Kuai Li is a Brooklyn-based fashion designer and the founder and creative director of Quine Li. Trained in product design and fashion, she earned an MFA in Fashion Design from FIT. Her sculptural work explores body, structure, and space, transforming softness into strength. Her designs have appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Office Magazine, and CNN, and have been worn by Katy Perry, Kylie Jenner, Michelle Yeoh, and Doja Cat.

Rey Jaiteh is a Gambian-born, New York–based fashion designer and founder of Rey Jaiteh. Rooted in Harlem, New York, and inspired by luxury streetwear and refined tailoring, his work explores identity, transformation, and craftsmanship. Drawing from childhood lessons alongside his father, Rey creates handcrafted garments that bridge structure and emotion, redefining modern menswear through thoughtful design and storytelling.

Laurel Tiange Fang is a fashion designer and creative technologist based in New York. She is the founder of Laurel Blue, she explores the intersection of fashion, technology, and the natural world through wearable innovation. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons and an MPS from NYU ITP. Her work combines fashion, technology, and wearable innovation, and has been featured in ELLE, Grazia, L’Officiel, PAP Magazine, and The Boston Globe.

Roderick Reyes was born and raised in Brooklyn off the N-line to immigrant parents of Dominican and Mexican descent. A graduate of F.I.T and the H.S. of Industries, Reyes is a multi-disciplinary creative whose technical training is in fashion design. Reyes works with stylists to create and tailor red carpet, stage, and press looks — helping brands bring their designs to life. Being in fashion with a capital “F” has always been in Reyes’ mind from an early age. Even before he could correctly spell “designer” he had submitted it to his elementary yearbook for “what I want to be when I grew up.”