Nyla Hasan is the founder and Creative Director of the øther. Curiosity, nostalgia, and craft is what drives how she creates. She considers herself a maker across various disciplines in and outside of fashion. Inspired by her mixed South Asian roots, she attributes much of her inspiration to her heritage where she aims to present old world crafts in untraditional ways. Nyla investigates the connection between us transcending borders, where we find belonging, and expanding the narrative. Most of her life she had felt like an “other”, the tension between these two polarizing identities she learned to find beauty in the between and seeks to connect with others who find themselves in this same space.