Jazmin Larian Hekmat, founder of the Cult Gaia brand

My mom is a sculptor and used to be a fashion designer, so I’ve been surrounded by design and creativity since childhood. As a kid, my mom and I would collect these gorgeous vintage fabrics that someday, I knew I’d use to help create and inspire a line of my own. My dad ran the toy company that started Bratz dolls and I grew up designing miniature collections for each of the dolls, which really set the wheels in motion for me. I studied fashion design at FIT in New York which happened to be right next to the Flower District.