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📰 The Los Angeles-Based Label Making 'Anti-Fashion Fashion' {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Growing up in Crestone, Colorado, a small mountain town with a population of 200, you could say designer Ella Mae wasn't exactly raised in a style hub. Yet, at 5 years old she already knew she was destined to become a fashion designer.  "I always felt like I was too big for Crestone," she tells Fashionista. "I always wanted to make crazy outfits. I was just so obsessed with fashion for as long as I can remember." She'd show up to school — in her class of two people — wearing bold outfits. Eventually, Mae's mother taught her how to sew, and from there, she locked in to her pursuit of design.  The budding designer's first official stepping stone in building her career was attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to hone her skills. "RISD completely shaped my ...