What Feels Right
Jennifer moved to Florida from Venezuela three years ago, which means she’s spent those years in a place that’s not quite home, watching how people dress, picking up pieces from different cultures all mixed together in the sun. When I asked if Florida was full of fashion-conscious people, she said not really. Most of the people around her don’t think much about style. Which is interesting coming from someone who clearly does.
She doesn’t overthink it though. When I asked where her ideas come from, she shrugged and said everything. Music, films, photos, books, people, images. All of it feeds in. She just finds things and wears what feels right together. No system. No rules. Just instinct.
Her brother makes independent films, so that world was always around her. She loves indie-electro music that barely anyone else listens to—the kind of stuff you have to actively find and choose to care about. She goes to bookstores with her best friend, orders coffee, sits there for hours turning pages through magazines and books. W Magazine especially, because it covers the overlap of everything she’s interested in.
Her closest friends all have their own style, their own personalities. They’re different from each other, genuinely open people. No boyfriend yet. She seems unbothered by that, busy with other things.
When I asked about the future, she got this look like she’s aware of the time crunch. She wants to make videos, shoot photos, compose music, paint. And drink a lot of coffee—she mentioned that twice, which made me smile. There’s so much she wants to make. There’s never enough time. Once you start creating, you know exactly what she means.