Ava Nirui
Cutest manicure from 2024/2025
I couldn't decide so I am attaching a few :)
Last thing you ordered for lunch at work
Raku! I am going through a phase of eating Raku like everyday.
A perfect Saturday morning looks like
Wake up, walk to Otway (my local bakery/coffee shop), stroll through Fort Greene park with my friends.
Favorite 3 toys
So hard to decide. I love all my Barbies, esp my Anna Sui doll... My Sandy Liang Monchichi <3 My Dean Hoy upcycled Heaven plush bunny, my Plushie Love Snoozle
A memory from a campaign you've worked on this year.
We shot a Heaven campaign for our collaboration with Starface, and it was such a perfect day all round with so many people I love !!!!
Last video game you played
Crash Bandicoot on Switch
First aim screen name
Ava_Guava33 or.... Sk8r_girl77 (I can't remember which one came first)
One movie you wish you were in
Any movie with Keanu Reeves because I love him
When are you happiest
When I'm collaborating with my friends : - )
I couldn't decide so I am attaching a few :)
Last thing you ordered for lunch at work
Raku! I am going through a phase of eating Raku like everyday.
A perfect Saturday morning looks like
Wake up, walk to Otway (my local bakery/coffee shop), stroll through Fort Greene park with my friends.
Favorite 3 toys
So hard to decide. I love all my Barbies, esp my Anna Sui doll... My Sandy Liang Monchichi <3 My Dean Hoy upcycled Heaven plush bunny, my Plushie Love Snoozle
A memory from a campaign you've worked on this year.
We shot a Heaven campaign for our collaboration with Starface, and it was such a perfect day all round with so many people I love !!!!
Last video game you played
Crash Bandicoot on Switch
First aim screen name
Ava_Guava33 or.... Sk8r_girl77 (I can't remember which one came first)
One movie you wish you were in
Any movie with Keanu Reeves because I love him
When are you happiest
When I'm collaborating with my friends : - )
Madeleine Angus
Favorite 3 places to eat at right now
Altro Paradiso
Cafe Himalaya
Hasaki
What's the last thing you ordered for lunch while at work
Lovely day seared tuna roll salad
Favorite place you visited this summer
Biarritz
What do you keep in your Secure Bag?
My card holder, lipstick of choice for the evening, my small key ring
Earliest memory with moi
Can I share two? When you were photographing me on Orchard Street for your coat collection in… 2015? And when I came to your studio and you were so amazed at my tiny sized no-applicator tampons in my little zip pocket that you put them in a polka dot print the next season
A perfect Saturday morning consists of
Pilates, matcha at La Cabra, and usually seeing a friend for a walk or visiting my friend’s rooftop garden
What are you most excit
ed about for Fall
The clothes; sweaters, tailoring, socks with ballet flats!Warm cozy food
Something you are trying to learn
To drive! Can you teach me?
SL: yes!!!!
2 shows I should watch (I literally need to know this because I don't have anything good rn)
Yellowstone (I’m very late to this but enjoying very much)
House of the Dragon
Altro Paradiso
Cafe Himalaya
Hasaki
What's the last thing you ordered for lunch while at work
Lovely day seared tuna roll salad
Favorite place you visited this summer
Biarritz
What do you keep in your Secure Bag?
My card holder, lipstick of choice for the evening, my small key ring
Earliest memory with moi
Can I share two? When you were photographing me on Orchard Street for your coat collection in… 2015? And when I came to your studio and you were so amazed at my tiny sized no-applicator tampons in my little zip pocket that you put them in a polka dot print the next season
A perfect Saturday morning consists of
Pilates, matcha at La Cabra, and usually seeing a friend for a walk or visiting my friend’s rooftop garden
What are you most excit
ed about for Fall
The clothes; sweaters, tailoring, socks with ballet flats!Warm cozy food
Something you are trying to learn
To drive! Can you teach me?
SL: yes!!!!
