If you’ve been waiting for your invitation for “Club Chrissie” to arrive for, well…since forever you are in luck! Chrissie Miller, co-founder of Sophomore and famed self-proclaimed “hang-out-aholic” is opening the doors to the exclusive club with her brand new web series premiering on Pharrell Williams’ i am OTHER YouTube Channel yesterday, October 15th. Check out the first installment where Chrissie and designer Reece Solomon perfect the custom studded tote bag. http://bit.ly/P1L6al
Chrissie Miller was already a respected NY DJ when she burst onto the fashion scene introducing her downtown style of edgy simplicity, with her Sophomore brand which she co-founded with designer Madeleine von Froomer. She was also well known in the NYC party scene as the girl with the most exclusive home turned club that at any moment you could find anyone from Lindsay Lohan to the cult band The Virgins hanging around. Chrissie has now decided it’s time for everyone to have a little “Club Chrissie” in their life and is bringing her most stylish friends including; designers Charlotte Ronson, Reece Solomon, Pamela Love and Leah Dell, actress Drea De Matteo, Mickey Boardman, Sarah Howard, Pharrell, i am OTHER artist Maxine Ashley, and model Cory Kennedy along for the ride. Together they will teach viewers how to elevate their accessories from weak to chic in the fashion DIY program. Viewers can tune in weekly beginning October 15th to learn how to add LES chic to everything from their iphone, to shoes, to Sophmore’s specialty, the glam cotton tee.
“Club Chrissie is a DIY/talk show done in a way that you have never seen before”, Chrissie says. Its part Wayne’s World, part Pee-wee’s Playhouse, and invites viewers to add their own creativity to projects, so it fits perfectly into Pharrell’s concept of ‘i am other'”.
Club Chrissie was handpicked by Pharrell to join i am Other’s programming as the first fashion DIY dedicated program meant to reach and inspire individuality in his community of “Thinkers, Innovators and Outcasts.” i am Other, a Google original content partner, was created with Pharrell’s vision of a channel that explored the pursuit of individuality, the defiance of expectations, and the arrival of a new class of visionaries.
Chrissie Miller serves as “Club Chrissie’s” creator and host and has been featured in NY Times, Paper, Style.com, StyleCaster, Vogue, Interview and more, celebrating her successful fashion brand along with her unique personality and status as a leader in the LES fashion community.
About i am OTHER:
Grammy Award winning music icon Pharrell Williams launched the i am OTHER YouTube channel in June of 2012. Williams describes the new endeavoras “a cultural movement dedicated to Thinkers, Innovators and Outcasts.” The newest addition to Pharrell’s i am OTHER brand, the YouTube channel, is part of Google’s initiative to create channels with original programming. Theline-up includes the critically acclaimed web series Awkward Black Girl, exclusive interviews from eccentric music journalist Nardwuar, new fan favorite Stereotypes, artist expression documentary Voice Of Art and exclusive videos from Williams about everything from music to food. The channel also features significant viewer participation and creative minds have the opportunity to interact with Williams within a community of self-defined OTHERS.
The programs on i am OTHER’s YouTube channel explore the pursuit of individuality, the defiance of expectations, and the arrival of a new class of visionaries. By celebrating creative pursuits of all kinds, the channel will showcase the architects of global culture, music, fashion, and the arts.