When London’s Southbank Centre invited us to do What’s Underneath interviews for the public, we worried people would feel exposed. What we found was the opposite: they were eager to strip down, open up, and felt uplifted by the love of the crowd. Watch as six women make a giant leap towards self acceptance for all in our first What’s Underneath: Open Call.
StyleLikeU is led by mother-daughter duo Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum, who are bound by the desire to uncover what’s underneath personal style. Through candid, docu-style interviews with empowered individuals, StyleLikeU is building a world where getting dressed each morning is an act of self-love.
We're collaborating with Allure on a video series that dispels some of our culture’s most insidious beauty myths that keep us from feeling at peace within our skin and distract us from embracing our true selves
"There’s never been a time where I haven’t been, not just proud, but grateful to be black," states Michaela Angela Davis. An irrepressible force of truth, Michaela sounds off on everything from Ame...
Sexually abused by a rabbi in her Lubavitch (a branch of Hasidism) community, abandoned by her parents, and turning to Bulimia to try and make herself disappear, Deena Chanowitz has stared down mou...
Society’s widespread Islamophobia won’t derail Muslim Girl founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh's from her mission to shed the stereotypes about Muslims. Her journey shows that there is nothing to hide in b...
Eating donuts with no guilt and appearing on billboards with zero retouching, Iskra Lawrence shares how she survived modeling’s toxic norms and is redefining supermodel as a curvy Aerie It Girl.
“I didn't know that talking about the one thing that terrified me would open so many doors,” says singer Jamar Rogers. Battling HIV and the demonization of his sexuality, Jamar's journey shows how ...
“Feminism isn’t about being perfect, it’s about being honest,” says Amanda Palmer in the first episode of the Summer ’16 season of The What’s Underneath Project.. The indie artist who turned the mu...
“I thought that if you’re creative with clothes then you go to the fashion industry. But you actually go there to die," says filmmaker and former fashion designer Tessa Edwards. In the final episod...
The actress and playwright Brigitte Aphrodite channels her irrepressibly hilarious, warm, and exuberant personality to get serious about her paralyzing depression: "Depression is shit, but it's a p...
A model minus the airs, Adwoa Aboah founded Gurls Talk so that young girls could have a safe space to get super real about the issues that Adwoa herself has confronted, including depression, drugs,...
“I like to be different, because I am different," states Stav B. The queer performance artist unapologetically declares, “There’s no formula to love, no formula to be a human being, no formula to b...
Growing up, plus-size model Olivia Campbell was bullied at school and sexually assaulted due to her body. With the same raw strength that she used to face her mom and step-mom's battles with cancer...
To meet fashion's inhumane beauty norms, London model Charli Howard went on a draconian diet. When her agency fired her, Charli told them to eff off via a viral Facebook post. Now, the Brit tells g...
We traveled to London’s Southbank Centre to conduct What’s Underneath interviews as an open call in a public setting. We weren’t sure what to expect, but eager participants stepped up to share thei...
We traveled to London’s Southbank Centre to conduct What’s Underneath interviews as an open call in a public setting. We weren’t sure what to expect, but eager participants stepped up to share thei...
Sexually abused by a rabbi in her Lubavitch (a branch of Hasidism) community, abandoned by her parents, and turning to Bulimia to try and make herself disappear, Deena Chanowitz has stared down mou...
Eating donuts with no guilt and appearing on billboards with zero retouching, Iskra Lawrence shares how she survived modeling’s toxic norms and is redefining supermodel as a curvy Aerie It Girl.
“Feminism isn’t about being perfect, it’s about being honest,” says Amanda Palmer in the first episode of the Summer ’16 season of The What’s Underneath Project.. The indie artist who turned the mu...
“I thought that if you’re creative with clothes then you go to the fashion industry. But you actually go there to die," says filmmaker and former fashion designer Tessa Edwards. In the final episod...
Growing up, plus-size model Olivia Campbell was bullied at school and sexually assaulted due to her body. With the same raw strength that she used to face her mom and step-mom's battles with cancer...
To meet fashion's inhumane beauty norms, London model Charli Howard went on a draconian diet. When her agency fired her, Charli told them to eff off via a viral Facebook post. Now, the Brit tells g...
For all of how Daphne has overcome the prejudice against her class, race, and gender to become a Tony-nominated actress who’s ripping through Broadway norms, watch her video. Then spread her truth ...
For all of pinup model Elly Mayday's unflinching battle with ovarian cancer, watch her video above. Then spreads her truths yourself by sharing her episode with your friends and loved ones.
What happens when two complete strangers with totally opposite styles switch clothes for a day? Find out by watching our special series of Second Skins that we made with Look TV!
Closets are our original profile. Since 2009, we've been stepping into the homes and closets of inspirational individuals who tell their story just by getting dressed.
“Consciousness is the prize of life,” declares Lita Albuquerque in our Closets series. The environmental artist, sculptor, painter, mother-of-two, and coolest 68-year-old in the cosmos tells all ab...
“Survivor? I didn’t lie under the table and ‘survive’ the bombing. I fought every minute. I was wearing great shoes and going to chemo." That's the indomitable voice of Gail Chovan, and she tells a...
"If you're trying to be someone else, it ain't gonna happen. You just have to be who you are, that's it," states B. Åkerlund, who has gone from being the shyest one to styling everyone from Madonna...