When you’re trying to find something to make or create naturally the first thing you’re going to want to decide is what makes your thing different. Enter Danielle Cooper of The Wild Card. Danielle, or Coop as she prefers to be called, has found the perfect niche in the fashion industry. Her path didn’t start directly on course with where her brand is today. Coop initially set on the path as a fashion student, as one does, but by the time she graduated from fashion school, she tried her hand in other creative spaces. By 2012 she had moved to Los Angeles and within two years that is when her brand The Wild Card began to form.

For the last year and a half we’ve become more of real life friends than the solely internet variety. So last minute, before JP leaves with his family for the Philippines, I asked him if he would be able to sit down with me for a conversation about @Kingjvpes as a brand, Film vs Digital and his overall view on being in the creative space.

I met Patrick in Oakland, CA. Our rendezvous was the Blue Bottle at the Washington and Ninth Street in the heart of Chinatown. Coffee is how Patrick, and myself, routinely begin our day. So it was only fitting to share a cup of coffee and have this conversation.