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As a New York based director, filmmaker, artist, designer, creative consultant and DJ, Vashtie Kola is truly a renaissance woman. She has cultivated the Downtown New York City scene for over a decade as a style icon, yet her curatorial outreach and influence spans worldwide. Moving easily among fashion, film and music, she has emerged as “a role model for young tastemakers,” as the The New York Times titled her in a Style section feature profile. Black Enterprise coined her “Vashtie Kola: Curator of Cool.” Vashtie is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts where she studied film and grew up in Albany, New York as a first generation American of Trinidadian heritage. When she established herself in New York in 1999, she found her way to places like the legendary Supreme skate shop on Lafayette St. in the East Village, where she fell into a vibrant DIY scene. The avante garde press soon declared her “Downtown’s Sweetheart.” Vashtie quickly grew to be a multi-disciplinary force melding art and style with her original and refreshing perspective. “I’m a good representation of the culture in this strange digital era,” says Vashtie. Flexing her creative muscles, Vashtie collaborated with Beats by Dre on “Violette Beats” on a New York City taxi themed pair of limited edition headsets released in 2012 and again in 2014 for their #SoloSelfie campaign. She also served as creative director for Billionaire Boys Club/Ice Cream for their Ice Cream Girl brand. Vashtie’s tastefulness has bled into her fashion where in January 2013 DKNY featured her as one of the faces of their 90s Capsule Collection Campaign for Opening Ceremony, alongside super model Cara Delevigne. Aside from being a DJ, Vashtie has found herself behind the camera, directing videos for Justin Bieber, Joey Bada$$, Kendrick Lamar