NAMES: Coco && Breezy
AGE: early 20’s ;-) …. Hehehe 21
LOCATION : When I have my sunglasses on we live on Planet C&&B .. but when we take them off we live in Brooklyn,NY
WEBSITE: www.cocoandbreezy.com
OCCUPATION: designer / artist / entrepreneurs
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1.Who are Coco & Breezy? :We are the new leaders of our generation. We created a product, and made something out of nothing. We are from Minnesota, which is not known for their fashion, and we show that you can make a dream into reality. We are designer / artist / entrepreneurs
2.What fashion trends interest you the most? All Black, simplicity, a great piece, shaved & Color Hair, a pop lipstick & PUNK… our style. We have had this style ever since I could remember, around 14ish. We started coloring our hair & always been into the punk style at a young age. We had parents that allowed us to express our style!
3.What made you want to create eyewear? We were always into wearing eyewear growing up; it was our protective shield to block our self from creating eye contact with those who didn’t understand us. Since we are artist, we created our own eyewear, and the value of it, is that it has a meaning that others can relate to.
4.Whats Planet C&&B? For those who don’t know. Planet C&&B is our planet. You can only see it when you have our sunglasses on, and once you take them off you see a blank space that represents earth and the small-minded folks. In our Planet, you can be yourself. We created pieces that people may not understand, so we create a story that people can relate to and put them into a different universe.
5.Do you look up to any one in the fashion / accessory field? If notwhy not? If so then who and why so? We have great mentors. When we look up to someone, its their working aesthetic that we admire. We don’t some much get inspired by one’s designs, but we pay more attention to how they started their business and the structure of how they work. We do have some great mentors/designers that we look up to that have given us some great business tips. Shane & Shawn and Jean Charles de castlebajac have told us some great things that have stuck in our mind. Another designer we look up to how he started is Ralph Lauren, he started with a tie, which is an accessory piece, and he branded his name so well to expand his brand into other categories. That is the route we want to take. We are branding our name with our niche, which is Eyewear & accessories, and then we plan to brand off to more to expand our brand.
