James Aguiar on Why Failure is Success, What Your Personal Style Says About You, and If You Don't Have Something, Make it

For 25 years, powerhouse tastemaker James Aguiar has brought a fresh stylized eye to every project in his career path. Coming to New York with $200 in his pocket and a dream, his first job was sweeping cigarette butts off the floor at a NYC night club where he saw Andy Warhol talking to Keith Haring. From that moment, he knew there was more to his future than what his upbringing "on the wrong side of the tracks," showed him. There are so many life lessons in this episode, starting with the idea that it's not just about being one thing, and that experience is really your best teacher.