Fashion Industry Insiders in High School
1/8Bryan Boy
"This photo was taken while I was visiting my pen pal friend Riri (pen pals were all the rage back then), who's a DJ in Bangkok, during a Christmas vacation. Friends come and go over the years but J'adore Dior forever! I spent most of my academic years at a co-ed Catholic school, and we had to wear uniforms. My style outside the campus was fairly fashion victim-y, which is probably why I am what I am now. wink I went through various phases over the years; I used to obsess over Tom Ford for Gucci and of course, John Galliano for Dior. I had all the ad campaigns posted on my bedroom wall. Gisele Bundchen and Carmen Kass? Check. Angela Lindvall? Double check."
2/8Bryan Boy
"Me and a few of my classmates skipped senior prom and celebrated by having a party the night before the prom. I wore Tom Ford for Gucci with a blinged-out Swarovski-studded Dolce & Gabbana belt."
3/8Coco Rocha
"Early in high school, I had the dorkiest style. I would wear big, baggy sweaters, bell bottoms, and the same running shoes every day."
4/8Coco Rocha
"By the end of Grade 10, beginning of Grade 11, I was traveling to Europe quite frequently for shows and shoots, and at the same time receiving a crash course in fashion 101 at the feet of some of the world's greats."
5/8Coco Rocha
"I remember being given all these cute little dresses by Anna Sui when I was sixteen, and wearing one for my graduation boat cruise."
6/8Coco Rocha
"I remember doing looks for Louis Vuitton around then, and being given my first designer handbag. It was my prized possession for a long time."
7/8Natalie Joos
"I'd wear my dad's sweaters and was really into brand-name t-shirts. When I was twelve, there was a trend of wearing baggy jeans, kind of what you would call raver pants now. When I was fifteen, I got a pair of '60s Mary-Jane platforms that I wore pretty much every day. I didn't have any muses really. I have always had a mind of my own, never tried to copy anyone. The only person that was iconic to me was Twiggy."
8/8Natalie Joos
"I was always the odd one out in high school. Even though I went to an all-girl, grey-uniform Catholic high school, I always managed to dress to the beat of my own drum. I raised a few eyebrows here and there, especially with the principal, who reprimanded me a few times for wearing something that was too risque or 'un-Christian,' like these flared grey pants I had my mom make me. Or skirts that were too short."
