When we think of good style, we think of outfits. We really should think: Katie Qian

Key Facts

• “[Social media] was the first time I was seeing Asian people at the forefront, or music artists, like CL, at fashion [shows] in the front row with Jeremy Scott, and I was like, ‘This is so cool.’” Qian finds that pushing her clients to try new looks also pushes her to evolve.
• You have to be if you’re a luxury brand because you want to sell but it’s really just about the heart and creating things that are cool and you want the world to see.
• (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) “If you think something is an extension of your personality that you want to wear, it really doesn’t matter outwardly what it looks like,” says Qian.
• (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) If you think something is an extension of your personality that you want to wear, it really doesn’t matter outwardly what it looks like.

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