Daydreams are the key to new world-building
Ep. 03 - A conversation with stylist and editor Chris Chidi
The moment you meet fashion stylist and editor Chris Chidi you are in an elastic spree of her excitement, curiosity, and penchant to understand the world. At a party, you’ll find her in circles of deep conversation discussing art, revolutionary social change, and the complexities of being human.
On set, you can find her creating statuesque looks. Her styling choices are distinct. A commanding, playful, and fortified femininity is explored through her work. You feel more like her subjects are characters revolving in a fairy-tale like world.
For episode 03 of the electric blue podcast, I decided to have a conversation with Chris. We discuss topics like her experience of growing up a Valley girl then moving to Lagos, Nigeria, her very intuitive journey of becoming a stylist, and the fine balance of protecting your freedom as an artist when it becomes the way you make a living.
Our conversation is filled with so many epiphanies. Even going back to listen while editing I heard even more gems. If you’ve held the dream of working in fashion, or truly any other dream, this is a great convo to inspire you to go towards what calls and aches within you. It’s okay if you don’t have the right credentials or connections, all you need is your drive and the dream, and in some surprising way, you will do it.
For those of you who are more visual, we also recorded our conversation on video:
For paid subscribers, I’ll be going into how daydreams are the source in how we collectively create a more ideal world — and for that, we all need to start being less realistic.
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