TL: When we started the House of Slay during the pandemic, we just wanted to spread the love we had for each other and wanted everyone to feel less alone. We never knew we'd make such an impact. But receiving CFDA's Positive Social Influence award and being recognized as a minority group in fashion made me realize we were being heard and seen. We were doing something out of joy, but I think it helped everyone on the outside see the strength of our community. The response made us all even closer as friends.
CL: The Stop Asian Hate campaign was created by a group of us. We're all in a chat group, so we said, "Hey, who wants to be a part of this video? Send this in," and I ended up piecing it together for everyone. You do that because you want to support the community. We all have platforms that are influential. When you have a platform, it's important that you're showing up for your community.
