Remember this cool face, a sweet smile, not very old, but loved to weave this old craft girl Ella Emhoff?
You may not be able to name her for the past two years, but you've seen her frequently on various runways/street shoots. Of course, it has to be mentioned that Ella's highlight is the 2021 US presidential inauguration:
As the stepdaughter of US Vice President He Jinli, Ella did not conform to the same political aesthetic, and her bling bling Miu Miu coat was loud, and it was time to refresh the old concept of dressing.
She quickly signed with supermodel maker IMG and was named Icon of the Year by Harper's Bazaar the following year. At the same time, she did not listen to her father to enter law school, and she entered Parsons School of Design to major in art, and continued to knit leisurely and happily.
Recently, she finally launched her own weaving brand, Ella Emhoff Likes To Knit! She is one step closer to her dream of making colorful weaves available to the world, men and women, young and old.
One-man knitting brand
Weaving is my favorite thing to do! It's an outlet for my emotions, it's my way of coping with anxiety.
Ella's brand is called Ella Emhoff Likes To Knit, and Ella Emhoff loves knitting!
Since learning to knit with her mother at the age of eight, this hobby has continued to burn throughout her life. Although her family and friends know how much she loves knitting, it was not until the epidemic that Ella, who was anxious at home all day, finally broke out in love with knitting.
When the brain can't think clearly, it's better to do it. During quarantine, Ella knitted every day, "I knitted from 9am to 11pm and couldn't stop!" Combined with her background in fine arts, Ella began to weave everything.
Her chaotic and impetuous mood is rolled into a ball of colorful yarn, and inspiration continues to flow like candy-colored bubbles, combined with the strange childhood memories immersed in "The Simpsons", which becomes Ella's unique work.
🐰 Signature rabbit ear knit hat
🐻 Wear your own sweater to the magazine
She posted these small results online, and the response was amazing, and after her website sold out, she and Batsheva, a New York womenswear brand turned lawyer turned designer, were hard to find.
So far, however, Ella's studio has only three machines and herself.
✌️ Models are just as naughty as designers
Ella wanted to create something longer-lasting.
She cares more about how to use her power to help others than to make money. She partnered with The Gworls, a charitable organization, to help friends in the black transgender community to enter a raffle for a sweater/sweater specially made by Ella.
💒 Love donation receipt for sweaters
What's even cuter is that Ella's work mostly uses second-hand yarn she has accumulated, as well as materials collected from the studios of classmates and friends, "Every designer I meet asks, do you have excess yarn and yarn?" ”
🎀 Wool leftover bow
Ella loves to dress up and the strength and confidence she gets out of it. She feels that consumption is not necessarily a bad thing, but uncontrolled waste.
"We don't want to abandon fashion, right? If we hold brands accountable and help turn things around, then fashion becomes a solution and something we love. ”
💗 Bags can also be hats
She also continues to think about how to reduce the consumption of the earth's resources. Next, she wanted to find a farm to work with to make the materials sustainable and pollution-free.
Fashion apprenticeship
Ella's somewhat nerdy and gender-obscure face has been favored in the fashion industry in recent years.
As soon as the discussion sparked at the presidential inauguration, Ella was quickly signed by IMG modeling agents and made the A-list representing the fresh faces of the moment. There is no shortage of discussion in the market, this is just another wave of traffic chasing under the banner of diversified aesthetics?
📸️ Inauguration of the President of the United States in 2021
In fact, IMG president Ivan Bart noticed Ella a year ago because she has a sense of authenticity, "It's really not about body, size or gender, what attracts brands and consumers is authenticity." That's why everyone noticed her on the day of the inauguration. ”
🤷 Ella's bodyguards also became the target of the camera
Indeed, a glance at Ella's photos reveals that she is today's "awakened generation", who does not mind showing blemished skin, does not shave armpit hair, indulges natural curls and explodes at will, stretched and confident.
Just focus on yourself, whether you don't care what others do, others will do it, so it's okay.
🤫 Go to work and fish
Entering the fashion world where appearance and figure are the selling points, Ella also feels a little strange, the sensational Miu Miu jewel coat is just a whim for her, just because she likes it. "Growing up, I didn't think of myself as a hipster."
But she also knows that modeling is not the same now as it was a decade ago, "I feel like modeling now is not just about modeling, but participating in discussions and creating space for other people." ”
Can't define "me"
If you wake up today with no inspiration for what to wear, check out Ella's Instagram. She likes color and black and white, sometimes like knocking over a paint plate on her body, and sometimes wearing trousers and a vest.
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In her, you don't see a fixed style, but there is always a free atmosphere, and you can dress unreasonable clothes reasonably and interestingly. Of course, this is not a day.
Ella recalls buying a shiny and sexy dress for her high school prom, "I immediately regretted it when I went out. "That dress was perfect for the occasion, but not for her.
This lesson is still in her closet, like a beautiful proverb, reminding her to wear clothes that make her comfortable in order to bring true confidence.
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And after having a colorful knitting career, she also struggled, did she have to dress a little more colorful to stay true to the style of her work?
If I had to describe the current style of dressing, I don't think it's even a style, just wearing clothes that you feel comfortable with, not clothes that others want you to wear, and not necessarily clothes that you used to wear.
Perhaps it is difficult to be true to yourself because you never have only one appearance, you have to accept the ever-changing, fluid self.
Recently, Ella has begun to want to wear tight tops and loose bottoms, although it is a bit different from her before, but the future of her is up to herself.
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For now, 24-year-old Ella's plan for the future is to continue to enjoy every day while working hard to fulfill everyone's enthusiastic orders.
I hope that in the future, the bodyguards around me and the people in the White House will wear her flower works and contribute their part to world peace!
I wish you a very colorful day,
I wish you find something you love too!
Written by - Freda Editing - Nikki