Fashion Designer Alejandro Ingelmo's Top 10 Keeps Him Healthy and Creative

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I'm a perfectionist.

I'm a person who likes to work with my hands and

it's what I know, it's what I love,

it's my passion.

How do I do something and give it more function?

Four generations shoemakers in my family.

My grandfather, he was known for making the best shoes.

I feel like it's really important to have things that

you can take anywhere with you,

things that I can travel with.

I'm Alejandro and these are my 10 essentials.

This is Organic Avenue green juice

and I'm obsessed with it and it's healthy.

This has kale,

actually lot of other things

which I don't know what they are right now,

but I just know it's green.

This is Paleo Krunch

and I have it with me all the time.

It's this whole idea that

you eat like our ancestors did, like cavemen.

On the paleo diet you don't

eat anything that has milk in it.

It's just a healthier way of eating.

A lot of meat, a lot of nuts.

So this is almost like for me, like a Snickers bar.

This is the Berlin backpack.

You don't want that backpack that you were wearing in school

like that Jansport.

So, it has that backpack feel but

it can be worn in different ways.

It's what I use, it's what I go everywhere with.

What's special about this jump rope, it's very light.

I love it because I can travel with it.

Wherever I go, if I'm in a hotel,

wherever it is that I go, an empty space I can just,

you know, do my cardio with the jump rope.

I'm known more for my sneaker

so I wanted something that was kinda simple

but at the same time had a little bit of an edge to it.

The silhouette's very simple

but a little bit chunkier type of sole.

This is my lacrosse ball,

tension reliever, stress reliever,

my travel massager and this is how you use it.

(laughs)

This is a t-shirt from American Apparel

and I have five of them and they're all in the same color

and I love it.

Either if it's a summer I just wear it or layer it,

you know, in the winter with something else.

This is my iPhone and I can't live without it.

I stay connected to my business which is really important.

This is cellular repair creme

and I like it because it's very light

and there's not really any fragrance to it.

I wear it everyday just to take care of my skin.

These shoes represent what's really important.

Being in fashion you always have to create the new

but you also have to have things that ground you

and that remind you why you do the things that you do.

These shoes, my grandfather made in Cuba in 1940s.

It's like something that comes back to me

and that feels like home.

So those are my 10 essentials

and it's what helps me through life.

It was great hanging out and thanks for watching.

Now, I wanna know about your essentials

leave a comment below.