Ted Davis is a journalist. Ted is a writer, music editor, DJ, and musician from Northern Virginia. Ted is a columnist for Bandcamp Daily and his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Billboard, MTV News, SPIN, Resident Advisor, Paste Magazine, Reverb, FLOOD Magazine, Aquarium Drunkard, and honestly I find all his work on Twitter. Ted is also a freelance copywriter and writes bios for creative people across a variety of mediums. Going back to Twitter, I love all of ...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Jamie Rothenberg is a New York native obsessed with local produce, sustainable fashion, and live music. In Jamie’s free time, they style and shoot photos for @foodjars , and were recently featured in the New York Times for their cakes. I first learned about Jamie through friend and guest of the show, Alex of Everything Alex Cooks. I just want to call Jamie Food Jars if I call Alex Everything Alex Cooks. Social Media names stick more than government names in my opinion. Especially when it’s fun l...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Cameron Morse is a musician, producer, designer, and digital painter. I met Cameron IRL during our Dahsar Wear Many Hats world tour starting in Montreal at Le Systeme for LME with Martyn Bootyspoon and friend and guest of the show Jacques Greene. Then ran into him again at a coffee shop with artist Dre Wilkin. I would have never pulled up to Systeme if it wasn’t for following Cameron on Twitter no X and getting out of bed to run out and walking in with CFCF and his crew. 1/2 of Littlebabyangel. ...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Anh Dao Ha is a visual designer, writer and strategist. Anh enjoys people watching, writing poems in the notes app, and creating things with brands and companies. Anh does anything that calls for words and ideas and loves to do it in a sentimental way that evokes “that feeling” in people. Anh has been building on ‘Deity Salon’ where she creates functional art objects drawing inspiration from Vietnamese poetry. Anh says that we may have met at Upstairs bar where they have the best karaoke in town...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Lourenço Providência is an illustrator and artist. Lourenço has illustrated for the New York Times, The New Yorker, Monocle, Pattern, Open Spaces, and Kinfolk. Lourenço is Portuguese, which I’ve been meeting more Portuguese people in the past couple weeks on our Wear Many Hats World Tour. I first met Lourenço outside of the New Studio in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn with his wife Sara and we chatted about the show going on, travels, and one of my favorite things in the world, pastries. Lourenço u...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Jay Wolman is a chef, excuse me, executive chef who is based in Brooklyn. Jay has cooked in NYC landmark kitchens such as King, Diner, Marlow & Sons, and Hart’s. Jay was the Executive Chef at food scene newcomer Lalou and also the chef at Mimi. Jay is inspired by the producers, local and small, that bring their blood, sweat, and tears to the product of him having the honor of showcasing on the plate. Jay is dedicated to teaching, creating, and inspiring others through food. I first met Jay w...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Jean Pyo is a designer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Feels Studio. Jean and I met when I came back on my third stint to NYC and I met her and her sister Daisy, another awesome creative. Jean’s branding magic include Domakase, Pearl’s Tea, Cafe Blue Roastery, Sweeties K-Chicken, Tovert NYC, Jinro, Mokbar, she has designed t-shirts for Garnish Studios, everything she touches turns to branding gold. I want to go to all these fine establishments. Jean feels a lot. Please welcome Jean Pyo to Wear...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Healy is a musician. I first heard of Healy through my friends Spotify playlists while chilling waiting to go out and take over the night. Suddenly what caught my ear was the track ‘2D’ and my pop music ears suddenly lit up. I never heard of Healy before but after that moment, I went back into the discography and went down the line. ‘Tungsten’ .. ‘Subluxe’ instant fan. Healy’s new EP, ‘Look At God’ is on repeat though. With a new favorite single ‘Famous Last Words’ featuring Cautious Clay, is a ...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Richie Quake is a musician and DJ based in New York City. I first heard of Richie though doing collaborations with friend and guest of the show, Anna Shoemaker, Morning Silk and Middle Part. I just saw Richie play for the first time out with his band on the rooftop for friend and guest of the show, Scotch Mist and their record release show. Richie DJs all your favorite parties in the city. I think I saw him throw in Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne in a clip. Richie is signed Mass Appeal record...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Be Me is a DJ, producer, and photographer. Be Me has created several mixes and remixes as a DJ but also likes to shoot analog and also work in the film production space. One of the geishas on John Wick 4. Please welcome Be Me to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/luckyybeme linktr.ee/bemez instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instag...
