Our brightest young stars bring their creative energy to mod-inflected fashion for a 21st-century audience.
Passionate, aware, and engaged, our brightest young stars bring their creative energy to mod-inflected fashion for a 21st-century audience.
Charithra Chandran is a 25-year-old actress.
What is it about your generation that you admire the most?
How courageous we are. Climate change, food insecurity, gender oppression, and rising income disparity are all unavoidable global issues that must be addressed if we are to have a more fair and sustainable future. We are the generation that will give solutions and demand higher standards.
Who do you admire from your generation, and why?
Amika George is a force to be reckoned with. She began her crusade to abolish period poverty when she was seventeen years old. She saw a problem that afflicted one out of every ten girls and set out to solve it. What a remarkable young woman.
Earl Cave
21, actor
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
I’d change the direction of Earth’s orbit and go back in time. I’d like to rearrange some things…
How does it feel to be part of the cohort reshaping the rules of society?
It’s a pleasure to be among these great people. Everything is pretty much up for grabs now. Anyone can do anything. What’s more important than that?
Iris Law
21, actor and model
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
Sustainability in the fashion industry, because I feel that’s where I could make an impact. I would encourage the large corporations with the power to make change to do so, and discourage unethical production and overproduction.
How does it feel to be part of the cohort reshaping the rules of society?
We are the next generation. If we don’t do it, who will? Our future children are relying on us to change their world.
Dua Saleh
is a musician, poet, and actor who is 26 years old.
What one thing would you alter about the world if you could?
Dismantle the military-industrial complex. Since the slaughter of nonviolent protestors in Sudan, it has been particularly on my mind. I demand justice for my people, and I beg that everyone pay attention to the ongoing civil disobedience against the corrupt administration.
Who do you admire from your generation?
Megan Thee Stallion is someone I admire greatly. I adore her because she's a rap legend, a gay icon, and a fellow anime fan.
Renaux, Archie
actor, 24 years old
What is it about your generation that you admire the most?
If I'm being honest, we've been dealt a bit of a bad hand, but on the whole I would say we are resilient as a result of that, and aspirational. I am proud to have grown up in such progressive times.
What are you most looking forward to achieving in 2022?
I’m actually really just trying to be better as a man and as a father. A lot has happened to me this past year, and I’ve had to grow up fast.
Who in your generation do you look up to?
Marcus Rashford. Footballers get a lot of stick, but when the country needed a real leader, he stepped up.
Bimini
28, artist, author, musician and performer
What do you love most about your generation?
Pushing new language and switching rhetoric to keep up with how quickly the world changes. One of the most beautiful things about being human is that we are constantly evolving, and my generation is unapologetic about how drastically we want this.
How does it feel to be part of the cohort reshaping the rules of society?
I want people to know it’s OK to not know who you are right away. We’re always learning new traits or feelings, and there aren’t any right or wrong ways to identify. It’s way more punk to accept yourself as an individual in a world that’s constantly trying to define you.
Zinnia Kumar, a model and entrepreneur, is 25 years old.
What are you most excited to accomplish in 2022?
The Dotted Line, or TDL, is an advertising agency and consulting that I will officially establish. We are a global team of creatives, technophiles, consumer behavior and psychology consultants, as well as talent and production managers focused on South Asia. I'm excited to show you the projects we've been working on.
How does it feel to be a part of a group that is rewriting society's rules?
Despite the fact that I've struggled with social anxiety for a long time, I've always felt a feeling of obligation to leave the world a better place.
Elliot Edusah is a 24-year-old actor.
What is it about your generation that you admire the most?
That we have progressed in our efforts to unite our voice and not letting race, sex, gender, faith or culture divide us. I don’t think there has been a generation that cares so deeply about the environment and how we play our part to preserve it. We are rule-breakers, we are nonconformists, we are the voice of change.
How does it feel to be part of the cohort reshaping the rules of society?
“Let them be well used, for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time.” That quote from Hamlet expresses my purpose: actors are the abstract chronicles of the time. I believe it’s important to break the rules and see things from a different angle.
Kayako Higuchi
22, model and musician
What are you most looking forward to achieving in 2022?
I am looking forward to making more lovely songs with my band.
Who in your generation do you look up to?
Kemio, a Japanese YouTuber. He talks about social problems, like racism and anxiety. This is important, especially for Japanese people, who typically aren’t used to speaking out. He creates a space where it is easier to chat about this stuff for my generation in Japan.
Arrdee, a 19-year-old musician
What is it about your generation that you admire the most?
We exert a great deal of control over our actions. People my age are becoming successful because to technology and new things we're born into, such as Bitcoin trading and NFTs. We're putting it all together.
What one thing would you alter about the world if you could?
I'd eliminate the stigma associated with being different. Everyone is cool in their own special way.
Who do you admire from your generation?
[winks] Me.
Coco Rebecca Edogamhe is a 20-year-old actress.
What are you most excited to accomplish in 2022?
Every day, I strive to enhance my abilities. I'm usually harsh on myself, but then I remember that I'm just 20.
Who in your generation do you look up to?
Zendaya, for sure. She’s such a pure spirit.
Devon Ross
22, actor and musician
What are you most looking forward to achieving in 2022?
I just spent the past six months working on Olivier Assayas’s newest production, Irma Vep, for HBO. It’s my first-ever acting experience so I’m excited to take my first steps into this whole world.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
I would bring back George Harrison. We need more people like him.
Who in your generation do you look up to?
My friends.
