COME AND SEE THE REAL THING
She has blue hair and 3D Bugs Bunny, Dumbo and miniature milkshake appliqués the size of wine gums atop her fingernails. She’s as likely to mix Marni with an unknown fashion graduate’s debut collection, or archival Miu Miu with an upcycled crochet tank by a genderless New York micro label. No, she’s not a megawatt Italian influencer, or Danish It-girl, but rather creative consultant and fashion writer Kristen Bateman, who has just over 12k followers on her Instagram account where you’d never catch a #paidpartnership or single #sponcon post.
With such unique personal style, Bateman could have easily gone with the flow and used her following to entice brands to pay her to wear their clothes. So why not? “I’m not an influencer,” she says plainly. “I’m a writer and consultant, so I’m
