ATHLEISURE MAG #97 JAN ISSUE | NEW YEAR, N3W YOU

Each year in Dec and Jan, Athleisure Mag interviews celebrities to discuss their N3W YOU: THE GOOD, THE ADD and THE BUZZ.

THE GOOD

I think in 2023, I’m really happy that for myself, to be home. Because I was injured, it’s made me be in one place the whole year and to live at home instead of out of a hotel. It’s very unique and special. I cooked – I kind of learned how to, I’m proud of that!

I’m deeply proud of the RE – CAP show, that was a labor of love and this continues to be our show as it is an audio podcast wherever you listen to them.

Emotionally, I have taken a lot of steps towards my mental health. I’m going to therapy for the first time in 6 or 7 years. I’m learning about various facets of my mental health and those are the things that I’m really proud of that has taken place.

THE ADD

A home to buy! I really threw to the end. I’m not a procrastinator, but I did not make time for that and I really want to do it. I love where I live now, but I’m renting and I want to find a permanent home in LA.

Obviously, I had an expectation that I would be recovered from my injury in 2023 and I did everything in my power to be and I’m not. So, I think that a big focus in 2024 is to listen to my body and to do everything that I can to be healthy.

THE BUZZ

I hope that the RE – CAP show is back in its fullest form for everyone to see. We have the goal to put a spotlight on women’s sports and to never take it off! Right now, we are doing everything we can to get the show going again in the best form that we possibly can. Stay on the lookout for that, we will be covering the Olympics and hopefully we can expand to other sports to cover other athletes as well.

Of course, health and universe obliging, my return to the field! Hopefully, early in 2024, I will be back on the pitch with Angel City which will be incredible!

@christenpress

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CHRISTEN PRESS

ANGEL CITY FC + USWNT

THE GOOD

That’s interesting. It’s a bit of an oxymoron as the good thing which was also a tough thing was the strike happened, but it did give me the opportunity to reset and not work for a little bit. I think it was the first time since I was 12 years old that I started working that I took time off. For me, it was kind of the blessing in the curse of having some time to myself. I did of course end up writing a pilot anyway so that was productive, but not as productive as I like to normally be. It was also nice to just be able to write something for myself because I wanted it and I cared about it and I am really passionate about it.

Then of course, the show coming out at the end of the year. Seeing how well it has been received has been a great highlight!

THE ADD

For my own project that I just finished writing, I hoped that we would have time to move on that, but because of last year, the strike and how the year shaked out, that is now what I will be doing this year.

THE BUZZ

Nothing yet, everything is in very early stages of development and anything else is secret!

@mariasten

PHOTO COURTESY | Maria Sten

MARIA STEN

ACTRESS + WRITER

PRIME VIDEO'S REACHER NOW

THE GOOD

We’ve played some of the biggest shows we’ve ever played as a band. Our community has definitely grown.

THE ADD

I have a bunch of projects in my mind that I want to make happen: A screenplay for a movie, a fashion brand, a magazine, etc.

THE BUZZ

All I can say is…the album is not completely released, hahaha.

@rawayana

PHOTO COURTESY | Old Parr

LEAD SINGER OF RAWAYANA BETO MONTENEGRO

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THE GOOD

One of my favorite parts of my job is seeing my audience making What’s Gaby Cooking recipes – being able to watch those every day is such a highlight.

Being a mom is another highlight. I love watching her palate develop and seeing her try foods – even if she spits them out!

We also place such an importance on spending time with our friends these days, and we got to do that a lot this year which is always nice.

THE ADD

I started something on What’s Gaby Cooking called The Year of the Cookie. I thought I’d do two cookies a month and so far I’ve only done seven, so that will be continued into next year because it’s a very important public service!

THE BUZZ

My cookbook launches May 2024, which is so exciting! We also just launched all products in-house on Dalkin & Co, and we’re continuing to add more products into the mix.

@whatsgabycookin

PHOTOS COURTESY | Gaby Dalkin

GABY DALKIN

AUTHOR, PRIVATE CHEF + ENTREPRENEUR

THE GOOD

For 2023, BÉIS did our first big collaboration with Barbie the movie! Seeing the response to that was intense for us as a brand! I would say that we probably underestimated it a bit. I don’t think that anybody knew that it would be as big as a cultural phenomenon and remains so as it launched on Max. Seeing how their consumer and our consumer responded to our collection, I mean we sold out in 23 minutes for most of the collection I think. It wasn’t like we bought incredibly limited, that one was a true testament to our design team primarily because we saw the images and things coming out with the movie and they hadn’t reached out to us. We reached out to them and it was one of those persistent moments where we knew we would just keep knocking on the door because we had to do this collaboration. We got it into market in 6 months! Not even from the time that we saw the contract. We were lab dipping on the color before. We knew we were going to do it we just had to do our due diligence and we were lab dipping before we even talked to anyone at Mattel! We manifested it and it was a Shay thing!

We have a number of collaborations coming which is also exciting.

Then there’s the pop ups. Those are incredibly exciting and then expanding our core collection. That’s one big thing that we really started doing with color and now we’re doing it more not just with color, but the colors that we currently have.

It’s been an amazing and exciting learning experience for us this year in particular. We went from being a brand that was black and beige to one that is very colorful in a very short period of time.

THE ADD

We like to jam so much into a year! Next year, we have more collaborations and they are more diverse in the way that we

are approaching them. We have pop ups, but we are also doing pop ups with collaborations like the BÉIS Wash that is launching. I think it’s exciting and of course, rounding out our portfolio which is something that we have always wanted to do. We have less limitations next year for developing into those assortments than we would have had in previous years. So I think that that’s exciting. Even looking into the future, we’re excited about how we as a consumer centric brand, how we involve the community even more. That’s what we’re looking for and really diving into similar things that we’re doing with the BÉIS Wash by providing services that they have asked us for. The way to clean their products and you’ll just have to stay tuned for additional ones.

THE BUZZ

If you are an owner of any of our top selling colors which is pretty much all of them, we will have more items to round out your assortment across categories. That is the big thing. We will also have towards the end of the year, 2 big collaborations maybe more – but from a product perspective 2 I think. We will be expanding our kids line which we launched. We will do more with our kids line. Towards the end of the year, we are launching a collection that we are working on it to be completely washable - so a travel bag, a duffle which goes back to my Vera Bradley days as all of those bags were washable and it seems like something that our consumers have been asking us for!

@lizmoney

PHOTO COURTESY | Liz Money

SVP, BRAND + CREATIVE