The LA Fashion 2014

Are you up in Canada?
Yes, I’m going to Canada on the 29th of this month. I’m going to
shoot a movie, tentatively called “13 Steps” but they’re still working
on the name of the movie. The producer and director is Ivan
Godoy and there’s another lead character that plays Cairo, which
is one of those gangster cartel people. He kills my family and his
name is Tero who is played by Raoul Trujillo. He’s been in Apocalypto
and Riddick. It’s exciting to work with new people.
Let’s start with the beginning, you were born where?
I was born in Queens, New York.
But you grew up…
We moved to Los Angeles when I was like 15.
I moved to Miami at 21.
What drew you to Miami?
Yes. I was working with a Latin Grammy winning producer there
but that was just not working out so well and I had an opportunity
to come to New York and I did.
ton aguilar
FASHION STYLIST, ARTIST
Originally from
Born and raised in Los Angeles
Favorite articles of clothing
Anything I can drape on myself
and get out the door.
You’re also a singger/musician… which came first, the music or the
acting?
Since I was seven years old, I saw six or seven, I can’t remember
— I saw The Bodyguard in Spanish in the Dominican Republic. I
was also raised in the DR from 6 to 15 years old, and I went to an
American school there, where I saw The Bodyguard and I was so in love
with Whitney Houston, I told my mom I wanted to be a singer and an
actress. When my mom heard me sing, she put me in classes and said
“We’re moving to Hollywood, baby.”
Your mother was very supportive?
Yeah, and I have to say I was raised by five wonderful women. My
mother was 15 when she had me, so she had her sisters raise me with
her, as well as a very good friend of the family, Diana Martin, who
lives in New York. They’re Italian-American, and they sent me every
summer to New York with them, so I was raised with them, and I was
a part of the family. They’re like my aunt and uncle, but they’re not
blood-related.
Your style is
My style is derived from influences
around me and what I like — be it
art, culture, music or even an old
piece of cloth, I find everything to
be inspiring and i’m sure I can find
some style in it or a way to wear it.
How long have you been on Orange is the New Black?
I was in the first season, and I’m still moving forward.
Do people recognize you? Has it changed your life dramatically?
Yes, it has. I didn’t think it would, but I take the train in New
York, and people are like, “Can I take a picture of you?” It’s crazy.
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