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The text highlights early experiences with gendered classroom play spaces, bullying, and the emotional power of clothing as transformation, escapism, and identity. It also traces later milestones in high-fashion careers, culminating in major media coverage and front-row visibility at New York Fashion Week.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nDedication  \nTo my mom, my sister, my grandma Ruby, and all of the other amazing women who have inspired me along the way  \nAnd to the man who continues to inspire me, my boyfriend, Gary Janetti  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nCover  \nTitle Page  \nDedication  \nPROLOGUE: Playing dress-up isn’t just for kids.  \nPART I: LISTEN  \nCHAPTER 1: The bullies may be loud. But your heart can beat louder.  \nCHAPTER 2: Anger can be your best friend. Especially when you have no friends.  \nCHAPTER 3: Never adopt a fashion trend while on vacation. Or how running away can sometimes be the answer to your problems.  \nPART II: LOOK  \nCHAPTER 4: New York is waiting for you. And it’s not only for the rich.  \nCHAPTER 5: Fake it till you make it. Yes, really.  \nCHAPTER 6: Open your eyes.  \nCHAPTER 7: It’s OK to cry. Just not on the red carpet.  \nCHAPTER 8: If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not growing.  \nPART III: LEAP  \nCHAPTER 10: Leap and the net will appear. Or you better own a pair of parachute pants.  \nEPILOGUE: You are the new black.  \nAcknowledgments  \nAbout the Author  \nCredits  \nCopyright  \nAbout the Publisher  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPrologue: Playing dress-up isn’t just for kids .  \nI WAS FIVE YEARS old, and I was already on trend. For the first day of kindergarten, I was dressed in corduroy pants, a pair of sneakers, and a snug little jacket. I was also wearing nail polish. Why? Because I idolized my mother. She looked like a fashion plate to me, and she never left the house without nail polish. And so, on the first day of school, neither did I. That’s what ladies do.  \nThe classroom was full of books and crayons, and there were different play stations set up for us kids, which were clearly divided along gender lines. On the left were the trucks and G.I. Joes for the boys, and on the right a pretend kitchenette and some dolls for the girls. You can probably guess which side of the room I gravitated toward.  \nMy teacher was Mrs. Chandler, and she was the most fashionable woman I had ever seen. She was dressed in an A-line skirt, with a proper cardigan and a poet blouse with a perfect bow tied at the top. She was rather elegant for a schoolteacher, with her jet-black hair and fancy French beret. Oh, and the costume jewelry! And the sensible heels! I didn’t have a vocabulary for these things back then but I knew how they made me feel: like something more was possible.  \nMy love for dressing people started right there, the same way it did formost girls: with Barbie. As a kid in Port Perry, Ontario (population 9,500), I would dress that iconic plastic blonde in the best gowns, styling her hair inan updo to accentuate her long neck. I didn’t know what a stylist was. I didn’t know it was an actual job. But I knew how it felt to play dress-up. I knew that fashion could be a transformative experience, for Barbie and forme. I knew that when the kids on the playground called me names, I could escape in the pages of fashion magazines. I discovered that even normal clothing could feel like a costume. You could be someone else. And dressup was magic.  \nMy strongest memory from kindergarten isn’t learning the letters of the alphabet but rather learning to recognize Mrs. Chandler ’s different looks. I saw something special in her. And I know she saw something special in me, too. At an early parent-teacher meeting, I found out years later, she sat down with my sometimes-confused mother to say,“Don’t ever dampen his spirit. He’ll be fine.” My mom knew I was different. But I think she took comfort in having confirmation from someone else.  \nI have been blessed to have women like Mrs. Chandler in my life at every turn, and always when I needed them most. Powerful, smart, beautiful women who never discouraged me from playing with Barbie dolls, who never told me to tone down my voice or my mannerisms, who never wanted me to be anything but myself. 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