Melissa Cho is a bilingual multimedia creative. A journalist, creative producer, and editor… she says she can’t help but have her hand in several honey pots but that’s just another way of saying this podcast name. Melissa has been featured in Vogue, Jubilee, and Shoutout LA but is mostly known for her podcast, hAAPI hour with Melissa Cho, an excuse to hang out with cool AAPI friends. This episode is one of those days and everyday. Hop aboard the Cho Cho train. Please welcome Melissa Cho to Wear ...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Darro Chea is a musician. I met Darro at the Echo Park Tennis Courts when I got back into tennis and didn’t know that he was a pop punk musician. I mean how could I have known? Ahh yes. The hair. Darro put out his new album ‘Accidents’ which reminds me of all the pop punk greats as well as ‘j.o.m.o.’ which means the joy of missing out. Didn’t think I’d be listening to pop punk so much while cruising in his car to get tacos and relive my youth from the Warped Tour days but I’m not mad about it. I...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Marquis Williams is the founder of Highly Recommended, a premiere and buzzing wine club based in New York City. Highly Recommended has done collaborations with Gangsters Buy Flowers for their coasters and with friend and guest of the Wear Many Hats show very own, Christine Espinal, for their wine rack that was sold at Lichen NYC and the Brooklyn Museum. As well us pop ups with Out To Lunch for Champagne, Chicken, and Caviar and Niche Niche for doing a different series of wine drops. Along with p...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Jer Umai is a content creator, food photographer, restaurant reviewer, and cook. You can learn a lot from his breakfast, lunch, and dinners. The udon, the bento boxes, the omakases, the onigiri, the ramen, the dumplings, the homemade bagels, diy handrolls, the udon, and don’t let me get started with all the sandwiches. The waffles, the pancakes, adding fruit to almost everything. Jer makes being an NYC college student look like cake. I wish I had a friend who was a cook like that in college, but...
Jan 09, 2024•57 min
Uffie is known for hits during the bloghaus movement, now peak indiesleaze but we’re going very strong. You know her from ‘ADD SUV’ featuring Pharrell Williams and ‘Pop The Glock’ from ‘Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans’ off of Ed Banger but have you heard of ‘cool’ off her new album ‘Sunshine Factory’ on Chaz Bear’s Company Records? Whole record hits including the interlude with Peaches. We love Peaches. Uffie has collaborated with Charli XCX, Justice, and The Blessed Madonna. We caught her set at Foo...
Jan 05, 2024•55 min
Hampus Lideborg is an Art Director and 3D Designer. Hampus runs Objects by Lideborg where he explores textures, shapes and objects with photography, scans and digital tools. Hampus takes beautiful stills with his Leica Camera everytime I see him. I love running into Hampus when he take long bike rides with his VanMoof all around New York City. We always have conversations of travel, fashion, the love for Greenpoint, and what new music we’re listening to. That last one I might have made that up. ...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Kristina Ang is a content creator and loves fashion. Kristina runs the Life of An Ex-Fashion Student Podcast where she talks about being an ex-fashion student and an aspiring designer where she walks you through the realities of her journey as a fashion student and what it’s like to work in the industry. Kristina is the Social Media Coordinator for Harpers Bazaar over at Hearst Magazines. Previously at W Magazine. Back when Coach released Coachtopia, I knew Kristina looked familiar as she modele...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Charlotte Rose Benjamin is a musician. Charlotte put out a record called ‘Dreamtina’ and is gearing up for a new one. I’ve seen Charlotte out and about playing through every Brooklyn venue there is with all of our friends and guests of the Wear Many Hats show. My favorite tweet of hers @charlobenji goes something like this: 'everything is a band everyone is a band oh my god ’im so tired.' Please welcome Charlotte Rose Benjamin to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/charlotterosebenjamin ...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Sami Lambert is a social media queen who is in communications, events, marketing, project management you name it and has been on all the apps. I’m not talking dating you fools I’m talking social media platforms including Vine (RIP) You can mostly find her at Adweek where she is the social media director that was cooking for Adweek creators. The Internet is not real. Please welcome Sami Lambert to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/slammbert ...
