The Self Proclaimed “Fashion Hustler” Brandon Frein Gives It To Us Straight

“One of my favorite stories to tell is from when I was six years old. My neighbor and I would ride our bikes up and down the street, dressed in our mother’s nightgowns and jewelry, putting on a kind of ‘fashion show’ and changing into a new outfit at each other’s house,” said Brandon Frein as she sips her kombucha from the plush velvet sofas in Chicago’s Soho House. Here, she is not only a founding member but a sort of fairy godmother...if you can imagine a fairy godmother as an impeccably dressed and highly assertive tour-de-force who is more likely to yell out “fuck” than quietly mind her P’s and Q’s.