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" \n  Designer names: Ali Bennaim and Ximena Chouza Where are you from? Ali is from Caracas, Venezuela, and Ximena is from Mexico City. We both currently live in New York. How did you get started in the industry? We both attended Parsons the New School for Design in New York where we attained BFA degrees in fashion design. We met and became good friends within the first few weeks of moving to the city.  What advice would you have for someone wanting to start their own line or business? Our business came about very spontaneously and organically, which I think has been the best part. The best things for us have come by surprise when we least expected it, from our opportunities to our design ideas. If you plan too much and stress out about everything, you create obstacles for yourself. Everyone in fashion is always stressing out about everything; we think things should be a bit more fun! Describe your customer. Our customer is a young woman with unique and playful style who is not afraid to wear a puffy skirt in galactic prints and look fabulous in it! We also get a lot of love from the space-obsessed, for example, young astronomy students or people who work in science. What tips would you give our reader on wearing your designs? Our items can be dressed up or down depending on how you wear them. Pair our skirts with a basic top and basic accessories because the print on the skirt is enough to make an outfit special. The skirts can be worn during the day with a basic tee and converse shoes or flats, to the office with a nice silk tank top and a blazer and even out if you throw on some heels. The same goes for our scarves and tights. Our dresses are best for special occasions or even a night out. What is your best piece of fashion advice for women? Try not to look at other people for style inspiration, but create your own.  Which celeb is most likely to be spotted in your clothes? I could totally see Nicki Minaj rocking one of our galaxy skirts, as well as Carly Rae Jepsen wearing all of our items! Which celeb would you most like to see in your clothes? Ali: I would love to see Santigold and her back up dancers wearing our skirts and Lady Gaga wearing our galaxy tights, and I would kill to see Justin Bieber in our scarves! Xime: Karen Elson, and David Bowie wearing our Occupy Outer Space tee. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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