I Love...

Jen Kao.

You'll love her, too. And this is why:

1. She's a girl of America. Born in Los Angeles, raised in Kansas (yeowch!) and now based in New York.

2. She managed to get artist/photographer-about-town Ryan McGinley to shoot a photo series with model Darla Baker to serve as the backdrop of her Spring 2008 collection presentation at New York Fashion Week.

3. She's among the best emerging designers the fashion set has seen of late. If you ask me, Kao may as well be in pole position.

Her label is so quirky cool, I can hardly stand it.

In Haute Hippie fashion speak, that usually means I really, really, really like something.











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