Aug 28, 2023•56 min
Alex from Everything Alex Cooks is an LA-native and now NYC-based recipe developer, writer, pop-up host, ceramicist, and works in the medical field . Saving lives and appetites. I came across Everything Alex Cooks through a flier of her doing a pop up at my favorite club in Brooklyn, Public Records. I had to go. I did see through photos that Alex did another pop up at another fine institution, Cherry On Top. At Public Records I got the Sesame Semolina Mochi Cake to go then went into Manhattan, g...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Andrew J.S. is an Art Director, Designer, Photographer, and Composer based in New York. Andrew is the Creative Director and founding partner at Collect, an independent agency for New Identities. I first met Andrew when he was a frequent guest at Homecoming where we used to chat about what we were up to, what projects we were doing, and where we were traveling to next. NDA or no NDA we were all about learning about each others lives through what we were putting out into the world. Collect NYC, Ca...
Aug 23, 2023•58 min
Nadia Lung is a Design Director. Nadia is the Design Director over at Combo, an independent branding and innovation agency based in NYC. Nadia likes tattoos, loves a good hobby and loves to eat. We’ll be finding out what hobbies she’s into, learn about how she takes on work life balance, and how’s it feel to go from designer, to art director, to senior designer, to design director. Please welcome Nadia Lung to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/nadia.lung ...
Aug 21, 2023•58 min
Caroline Safran is a photographer. Caroline has shot everything under the sun from music, portrait, event, and lifestyle. She has shot some of our favorite musical acts live such as Porches, Blood Orange, Model/Actriz, Wet, Strange Ranger and Alex G. Her work has been featured in the Rolling Stone, Document Journal, and Nylon Magazine. I have seen Caroline in motion at the barricade at every show that’s trending and try to say hi at least one of the shows. Not only shows but she’s also photograp...
Aug 16, 2023•56 min
Brit Matheson is the owner of Eden’s. Greenpoint’s favorite salad shop. I am on a mission to try all of Eden’s salads every time I visit friends and guest of the show, Homecoming Coffee in order to stand up against big salad. Please welcome Brit Matheson to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/edens_bk instagram.com/britmatheson instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh ...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Melisa Seah is passionate about building emerging consumer products in the creativity space. Melisa spends her days working as a product marketer over at YouTube Music and focuses on the global launches and delightful creative for artists and the music industry. I first met Melissa via Twitter when she put together a studio session at betaworks in the Meatpacking District in NYC. Folks could DM Melisa on Twitter to join and then pull up to the space to share what they’re working on outside of wo...
Aug 09, 2023•50 min
Mikey Taylor, you may know him as a pro skater who is retired but I know Mikey in his new era as an entrepreneur mostly known for co-founding Saint Archer Brewery, COMMUNE Capital, and is a Thousand Oaks Council Member. I used to watch clips of him back in the day at Nocturnal Skateshop in Philly but now I’m watching clips of him spreading the good word of financial education in my home in NYC. Always stacking clips. Me and Mikey aren’t that different when it comes to teaching something we’re in...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Jordan Coley is a writer & performer. Jordan has words penned down in GQ, SSENSE, New Yorker, NPR, Pitchfork and The Nation. Jordan is also a performer. He has a show called ‘Jordan Show’ a comedy talk show that happens at Lifeworld, a venue in Gowanus, Brooklyn where performers go to get away from it all. I watched Jordan’s video to catch a ‘To catch a Dirtbag’ to promote his previous comedy talk show ‘Surveillance’ and it was pretty accurate. Jordan is single handedly bringing Von Dutch ba...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Serge Neborak is the founder of Drink More Water. Drink More Water is a Downtown New York fashion brand that Serge created by being inspired by art that excites him and the micro celebs that surround him. Serge has had fashion shows that feature friends and guests of the show such as Jean Luc and Shallowhalo and his collections have been written up in online publications such as Nylon from friend and guest of the show, Sophia June. I met Serge at X Pizza where he had his fight night series, batt...
