Designer and Founder Kim Shui’s collage-esque repertoire reflects her own manifold path to success. A product of New York City, Rome and a child of Chinese immigrants - she has made a career in weaving these influences together to create clothes championed by Dua Lipa, SZA and many others on the scene.

BoH host Angelo Baque (Founder, Awake NY) sits down with Kim to discuss the different tactics she employed to facilitate her rise to fashion icon - finding the right kind of places and wearing the right kind of pieces that lead to conversations with the right kind of people.

PLUS

Angelo sits down with Oke Jr. a hip hop artist out of Oakland, California and his mentor, Sickamore the label man who helped launch the careers of Travis Scott, YG, Don Toliver and many others. They reveal how a mentor can help you cut through the noise and keep you in check when even your greatest of doubts emerge.

This season of Business of HYPE is sponsored by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey.

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KIM SHUI TIME CODES
00:00 Intro
1:16 Kim’s wide ranging international influences
5:35 Attempting a career in fashion despite your parent’s disapproval
8:13 The benefits of feeling comfortable in uncomfortable situations
9:32 Finding your voice through your clothing
10:58 Bucking stereotypes
14:21 Kim’s inspiration
16:11 How to get your work seen
19:36 Going to school to study economy
23:45 Kim and Angelo’s creative process
28:09 Pan-Asian fashion trends
31:53 Kim’s most valuable advice for the come up
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37:35 The Mentor’s Mentor - Oke Junior and Sickamore - Sponsored by Bulleit
40:06 The challenges that face young artists trying to break into the music industry
41:06 How mentors help Sickamore in his career
43:54 What Oke is looking for as a mentee and how Sickamore plans to help
52:04 Sickamore’s best advice for a young artist trying to navigate the come up

Executive Producer - Kyle Reyes
Director - Jon Fusco
Producer - Alejandra Zelaya, Jenny Fu
Director of Photography - Julius Ignacio
Gaffer - John Izarpate
Grip - Rick Lim
1st AC - Brian Nguyen
Set Design - Lucy Hislop
Production Assistant - Tealoni Butler
Editor - Jon Fusco

Special Thanks
Sarah Schecker
Sophie Schieli

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