Meet Karen Perez, the stylist who designed a chic mask that has since been worn by high-profile women like Jennifer Lopez and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She launched her brand Second Wind on Instagram and a year later, her designs can now be found stocked at Saks Fifth Avenue.

We talked about how she mentally dealt with a viral incident in which a popular influencer was accused of stealing her designs, the good and the bad of being popular and sought-after overnight and her step-by-step process of creating a product.