Jul 31, 2023•55 min
Sid Simons is a musician. I first heard of Sid when he was in his band Girlskin where my friend Ruby played violin in so of course I would support and go check it out for myself. Girlskin was such a New York band that I loved listening to. Reminded me of all those Patti Smith books I used to read before moving to NYC but without shooting up of course. This isn’t another Sid and Nancy story so piss off! Berlin is still my favorite venue in the East Village where I would find all my favorite local...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Andrew Yung is a diva that I enjoy talking with out and about on the streets of NYC. Andrew has stories that are filled with laughter, good food and memories. When I met Andrew he was showing me what he was working on which was keychains for his brand, Pintrill. Where he also does the marketing and e-commerce for. Finding out that Andrew is the co-founder of Pintrill, I wish I met him during my days of going to streetwear trade shows such as Agenda. I met Andrew at one of my favorite parks in Be...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Noel Mercado is an artist. Noel repurposes found objects giving it new life, more life. In order to have and to hold for many more generations to come. I first met Noel back in Philly with friend Zak Parsons from Four Finger Press and Kyle of Smalldosesdaily and vibed on streetwear, photography, and music. Then we caught up in Brooklyn. Always a good time when we ran into each other at a club and was talking about Contax pics. Fastforward years later, I spent the day in two of my not so secret f...
Jul 24, 2023•59 min
Alex Hao is a photographer. Alex also works as the social media marketing lead for Notion. I met Alex through a Melissa Seah studio session that was connected via Twitter. I didn’t know what to expect. I met a handful of creatives that work in the tech space at an incubator hub in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. We went around the room sharing our ideas like an AA meeting talking about how obsessed we are with our side projects. Typical rehab behavior. We were all impressed with each othe...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Joel Eel and Leevisa are musicians. If you want to go deeper, they are both music producers and composers. Joel Eel runs Perpetual Care Club with Leevisa as the co-operator. A music label that puts out beautiful releases and designs that when a piece comes out, Joel sends me a CD dripped in beautiful artwork. Yes, Joel is a designer and I feel like The Other Child. As in, the two have collaborated on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for The Other Child. Thank you for your faith. Please wel...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Matt King is a designer and art director based in Brooklyn, NY. Matt has been the design lead at Squarespace since 2019 but he has worked on various projects such as design art books for homies, posters for Neighborhood Watch and has worked at many branding agencies before. But the past is the past and here we are in the present. Where me and Matt met via IG through various multiple friends. Same circles. NYC is small if you think about it and I just feel like I’m intervening in this particular ...
Jul 14, 2023•59 min
Daniela Alves da Silva Santos is a fashion stylist. Dani likes to do pottery, design clothes, including earrings and jewelry for Até o fim. Dani also likes to laugh, draw, crack jokes, go to parties, drink wine. I wish we could do this episode in Español but I know none. Please welcome Daniela Alves da Silva Santos to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/dani__saints instagram.com/ate__o__fim instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Dave Merheje is a comedian and actor. You may know him as Ahmed from Ramy but I know him as Ahmed from Ramy. …and that’s what came to me when I looked at him, wondering why is someone wearing a Virgil Normal T-Shirt at Pete’s Comedy Store and why does he have such a familiar face? Went to the bathroom and when I came out it instantly came to me. RAMY. Sometimes your memories and best ideas do come to you when you wash your hands. Dave was doing a set for Funhouse Comedy and killed it with the bi...
Jul 07, 2023•58 min
SYLO is a DJ and Producer. I’ve known Sylo when I used to live in Philly and I used to go all of the parties he’s thrown all over the city. Catching him at Silk City, to The Saint, to The Dolphin. These are all amazing fine establishments in the good ole city of Philadelphia. Every time I see Sylo the vibes be wavy with all the homies dancing, feeling groovy and then becomes family by the end of the night. The sounds be out of this world with Cosmic Rhythms along with Joshua Lang of BWC Sounds. ...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr
Gutes Guterman co-founded The Drunken Canal, a newspaper that covered the downtown scene of NYC and is a co-founder of Byline, a web publication creating a universe of content. Wear Many Hats has taken out an ad from the very infamous newspaper, The Drunken Canal, in which was a print-only publication that landed major press placements and which she says caused hullabaloo everywhere. It really did. We’re still talking about it. They even have a Wikipedia page. Byline is already making icon statu...
Jul 02, 2023•59 min
Brandon Dent is a vintage seller, independent clothing designer and barista from Georgia. I met Brandon at Colbo working their coffee program but I knew there was something more. Brandon had a vintage pop up in the gallery space of Colbo for his vintage company, Big Iron vintage along with his friend Adam from Condemned Clothing. Brandon was also selling cut & sew pieces that he bespoke at home called Grant. I tried on a few pieces and they were a perfect fit. I’m not one for color since it’...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min