Dec 30, 2023•1 hr
Jamison Isaak is a musician. You may know him by his stage name, Teen Daze, a Canadian electronic act from Vancouver. I met Jamison at Oliver Shaw’s Friend Editions storefront for the release of Chris Black’s collaborative zine with Friend Editions just before him and friend and guest of the show, Jason Stewart of How Long Gone had their live show at Webster Hall. Jamison played Black Flamingo and Public Records that weekend, two of my favorite clubs and bars I frequently haunt in Brooklyn. Jami...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Jayson Buford is a writer and a lifelong New Yorker, a diehard Knicks and Yankees fan, and someone who has been searching for Rocawear jackets to bring back into the mainstream. His work can be found in Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Byline, GQ, Vulture, Pitchfork and more. Jayson’s Substack is filled with basketball, and hiphop where I hope one day he gets his own show to chat about this. I met at Jumbo’s Clown Room and also Harvard and Stone. Two Los Angeles institutions where when you first start ...
Dec 28, 2023•59 min
Elliot Aronow helps men unlock their minor genius, create their lifestyles of their dreams and executive producer based in New York City. Over the course of his career he has worked with artists and brands including The Fader, Mark Ronson, LCD Soundsystem, GQ and The Strokes as a magazine editor, fashion designer, music executive, A&R man, underground tv host, and creative director. Elliot runs the lifestyle newsletter, philosophy, and project based blog called Minor Genius. I first met Elli...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Ira Chernova is a Photographer, Model, and Artist. Ira is an artist who I knew their work previously through their modeling career, but learned about photography and drawing shortly after. Ira channels various visions and ideas into primitive style drawings, where Ira began painting on nesting dolls, looking for ways to bring their upbringing and art style together in one art-form. I met Ira with a friend of the show, photographer, Mark Portillo outside of Procell in Nolita chatting about photog...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Troy Kreiner is a Creative Director and an independent curator based in Los Angeles. I first met Troy in Philly when we were boys not at University of the Arts. Ok UArts but at parties. I still think about those parties to this day. We all grew up of course, moved on, went our separate ways but the internet brought us together. Shamelessly through Shameless Enterprise, a collaborative project between him and Brian Broker I would go to pop ups they were at and see their products being sold at the...
Dec 21, 2023•59 min
Nate Nichols is the Founder and Creative Director of the creative agency / production haus, Palette Group. Clients include Foot Locker, PUMA, Netflix, Xbox, Billboard and your favorite drink to go out at night, an Aperol Spritz of course. Palette Group is building out their production haus across Germany, France, and America where they produce and write with creatives, community movers and society shapers. I met Nate in Philly where a lot of our guests on the Wear Many Hats show cut their teeth ...
Dec 19, 2023•59 min
Jordan Butcher is an Art Director and Photographer that goes by Strange Practice. I first knew about Jordan’s work at the beach when I was drinking out of my friend’s hot to go mug from Minnows NYC. I thought this logo was sick and have to go to this bar but who did this logo? Lo and behold it was Jordan’s and made me go into a deep dive of previous work. Jordan has been Grammy nominated for his work on the Caspian record ‘On Circles’ for Best Recording Package, he’s worked with my favorite band...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Paulie Gee is the founder of Paulie Gee’s, a pizza shop that originated in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Paulie is the sweetest dude I’ve ever met when it comes to pizza. One of the last times I ate at the restaurant I remember Paulie coming up to our table and asking us how the Pizzas were. One of my favorite NYC experiences. Since then Paulie Gee’s has expanded into different cities. We got Columbus, Baltimore, Chicago, and the beautiful city of Philadelphia. Over the years Paulie Gee’s restaurant has...
Dec 15, 2023•58 min
Isaac Hindin-Miller aka Issac Likes is a fashion journalist turned DJ, and the founder of I LIKE YOU! You’ve probably been to one of his parties or seen his stickers on the locks on local businesses closing up shop in Manhattan but now you probably have seen him on IG reels or TikTok for all of your favorites doing his ‘Best of’ series. For ‘Best of’ he’s had my favorite New Yorkers on such as Tommy Jewels to Scarrs but he also goes worldwide with it doing the ‘Best of’ series in other cities yo...
Dec 13, 2023•52 min
Claire Corsten is Sourdough Bagels, an IG catalog of amazing foods and recipes she has created and documented but not only bagels. There’s a mix of cookies, pies, breads, persimmons, biscotti’s, raviolis, scones, cakes, cinnamon rolls, soups, wontons, donuts, pancakes, pies, croissants, burgers, it’s never ending. The food section of Wear Many Hats is continuing to grow. Claire budgets for good butter & writes about secondhand clothing as do we on this podcast. Please welcome Claire Corsten ...
Dec 04, 2023•55 min
Clayton Chambers is the owner of sprezza, a newsletter exploring independent menswear, style trends, product reviews, and the business of retail. It’s a mix of curation, education, and discovery. sprezza talks about independent brands, create seasonal style guides, cover new drops, and deep dives on subcultures and style movements. Clayton is a brand strategist that built his career on content, brand development, strategic partnerships and creative marketing in which he’s had the pleasure of wor...
