stylist

These festive stoop setups are the product of a new seasonal micro-economy: pumpkin entrepreneurs and porch stylists.

Customers are paired with a stylist who then picks out tops, pants, dresses and more and sends them in a box.

The skill of these stylists, whose fingers ache from their intricate labor, has made it possible for them to make more prosperous lives for themselves in their adopted country.

It’s an extreme rarity to see a stage filled with Black women, says Claudia Logan, who plays a combative but lovable stylist named Bea.

Guests looked around in curiosity as stylist and author Jasmine Benjamin and Pechuga Vintage founder Johnny Valencia took the stage and announced a surprise fashion show.