Bunny Zingler Talks New Forever 21 Collection in Partnership with Rolling Loud Miami

Catch the full interview with Bunny’s Bar Bar founder and creator Bunny Zingler below.

Tell us about your partnership between Forever 21 and Rolling Loud.
The partnership has been a dream. It is something I couldn’t have even thought was on the lineup for the future of [Bunny’s Bae Bar]. It kind of came around and when it happened, I lost my mind. I love shipping at forever 21. I’m 25. I grew up in the early 2000s. Forever 21 is such a big part of my upbringing. A lot of the time, it’s really all I could afford growing up, and they always have the cutest styles and accessories and shoes. Your one-stop-shop for the whole outfit.

I wanted to get down, I wanted to party and have a good time. I knew exactly where to go. I would take my paycheck for the bakery job that I had. $300 a week and I would take it to Forever 21. So its kind of a full circle to partner with them and collaborate with them on merchandise and have such a connection with them to where I consider them family. It’s definitely a full circle moment. I’m still processing it.

You mentioned growing up in the early 2000s. Was that the inspiration behind this collection as well?
Yes. One hundred percent. I’m a 90s baby, but late 90s so I grew up in the early 2000s. The Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan reckless rebel girl era. It is something I totally embody. So, it was really exciting to do the collection; not only for LA but for Miami too because we did bring that same aesthetic to LA but for Miami especially because I consider this home, even though I’m from Brooklyn, I wanted to bring very loud colors and graphics to Miami. I wanted to bring something fun. Miami is so fun. Living here I’ve had the time of my life. I wanted to embody that here and I think we did a pretty good job at it.

How did you work with Forever 21 to inspire your audience to express themselves with this collection?
We influence our fans to be authentic to themselves within fashion, for sure. There are so many different selections within our collection that you can choose from. Whether you want to show a little bit more or show a little bit less. There’s definitely a comfortability standpoint where you can dress it up, dress it down. There’s really no rules in fashion.

Whatever works for you works. If you’re comfortable and confident in it, that’s all you. I want you to feel that way. When I’m creating something, I’m creating it for you, the general masses. I hope that they feel strong in these clothes. I hope they feel comfortable. I hope they feel happy, energetic. These are all of the emotions I hope they feel because they’re the emotions I felt when creating it.