Issue #38 • Breaking in the Best Way, Pushing "Mom Style", and Staying Rooted in Your Truth

Anaïs Marie discusses being a newly single mom, Black maternal health, and feeling confident in your past, present, future, and entire self.

Today, as the second feature in my #BombMoms series, I’d like to introduce my dear friend Anaïs Marie. Anaïs is the Head of Global Brand Retail Experience and Styling at The North Face®, crafting future season concept visuals and brand styling. If you’ve noticed their campaigns and retail experience have gotten a major styling facelift in recent years, that’s because you’re seeing her impeccable work and her distinct ability to translate feelings through fashion. She is constantly redefining what “mom style” looks like (meaning she wears whatever the hell she wants and looks damn good doing it), and as a newly single mom, she has some really poignant and beautiful insights to share on both motherhood and womanhood alike.

“I have this inexplicable faith that I’m heading into a victorious season of life and I feel like my entire body is filled with butterflies. It’s truly an electric feeling. I wish it upon every woman — to feel so confident in her mistakes, her lessons learned, her decisions, her past and her future, her entire self.”

Anaïs for The North Face XX KAWS collection. Photo by Cole Navin & Mark O’Malley.