Team

Candice is the quintessential New Yorker and a highly successful female entrepreneur.

Candice is the Owner and publisher of FADDY Magazine USA and a boutique consultancy agency in New York City focusing on optimizing strategic placement, strategy and trend management for a broad cross section of the Luxury sector.

Candice Solomon has an sterling reputation in the world of fashion. Candice is known throughout the fashion industry as the “go to girl” for “anything and everything” from sourcing incredible locations for editorial shoots, engaging with and securing the worlds best and acclaimed photographers, models, stylists, and award winning hair and makeup artists globally.

She is passionate and a life-long supporter of the LGBT Community, Trans Lives and mentor to many talented people who have become successful entrepreneurs and leaders in the luxury sector under her guidance.

Helen Wilkey spent her first two years out of The University of Chicago working in talent, most recently at Paradigm Talent Agency. Ready to explore realms beyond her desk, Helen looked to fashion for hands-on production experience. She is now assisting on shoots in and around New York City.

Linda Arroz is a writer based in California. Words are her currency. The first plus sized spokes model to get a contract with a major brand, Spiegel Catalog, Arroz’ career spans the evolution of her skill sets. Her portfolio of work has always been a voice of inclusivity. 

Co-author of “Affordable Couture,”  Arroz’ experience includes working as an apparel firm marketing director, magazine editor, fashion stylist, and TV personality, producing hundreds of morning television makeovers. Her consulting firm, Makeover Media, continues to advise clients on a range of issues and opportunities. Acting as a cultural anthropologist, she puts the past into perspective in order to manifest the future.

 Arroz is currently writing a memoir of her years working on the assembly line at General Motors.

Anneysa Gaille is a poet, educator, and journalist based in New York City. In 2018 her chapbook, No Such Thing As, was published by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago. She is currently an adjunct lecturer in the English Department of Brooklyn College. Gaille also serves as the poetry and visual arts editor for the Brooklyn Review.