The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
June Ambrose is The Catalyst because ignition is her craft. She built hip hop's visual identity, pushed Missy Elliott into the first female artist Adidas collaboration, and launched women's basketball at Puma before it was culturally viable.
“My job is to forecast, is to insist that you feel something in the experience of transforming, evolving. What we're doing is something very transformative.”
“The prerequisite was if you want to play this game, you have to play it with us. You have to partner, and we made it a thing.”
“I think the best work is done when you know you can't tell someone did it, someone else did it for them. That to me is at the heart of what a good collaborator is.”
Angie Martinez IRL: “June Ambrose: Styling Icons, Grief Attacks In Paris & Never Chasing Clout”
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