Wendi Williams-Stern: The Alchemist

This gorgeous woman can transform anything you wear into clothing gold. With a long roster of top stylists, mega A-list performers and the best couture fashion houses coming to her for help, she’s built her business, Studio Unbiased (@studiounbiased), into the go-to atelier for adaptations, collaborations and custom designs. She’s self-taught, there was nothing traditional in her training. She learned to knit in one day! She can do the most intricate of bead work. Whatever it is, she figures it out. A dashiki into the raddest motorcycle jacket ever? No problem. She calls her process more “mechanical engineering” than anything else. This is an artist who has a true calling and vision for what she does. She told me about a project (that’s still secret) where she had to make someone invisible for a scene where they were driving-the footage is unbelievable and I hope to share it eventually in a follow-up. Her own designs are everything I want to wear. I’m in complete awe of Wendi and her remarkable gifts.