Sneaker Pawn

Started by 16-year old Chase Reed, Sneaker Pawn takes a classic business model and remixes it in a modern way. Everyone is familiar with a pawnshop and Chase simply took the idea and applied It to high end and dead stock sneakers for his first business idea. Sneaker Pawn was born after Troy asked his father for $50 to put towards another release of sneakers and his Father would hold onto the new pair of sneakers until Chase could pay off the money that he borrowed. Chase eventually had the big idea to apply the pawn shop model to sneakers and he began to sell all of his sneaker collection which consisted of $200 pairs of sneakers to raise the money he needed to start his business. The money he eventually raised came up to $30,000 which he used to get officially begin Sneaker Pawn. Now, Sneaker Pawn is available at 26^th West 14^th street between 5^th and 6^th street in New York.

Chase took his simple idea and created something never before seen but needed in the community.

Pink Plastic

Pink Plastic is an avant-garde 20^th century inspired jewelry and clothing company curated by Princess Aurum and Ann Wynn who use influences like fashion moguls Twiggy, Cher, and Dior as well as culturally trademarked movies like Clueless and Life-Size to create clothing that exudes ingenuity. Each piece is made to make ALL women standout as they seek to embrace ALL women of different shades, sizes, and skin tones to embrace their inner confidence and diva.

Pink Plastic’s message of inclusivity in all sizes and shades is important and in the spirit of supporting other women they are an inspiration for other businesses to embrace other sizes and to celebrate women in all their forms.

Pish Posh Apparel

Emani, who is the brains behind Pish Posh, has taken actual art and combined it into the context of fashion. Her pieces are unique as each piece is hand painted and different from the next piece. She is inspiring a new age of fashion as she took her thoughts and translated them to goals which led to action that created her brand Pish Posh.