Forget the age-old polarity between commerce and creativity. For Ahlem Manai-Platt, founder of the eponymous luxury eyewear brand AHLEM, “there’s no distinction”—it’s all about trusting your intuition, be that when hiring, designing or making business decisions. Manai-Platt is confidence incarnate—as she says herself, “I never questioned whether I’d succeed. When you’re at the core of what you’re proposing, how can it fail?” It’s this curiosity and confidence that’s taken AHLEM from strength to strength since she launched it in 2014. This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty-Three Buy Now Related Stories Fashion Issue 51 The Getaway A lazy weekend at the Farnsworth House. Fashion Issue 51 I’m With Stupid A short history of slogan T-shirts. Fashion Issue 51 Power Tool Malthe Risager Jørgensen, founder of Artikel København, on the tool he couldn’t work without. Fashion Issue 50 Communion Fellow-feeling through fashion. Fashion Issue 50 Capsule Wardrobes “At its most noble, it should make every purchase a special occasion.” Fashion Issue 50 What Are You Working On? David Koma’s current workload.
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Fashion Issue 50 Capsule Wardrobes “At its most noble, it should make every purchase a special occasion.”
