Stuzo, the brand that coined and spearheaded what it means to be Gender Free!

Photos by Grace Chu.

When I was younger, if I had seen this representation, it might have catapulted me into this business a little quicker,” they add (their designs are now worn by A-list actress Lena Waithe).

“It’s sad because these kids' mental health is at stake,” Devin-Norelle said of the gender-affirming care bans. “I think about all the friends that I lost from suicide because they weren’t respected, because they were targeted. … when you attack trans kids you attack us too.”

"High school and junior high were fashion shows."

“It’s the starting part that’s difficult, but you just need to do it,” she says. “You don’t need to know every step. You just have to take that first step — you can’t get to the second step without taking the first.”

"For years the entertainment industry has been slowly inviting us into mainstream living rooms, and now we'd like to return the favor by offering authentic queer content"

"Our pieces are gender free . . . because clothes don't have any organs last time we checked."

"The better I am, the better my business."

“It’s a culmination of my upbringing in life really,” Stuzo founder Stoney Michelli tells In The Know.

I want to change the pattern and not just survive; I want to live. I want to show my younger siblings that a part of living is thriving in the now, so seeds will be planted for your future.