2 shows I should watch (I literally need to know this because I don't have anything good rn)
Yellowstone (I’m very late to this but enjoying very much)
House of the Dragon
Nicolaia Rips
First aim screen name
I didn't have aim BUT my first email account was nicolaiandpup@gmail.com. Which was aspirational. I didn’t have a dog but I wanted one!
Favorite animal and WHY
Elephants. They have such a good memory and they always know where trees and water are. How could you not be wowed by an elephant?
One movie you wish you were in
The Princess Bride. Swap me in for Carol Kane!
Do you have any self care rituals
I’m always reading something, I always have flowers in my apartment, I’m always giving myself a little head/neck massage, I try to dance, I try to run. I live near the Angelika so every now and then I’ll take myself out for a movie and popcorn.
Favorite 3 things to eat right now
Coconut yogurt, Dried Strawberries, Salad Nicoise.
Two books you’d recommend to a friend
Slow Days Fast Company by Eve Babitz and A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.
Who do you call the most
I call my best friend from high school approximately a billion times a day. Anytime I’m forced to wait in a line or something happens or nothing happens, I’ll call her.
I didn't have aim BUT my first email account was nicolaiandpup@gmail.com. Which was aspirational. I didn’t have a dog but I wanted one!
Favorite animal and WHY
Elephants. They have such a good memory and they always know where trees and water are. How could you not be wowed by an elephant?
One movie you wish you were in
The Princess Bride. Swap me in for Carol Kane!
Do you have any self care rituals
I’m always reading something, I always have flowers in my apartment, I’m always giving myself a little head/neck massage, I try to dance, I try to run. I live near the Angelika so every now and then I’ll take myself out for a movie and popcorn.
Favorite 3 things to eat right now
Coconut yogurt, Dried Strawberries, Salad Nicoise.
Two books you’d recommend to a friend
Slow Days Fast Company by Eve Babitz and A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.
Who do you call the most
I call my best friend from high school approximately a billion times a day. Anytime I’m forced to wait in a line or something happens or nothing happens, I’ll call her.
Melena Lipman
What do you miss the most about Shanghai
KTV karaoke! and all of the beautiful Temples.
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First aim screen name
@melenalip... my dad made it for me.
Favorite 3 places to eat right now
Mission Chinese pop up, Les Enfants de Boheme and Essex Market.
Favorite dish from one of the above
SHISO FRIED RICE!! (Mission Chinese)
One movie you wish you were in
Minions
Something you miss from high school
Uhhhh... there's not much. But I do miss going to 'Heaven' which is now called 'Elevated Acre' a secret garden on Water Street in the Financial District. I smoked my first cigarette at Heaven.
What do you do to unwind
Do my nails, walk around, visit my friends at Procell, hot yoga and Renew Day Spa II.
What did you eat for breakfast
Bagel Bunny
Favorite nails in the past yr
Lately I'm obsessed with doing camo nails on myself:
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BUT my favorite nails of ALL TIME are:
NYC Balenciaga bag reference hand painted by none other than... Naomi
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What does it take to be a Melena Muse?
You just gotta be awesome, like #NedVena.
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KTV karaoke! and all of the beautiful Temples.
First aim screen name
@melenalip... my dad made it for me.
Favorite 3 places to eat right now
Mission Chinese pop up, Les Enfants de Boheme and Essex Market.
Favorite dish from one of the above
SHISO FRIED RICE!! (Mission Chinese)
One movie you wish you were in
Minions
Something you miss from high school
Uhhhh... there's not much. But I do miss going to 'Heaven' which is now called 'Elevated Acre' a secret garden on Water Street in the Financial District. I smoked my first cigarette at Heaven.
What do you do to unwind
Do my nails, walk around, visit my friends at Procell, hot yoga and Renew Day Spa II.
What did you eat for breakfast
Bagel Bunny
Favorite nails in the past yr
Lately I'm obsessed with doing camo nails on myself:
BUT my favorite nails of ALL TIME are:
NYC Balenciaga bag reference hand painted by none other than... Naomi
What does it take to be a Melena Muse?
You just gotta be awesome, like #NedVena.
