Getting Down with Earl Pickens, the designer behind the brand URLPICKENS

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Earl Pickens at the Gallirock exhibition for Jean Charles de Castelbajac at the Galliera Museum.

What was it like being little Earl Pickens?

I was playing baseball, drawing, basketball, drawing, and football. Segregation, attending a Chinese school and learning Cantonese. I watched a total of 6 people die in front of me, two of them were children.

Where did you grow up and what made you choose Paris?

I grew up in the projects in Chicago in the 60

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Diane Pernet

A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN FASHION and a pioneer of blogging, Diane is a respected journalist, critic, curator and talent-hunter based in Paris. During her prolific career, she designed her own successful brand in New York, costume designer, photographer, and filmmaker.

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