PS: Tell us about the first custom Brittany Allen piece to ever hit Peloton screens.
BA: After I competed on "Project Runway" season 18, I came back with a newfound source of inspiration and determination, and I thought, "What the hell — I'll shoot [Jess King and DJ John Michael] a DM and see what happens." Designers never get responses back from celeb DMs, but they both responded. They heard my story and instantly wanted to try out a jacket project, while Jess started cooking up some bigger plans. I think I did really well on those jackets because I consider that my very first project for anything Peloton — and I guess you could say I made it past the "audition," because they wanted to keep working together.
JK: [When we first wore the jackets,] we turned all the lights off during the class and we did a dance — and you just saw our little light-up arms. Amazing. When the Jess King Experience season two came around, I sent [Allen] bins of Peloton clothes, and she created this amazing upcycled look out of it.
