Jennifer Dohee Im (born September 22, 1990) is an American fashion beauty vlogger and fashion designer. She is best known for her YouTube channel, previously titled ClothesEncounters, which began in 2010 and reached approximately 2.4 million subscribers as of 2019.[2]
| Jenn Im | ||||||||||
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.png) Im in a 2019 Vogue Taiwan video | ||||||||||
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| Born | September 22, 1990 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTuber, fashion designer | |||||||||
| Spouse |
Ben Jolliffe
(m. 2017; sep. 2024) | |||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
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| Channel | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2010–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Beauty, fashion, vlog | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3.16 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 360.40 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 10 Jul 2022 | ||||||||||
In August 2017, Im launched Eggie, a clothing line that sold out within minutes of its online release.[3][4] Forbes named Im one of the "top influencers" in fashion in 2017.[5]
Career
editYouTube
editIm and Sarah Chu started the YouTube channel, ClothesEncounters, in 2010 while the two were living in Los Angeles. Their videos focused on affordable fashion and quickly developed a fanbase.[6] Chu left ClothesEncounters at the end of 2011 after Im moved away to attend the University of California, Davis.[7] Im continued to create videos for the channel, which garnered more than 319 million views by August 2019.[3] She currently has over 3.07 million subscribers on her YouTube channel.[8]
Collaborations
editIm has collaborated with numerous beauty and fashion brands, including Calvin Klein, Levi's, Macy's, and Clinique.[3] In 2016, she released a makeup collection called "Jenn Ne Sais Quoi" with cosmetics brand ColourPop.[9]
Fashion line
editIn August 2017, Im launched a clothing line called Eggie, which is the Korean word for "baby" and a reference to Im's position as the youngest member of her family. The clothing line incorporated elements of Im's Korean heritage and also featured gender-neutral clothing items.[10] The line sold out within minutes of its online release. The line releases several collections a year.[4] On July 23, 2021, Im announced on her socials that after 3 years and 18 collections, Eggie would be closing its doors to focus on her next chapter in life as a new mother.
Personal life
editIm's parents were born in South Korea. Her mother is a bank teller, and her father works in clothing manufacturing.[3] Im was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She has an older brother named James. She studied in community college before she transferred to the University of California, Davis and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies in 2013.[11][12]
On March 26, 2017, Im married Ben Jolliffe, former drummer for the British alternative rock band Young Guns.[13] They held their wedding ceremony in Malibu on August 18, 2018.[14][15] In May 2024, Im announced that, after six years of marriage, she and Joliffe had decided to separate, while remaining friends and co-parenting their son, Lennon.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ a b "About Jenn Im". YouTube.
- ^ McCloud, Kristen (2017-08-17). "Jenn Im Has Nowhere to Go But Up". MISSBISH. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ a b c d Feitelberg, Rosemary (2017-08-22). "YouTube's Clothes Encounters Founder Jenn Im Launches Eggie Fashion Brand". WWD. Archived from the original on 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ a b Wilberg, Zenna (2017-11-17). "Jenn Im Launches Her Season II Collection for EGGIE". MISSBISH. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ "Jenn Im". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ Men, Mory (2011-08-10). "Clothes Encounters Dish Out Budget-Friendly Fashion Vlogs". Disarray Mag. Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ Im, Jenn (2011-12-21). "Sarah's Goodbye". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ Im, Jenn [@imjennim] (2017-09-07). "Woke up to 2 million subscribers! Thank you so much!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2017-09-19 – via Twitter.
- ^ Navarro, Andrea (2016-05-27). "Jenn Im's ColourPop Collection Is ALREADY Selling Out". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ Payne, Teryn (2017-08-23). "Lifestyle YouTube Vlogger Jenn Im Launches Her Own Fashion Line". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ Berthelsen, Joyce (2012-11-06). "Lights, camera, fashion!". The California Aggie. Archived from the original on 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ Im, Jenn (2013-04-26). "50 Facts About Me". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ how i really felt about my wedding, retrieved 2022-03-09
- ^ Im, Jenn (2018-10-01). "Our Wedding | Jenn and Ben". Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-02-26 – via YouTube.
- ^ Lee, Michelle (2018-08-20). "Youtube Vlogger Jenn Im's Wedding Is An Instagram Dream". herworld.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ Im, Jenn. "My entire life changed on 9/2/21..." Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Korean-American YouTuber Jenn Im announces split from husband after 6 years of marriage". AsiaOne. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.