Jenn Im (Korean name: Im Dohee, Hangul: ???; born September 22, 1990) is a Korean-American fashion and beauty vlogger and fashion designer. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ClothesEncounters, which she started in 2010 and which had approximately 2 million subscribers as of 2017. In August 2017, Im launched Eggie, a clothing line that sold out within minutes of its online release. Forbes named Im one of the "top influencers" in fashion in 2017.
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Career
YouTube
Im and Sarah Chu started the YouTube channel, ClothesEncounters, in 2010 while the two were living in Los Angeles. Their videos focused on affordable fashion and quickly developed a fanbase. Chu left ClothesEncounters at the end of 2011 after Im moved away to attend the University of California, Davis. Im continued to create videos for the channel, which garnered more than 183 million views by August 2017. On September 7, 2017, Im tweeted that she had reached 2 million subscribers to her YouTube channel.
Collaborations
Im has collaborated with numerous beauty and fashion brands, including Calvin Klein, Levi's, Macy's, and Clinique. In 2016, she released a makeup collection called "Jenn Ne Sais Quoi" with cosmetics brand ColourPop.
Fashion line
In August 2017, Im launched a clothing line called Eggie, which is the Korean word for "baby" and a reference to Im's position as the youngest member of her family. The clothing line incorporated elements of Im's Korean heritage and also featured gender-neutral clothing items. The line sold out within minutes of its online release. Im launched a second clothing collection in December 2017.
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Personal life
Im's parents were born in South Korea. Her mother is a bank teller, and her father works in clothing manufacturing. Im was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She studied in community college before she transferred to the University of California, Davis and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies in 2013.
Im is engaged to Ben Jolliffe, former drummer for the British alternative rock band Young Guns. The couple lives in Los Angeles.
Criticism
Im said she didn't vote for the Presidential Election in 2016 because she knew Hilary Clinton would win in her state California. This received a lot of criticism from her viewers due to the fact she mentioned about hardships growing up as an immigrant child many times, and Trump spoke on anti-immigrant policies.
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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