , shot by my incredible partner in crime and collaborator @nateshuls . If you haven’t read it yet head to hypebae.com or via my bio link. 💕

Plot twist—we’re in love❤️‍🔥💫✨

SHE-EO energy💵💅

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For the 14th installment of my #behindtheatelier series for @hypebae , I spoke with Philip Post of dertbag, the Connecticut-based streetwear designer, to take us behind the scenes of his atelier and community-centric storefront🖤 In a candid conversation, the multihyphenate artist revealed how the inception of his brand began in his parents’ garage, how designing with intention, honesty and authenticity remain at the crux of his artistic practice, and ways his label is superseding the traditional modes of streetwear by injecting positivity and meaningful change into the world🖤 Read the exclusive feature via my bio link and hypebae.com 🖤✨🖤 photographer: @nateshuls groomer: @tcooperbeauty creative director/editor: @daniellefcombs

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Growing up in LA, I always identified as an outlier and an individual who was unafraid to make grandiose statements with how I dressed or make my voice heard on issues that went against the grain of modern-day perceptions. I always aligned myself with friends and a loyal community of artists who weren’t afraid to “rage against the machine.” Being featured as Our Era Magazine’s Digital Cover Star for March 2023, has been indescribable and affirming to feel so seen as well as witness how my principles on fashion, self-expression and creating equity in such a divisive industry still remain true to this day. Independent and emerging brands are the future of fashion. Reclaiming one’s true sense of individuality is the future of fashion. Barring against capitalism, fast fashion, corruption, and human exploitation is the future of fashion. Stay true to yourself, always and forever. Thank you to the incredible @digitalsmeg for being so willing to create magical art with Our Era. Thank you @hairbymariah11 & @facesbydanii for your beautiful and badass hair and makeup skills. A HUGE thank you to @ann.lawlor and @blondeandconyc for letting us use your beautiful studio. And to @wisandgra for your beautiful design skills. Most importantly, thank you to my forever little sister @ilovelucyivey for believing in me and never letting me dim my light🦋💖💕💕✨✨ Read on oureramag.com and via the bio link🐕🐕‍🦺💘🌟✨✨✨✨

Growing up in LA, I always identified as an outlier and an individual who was unafraid to make grandiose statements with how I dressed or make my voice heard on issues that went against the grain of modern-day perceptions. I always aligned myself with friends and a loyal community of artists who weren’t afraid to “rage against the machine.” Being featured as Our Era Magazine’s Digital Cover Star for March 2023, has been indescribable and affirming to feel so seen as well as witness how my principles on fashion, self-expression and creating equity in such a divisive industry still remain true to this day. Independent and emerging brands are the future of fashion. Reclaiming one’s true sense of individuality is the future of fashion. Barring against capitalism, fast fashion, corruption, and human exploitation is the future of fashion. Stay true to yourself, always and forever. Thank you to the incredible @digitalsmeg for being so willing to create magical art with Our Era. Thank you @hairbymariah11 & @facesbydanii for your beautiful and badass hair and makeup skills. A HUGE thank you to @ann.lawlor and @blondeandconyc for letting us use your beautiful studio. And to @wisandgra for your beautiful design skills. Most importantly, thank you to my forever little sister @ilovelucyivey for believing in me and never letting me dim my light🦋💖💕💕✨✨ Read on oureramag.com and via the bio link🐕🐕‍🦺💘🌟✨✨✨✨

@DANIELLEFCOMBS : MARCH 2023 STORY OUT NOW 💚 Photography: @digitalsmeg Production: @ilovelucyivey Styling: @daniellefcombs Hair: @hairbymariah11 Makeup: @facesbydanii Words: @ilovelucyivey Graphic @wisandgra

For the 13th installment of my #behindtheatelier series for @hypebae , I spoke with Natasha Zinko, the radical, London-based designer and visionary behind her namesake fashion and jewelry brand🦋🖤 In an intimate conversation, the Ukrainian-born artist revealed how she went from pursuing a career as a lawyer to uncovering her love for designing jewelry and clothes, ways in which growing up in the Soviet Union allowed her to become resourceful, and develop an infinite imagination to attain new possibilities as well as how her brand’s core DNA, and legacy is founded on the pillar of providing hope in times of need. Read the exclusive feature via bio link and Hypebae.com 🦋✨🦋 photographer: @emilyashcroft makeup artist: @tinakhatrimua creative director/editor: @daniellefcombs