Dec 02, 2023•55 min
Adam Keita is the co-founder of Daughter, a cafe and wine bar based in Brooklyn, NY. I’ve been to Daughter in Crown Heights when meeting up with friends to get a coffee. If I have to bike my way from Prospect Heights through Crown Heights to get back to my old spot in Bedstuy, crossing paths with the Daughter Sincerely, Tommy cafe to end up needing more caffeine with a matcha. I’m doing the most but we like it. Adam and friends have a new produce-forward all-day eatery with coffee, natural wine ...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Maja Dlugolecki and Tadzio Dlugolecki are the founders and curators of Lobster Club. Lobster Club a gallery and residency program featuring a rotating roster of emerging artists in art-driven cities. The club’s initiatives present immersive sensory experiences bridging the worlds of art, music, and food. I met Maja and Tadzio at the Lobster Club group show Mexico City edition. I was at the opening, had a great time, then came back the next day for the closing show to get a last minute look at th...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Eliot Thompson is a Comedian, Writer, and Actor. Eliot has won the New York Comedy Club’s annual stand-up competition, was a New York Comedy Festival Comic To Watch, has performed in multiple films, plays and sketches and has had two speaking roles in two featured films that were premiered at Berlin and Tribeca Film Festival. Eliot is also a copywriter where he has written for Vice for a few brands. Eliot is also a producer for Pure Chaos Comedy where they have put on shows at Saint Vitus, TV Ey...
Nov 26, 2023•58 min
Dewey Saunders is a Design Director. You’ve seen Dewey’s work for your favorite albums such as Anderson Paak, Turnstile, and Nxworries to name a few. I enjoyed catching up with Dewey and his friends at his High Comfort pop up at our long time friends at @virgilnormal . Then heading over to his pool after a long day of tennis with new friend of the show, musician, @darro_c . Dewey is a good friend where I love seeing his work for brands such as Flying Embers, The Hundreds, Vanity Fair, Ray Ban, L...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Antonio DePietro is the perfect wingman. Tony is known for his Existential Gag Strip, MyWingman, when we all need a metaphorical laugh through his comics. One of a kind artist, Tony is a great entertainer that specializes in rap record design, slow jam mixtapes. Please welcome Antonio DePietro to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/mywingman instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Victoria Rosselli is a multidisciplinary Designer and Art Director based in Brooklyn, NY. I met Victoria with friend and guest of the show Geoff Snack for the Wrong Answer pop up at Colbo in the Lower East Side. She is a dedicated generalist with interests spanning printed matter, collage work, and lettering. She has worked with publications like New York Magazine, Departures, VICE/Refinery29, and The Conversationalist. She resides in Brooklyn with her Westie, Bailey. Please welcome Victoria Ros...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Mike Smith is a Designer and co-founder of Smith-Diction, a branding and design studio, based in Philly that creates thoughtful identities for imaginative clients. I met Mike years ago through one of his projects called Nom Now that was big on wheatpasting artworks with collaborations with The Roots Picnic, NoseGo, and part of the Phrequency days along with friend and guest of the show Gab Bonghi and TrickGo. We love wheatpasting on the Wear Many Hats podcast, you can see of all our works around...
Nov 17, 2023•59 min
Vivian Mach is a Vlogger and Twitch Streamer that goes by the Ninth Child. Please welcome Vivian Mach to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/ninth.child twitch.tv/ninthchild instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh instagram.com/rashadrastam...
Nov 15, 2023•51 min
Maura Brennan is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer who enjoys painting, attending concerts, surfing, dancing, film photography, and caring for her puppy Toad. We’re gonna dive in to see if the plan still holds if she took bass lessons, attended a monster truck rally, had caged dive with great whites, and booked her first tour for her friends’s bands. She DJs with friend and guest of the show, Sid Simons as The Mids at Victoria Bar. Maura is anything but Mid. She’s always out and about, knows...
Nov 07, 2023•59 min
Caroline Weaver is an entrepreneur who formerly owned the CW Pencil Enterprise, where I’ve actually been to and runs The Locavore Guide, a digital directory to IRL shopping in New York. Caroline has walked thousands of city blocks through 170+ neighborhoods across the five boroughs to document details for nearly 11k brick-and-mortar shops for The Locavore Guide. Caroline also has a newsletter called Diary of a New Yorker and runs a book club called the Orchard Street Reading Society. We love or ...
Nov 03, 2023•51 min
