S.T.T.Y.L.E downtown

S.T.T.Y.L.E. DOWNTOWN (Starting a Trend Transforming Yesterday’s Limits to Empower Downtown) is a charity founded by Krystyna Schexnayder created to address the shortcomings of the Los Angeles area. Schexnayder, being a business owner in the Fashion District of Downtown Los Angeles, noticed a great contradiction in the population of the area. Downtown Los Angeles is known greatly for an area called Skid-Row, which has been publicized for its striking number of homeless inhabitants. In the same 4-block radius lies brand new multi-million dollar condos and apartments, vacant, while hundreds are still plagued with homelessness.

The Fashion District, just a few blocks down, houses the California Market Center, The New Mart, The Cooper Building and other buildings who hold hundreds of showrooms showcasing brand new apparel, shoes and accessories. Schexnayder decided to connect the two communities in hopes that the luxuries of one could aid in easing the heartache for another.