Jennifer Dohee Im is an American fashion

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and fashion designer. She is best known for her

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channel, previously titled ''ClothesEncounters'', which began in 2010 and reached approximately 2.4 million subscribers as of 2019. In August 2017, Im launched Eggie, a clothing line that sold out within minutes of its online release. ''

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'' named Im one of the "top influencers" in fashion in 2017.

Career

YouTube

Im and Sarah Chu started the

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 The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

. Im continued to create videos for the channel, which garnered more than 319 million views by August 2019. She currently has over 3.07 million subscribers on her YouTube channel.

Collaborations

Im has collaborated with numerous beauty and fashion brands, including

Calvin Klein Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and ...

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Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

, and

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. 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. The line releases several collections a year. On July 23, 2021, Im announced on her socials that after 3 years and 18 collections, Eggie would be closing its door as she begins to focus on her next chapter in life as a new mother.

Personal life

Im's parents were born in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Her mother is a bank teller, and her father works in clothing manufacturing. Im was born and raised in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

. She has an older brother named James. She studied in community college before she transferred to the

and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies in 2013. On March 26, 2017, Im married Ben Jolliffe, former drummer for the British alternative rock band Young Guns. They held their wedding ceremony in Malibu on August 18, 2018. The couple lives in Los Angeles, and they have one son.

References

External links

Official website
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