EXCLUSIVE: YouTuber Aaliyah Jay Is Breaking Into The Fashion World And Is Making Her Own Rules

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Biggest Misconception About Becoming A Fashion Designer

“I think one of my misconceptions was probably about the discrimination in the fashion world. As a Black woman, it’s super hard to get into the fashion world. There are so many black women who are doing it. And I’m like, so ecstatic about that because not only are they doing it, and showing others they’re doing it [but they are] showing me that is possible,” Aaliyah Jay said. “But at the same time, it is super hard to even get there. The fashion world is super strict, and they barely let anyone in. It’s like a gated community for real. I don’t know if that’s a thing that has anything to do with just being a Black woman or being a woman or, even my background [as a] YouTuber. A lot of people don’t believe that YouTubers can go [in] certain directions,” Jay explained. “They’re always gonna see [me] as being a YouTuber. People were kind of just like, ‘Yeah, whatever. Did you do this?’ I remember going to a couple of factories to ask them ‘can I make my product here?’ And they kind of like took me as a joke.”