What does it take to reinvent oneself? For Pat Cortez, it's an unintentional process, one that is slow and steady. She's never been shy, but she feels like she held herself back and laid low-until she decided not to.
From wanting to start a fashion blog in her teenage years and falling in love with the thrill of thrifting to landing projects with major fashion and beauty brands and creating her own label called Overlay, it's safe to say that Cortez lives the life of a creative. Now that she's breaking her shell-going from one campaign to the next, planning and designing for her brand, and filming new content-Cortez is making the world wholly, truly her own.
WHO ARE YOUR STYLE INSPIRATIONS AND HOW DID THEY INFLUENCE YOUR CURRENT STYLE?
My style inspiration is my mom. I love getting her vintage ternos and skirts. I also have grandparents in Japan. They both have a way of dressing up so casually, like it's just normal for them to pair all these textures and colors together. I really want to dress innately just like them.
I think since we're living in a time of social media, there are trends that come up, shoes that everyone has, or another bag you want to look around the mall for.
Then, I think of my mom and grandparents in Japan, and they remind me to work around with what you have.
Wear them a lot and just don't think about it that much innate dressing.
WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE FASHION MOMENT? HOW ABOUT YOUR LEAST FAVORITE?
Recently, it's for an event I attended. I really wanted to express myself, so I got white pieces with cool textures and cuts in the thrift store. I asked my friend RIOtaso to sew all these cool patterns together to create a one-of-a-kind piece. I also placed real flowers and put them under my stockings and did my own hair and makeup.
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