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Gabrielle Korn

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Meet Gabrielle Korn. Writer, activist and Editor in Chief of NYLON. She’s also a self-titled Nasty Woman. Before becoming the EIC we know her as today, Gabrielle  was the beauty editor at Refinery29, where she worked to make Refinery’s beauty column more culturally and sexually diverse. She’s now taking NYLON from a print magazine to a fully digital platform of the modern age. Not an easy feat.

Q&A

How do you start your day off?

With coffee. I cannot do anything before a coffee. Then, I will take my dog out and then listen to NPR while I drink my second cup of coffee.

What’s going on in the background when you are getting ready?

I’m usually checking my e-mail as I go. I get 2000 e-mails a day and they start overnight, so I’ll be brushing my teeth with one hand and checking my e-mails with the other.

You never leave home without…

My cell phone.

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What are your closet essentials?

I’m very much a black jeans and white t0shirt girl, so I have 6 different variations of those things. If I don’t know what to wear, I can just do some variation of that with a cute shoe and accessories as needed.

What is your biggest fashion regret?

When I was in high school I wore a black studded belt everyday.

You always splurge on, and you always save on…

I try to not buy anything full price. I both splurge and save at sample sales. I really like reselling clothes that I don’t wear anymore and then buy second-hand.

What is one piece of clothing you wish you could steal from your 16 year old self?

I had this really great baby pink t-shirt that said ‘Say No To Cages’, and it had an illustration of birds flying out of a cage. It was so cute and perfect.

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What inspires your style most?

Comfort. I’ve realized that I can’t wear anything that is fussy or uncomfortable. What I wear has to get me through a whole day. It needs to honour the manly fluctuations of my body throughout the day.

What is your #1 style tip?

There is no such thing as not being able to pull something off. That is a made up construct that was invented to make women feel bad about themselves. If you love something, you should just wear it.

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