One of Hollywood’s most powerful stylists, Karla Welch is known for her authenticity and activism. She helps her clients—poet Cleo Wade and soccer player Megan Rapinoe among them—dress as the best, most real version of themselves. Throwing off the traditional rules of the red carpet, Welch’s definition of style is both liberating and inclusive. “Modern style means the freedom to wear whatever you want,” she says.
Welch, who co-founded creative studio Meritocracy, turned her discerning eye to the Tiffany HardWear collection for this shoot of Wade and Rapinoe. “It’s just my gaze on them and their gaze on me. Truthful portraits of two women who I am honored to know and be inspired by.”