Jessi Arrington
Color & Creativity Advocate | Embracing Imperfection
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Jessi Arrington is a color and creativity advocate who encourages audiences to embrace imperfection. As the founder of WORKSHOP, she leads interactive sessions that help people break free from rigid thinking and tap into their natural creativity.
Arrington's colorful TED Talk on the joy of wearing secondhand clothing has been viewed over 2 million times, inspiring a more sustainable, self-expressive approach to fashion. Her keynotes provide practical frameworks for cultivating playfulness, authenticity, and a greater appreciation for the beauty in our everyday lives.
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Wearing nothing new
Designer Jessi Arrington packed nothing for TEDActive but 7 pairs of undies, buying the rest of her clothes in thrift stores around LA. It's a meditation on conscious consumption -- wrapped in a rainbow of color and creativity.
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