AKIRA KATO

Artist

Audio Transcription:

I get my confidence from knowing that these days, it’s actually important to really find what makes you unique in a lot of places, whether that’s style or even parts of business. And I feel like that’s always been my core competency, knowing myself and knowing my values and things like that. I would describe Hayley Elsaesser as a brand that is unabashedly authentic. You don’t have to look to try to guess what kind of style she’ll be doing because she’s doing the kind of things that she’s imagining. To see someone who’s living through that excites me  and I want to wear clothes like that. For everyone that disagrees with you, you’re also going to find people who agree with you. And that’s why it’s important that you do what’s exactly true to yourself because you will eventually find the people who recognize that and who also align with your values.

- Akira Kato

Audio Transcription:

I get my confidence from knowing that these days, it’s actually important to really find what makes you unique in a lot of places, whether that’s style or even parts of business. And I feel like that’s always been my core competency, knowing myself and knowing my values and things like that. I would describe Hayley Elsaesser as a brand that is unabashedly authentic. You don’t have to look to try to guess what kind of style she’ll be doing because she’s doing the kind of things that she’s imagining. To see someone who’s living through that excites me  and I want to wear clothes like that. For everyone that disagrees with you, you’re also going to find people who agree with you. And that’s why it’s important that you do what’s exactly true to yourself because you will eventually find the people who recognize that and who also align with your values.

- Akira Kato