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"Kristin Prim is 22. Yet she is also the founder of a publication (Prim Magazine), the creator of a series of biannual art books (A23), she is a model and has a long list of famous collaborations in fashion spanning from Jeremy Scott to Rad Hourani under her belt. Kristin Prim is all of this but, most of all, has very clear ideas about the role of women in today\u2019s society and how it should \u2013 and deserves \u2013 to be recognized and promoted. To this end, she founded The Provocateur, a site, or better, an \u201Carchive\u201D of handwritten letters written by women for women. Advice, life inspirations in the form of \u201Cmessages in a bottle\u201D that Prim collated and acquired from leading women and publishes periodically. Following letters by Garbage\u2019s lead singer Shirley Manson, activist Janet Mock, by Myla Dalbesio and Nancy Jo Sales, next February 15th The Provocateur will publish the handwritten words of the founder and voice of Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer. Vogue.it presents you an exclusive preview of Amanda\u2019s letter, which you can read in the photo gallery. We also chatted with Kristin to talk about The Provocateur and, most of all, women. Why do you choose to publish handwritten letters? Has it got to do with the way people bond (which gets lost when interaction is made through a computer)? Or is there something deeper about writing on paper? &amp;quot;I\u2019ve always been such a huge admirer of handwritten content. Whenever I\u2019ve loved someone dearly, or had someone very close to my heart, I\u2019ve always felt that expressing something on paper was inherently more tangible and expressive than simply typing. Of course, this isn\u2019t always possible in today\u2019s society, but with The Provocateur, it was something that I was adamant about. Everything that\u2019s handwritten just takes on this genuine language of its own, and I think that can be incredibly poignant, especially when it comes to advice.&amp;quot; If you were one of your readers, what piece of advice would you like to read in one of the letters published in The Provocateur? &amp;quot;To not be afraid \u2014 of failure, of change, of love, of fear itself. I\u2019ve seen so many people be held back by worry, which later only evolves into regret. One of my favorite quotes of Rilke\u2019s is \u201Clet everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.\u201D That concept is something I\u2019ve based my entire career around. I\u2019ve never let opportunities \u2014 career or life-wise \u2014 pass me by due to fear, and because of this I\u2019m proud to say that I am able to live happily without even one regret. In short, do everything you ever want to do, never second guess yourself, and be only who you truly are, unapologetically, and be nothing short of that for anyone.&amp;quot; What is the provocation behind The Provocateur? &amp;quot;Well before conceptualizations of The Advisor came about, this franchise was only geared toward women. I was racking my brain for such a long time trying to come up with a simple mission statement, until one day it just came to me: \u201Cit has always been the most provocative act of rebellion for a woman to love herself.\u201D I find this to be very true, even today. So I suppose the provocation comes from simply being a woman who can appreciate and admire herself without the permission of others. I think the provocation of being a contemporary male comes from something entirely different, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking to explore within The Advisor &amp;quot; You are about to launch The Advisor, the male version of The Provocateur. Would you like to share with us the names of the people that will be involved in the project? &amp;quot;All I can say about that as of now is that I\u2019m working on The Advisor alongside Alex Kazemi, who I\u2019ve known for about six years now. He\u2019s an incredibly brilliant, provocative, and progressive author and visionary, as well as one of my closest friends. That, and you can expect to see it out sometime around April 1st, 2016. While I\u2019ll have stay a bit quiet on its contributors, I can promise you that they\u2019re all incredible.&amp;quot; In your opinion, what role does fashion play in helping women to learn to love themselves? &amp;quot;I started my career in the fashion industry about eight years ago now, and while I can\u2019t say fashion directly made me confident within itself, it certainly assisted me in asserting power over my own body, which I think is so important. Fashion is simply a physical indicator of interior emotion, so by adorning your body in what you love, it truly becomes a form of self care and is wildly important in appreciating oneself.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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