POWER BRAINS GLORIA ALLRED interview by OLIVIER ZAHM photography HEJI SHIN style by AVENA GALLAGHER with gloria allred, women’s rights attorney, jess miller, pursuing a master of divinity focusing on queer and womanist theology at columbia university, meisha brooks, harvard mechanical engineer turned model and actress OLIVIER ZAHM — Can you name some women who’ve inspired you? GLORIA ALLRED — United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; nominee for president from the Democratic Party, Hillary Rodham Clinton; suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; and Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad to free slaves. OLIVIER ZAHM — Women are not afraid anymore to speak out and you’ve never been. Where did you find this personal inner strength? GLORIA ALLRED — In my high school, the Philadelphia High School for Girls, we were taught that we should have confidence in ourselves. Also, I know that the…
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: JESS MILLER WEARS A GRISAILLE TAILORED WOOL JACKET SPORTMAX, BEIGE SKIRT LAYERED OVER PANTS HYKE - MEISHA BROOKS WEARS A STRIPED BEIGE AND PURPLE TOP MIU MIU, FLARED JEANS CELINE BY HEDI SLIMANE - GLORIA ALLRED WEARS A WHITE FISHERMAN’S SMOCK IN LACQUERED CALFSKIN HERMÈS, BLACK TURTLENECK MAJESTIC, TROUSERS AND EARRINGS GIORGIO ARMANI
JESS MILLER (LEFT) WEARS A CAMEL DOUBLE-BREASTED COAT, PINK TURTLENECK AND SNEAKERS GUCCI GLORIA ALLRED (RIGHT) WEARS A BLACK AND WHITE TWEED COAT CHANEL, BLACK TURTLENECK MAJESTIC, TROUSERS GIORGIO ARMANI, AND TWIST EARRINGS GIVENCHY
MEISHA BROOKS (LEFT) WEARS A HEATHER-GRAY SUSPENDER LEOTARD AND BLACK CROPPED KNIT TOP LIVE THE PROCESS, SANDALS GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI - GLORIA ALLRED (RIGHT) WEARS A RED TWEED JACKET AND EARRINGS CHANEL WITH BLACK TURTLENECK MAJESTIC AND TROUSERS GIORGIO ARMANI
MEISHA BROOKS WEARS AN IVORY CASHMERE SILK BODYSUIT GABRIELA HEARST, WHITE COTTON SWEATPANTS POLO RALPH LAUREN, AND GOLD WOVEN EARRINGS JUNE NINETEEN