Andrew Warren

Andrew David Warren (Born January 17th, 1993) is most currently the co-founder and creative director of CollXab agency as well as being known for being a designer, entrepreneur, socialite and fashion fortune heir based in New York City. He founded the fashion line, Just Drew and became widely known as the ringleader of the socialite group "The Snap Pack" which has been featured in major media publications such as The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider, Teen Vogue, and others. For now, Warren is busy selling the enticing image of the young and elite for CollXab clients as well as building his own personal brand.
==Early Life and Education==
Andrew grew up in New York City, is the grandson of fashion tycoon David Warren who started his fashion empire, The Warren Group, in the 1960s which sold clothes in department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. His name is inscribed on the “Garment Worker” statue on Seventh Avenue. Andrew's parents, Marcy and Michael, would sell The Warren Group and his father is mainly a real estate investor. 
Warren attended Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, Stephen Gaynor School, and York Preparatory School. Andrew graduated Syracuse University in 2015.
==Career==
During college, after being approached by a family friend and owner of Blue & Cream Boutique, Jeffrey Goldstein, Warren kickstarted his fashion career with Sam & Drew, a joint hoodies brand, with Samantha Zaitz. On February 14, 2016, he launched his first collection, titled 'It Girl', at Gotham Hall in New York City. His Spring 2017 collection made its debut during New York Fashion Week. According to Warren, his friends' own fashion senses serve as his design inspiration. Just Drew is a women's wear brand, based on the image of Gossip Girl and manufactured in the USA. One of Warren's major influences in his designs is Andy Warhol's work.
In the pandemic Fashion changed, and Warren decided to change careers.In 2021, Warren co-founded CollXab, an influencer marketing agency, with former publicist and events director Arleigh Banner, focused on helping luxury brands and socialite-influencers build relationships. CollXab represents brands and talent, something he has been doing for a long time by himself for his friends and—quite often—for himself. CollXab is a lifestyle agency with a team of marketers, strategists and creatives who are on a mission to change the traditional agency model. With a roster of luxury brands, socialite influencers and celebrities, CollXab is at the center of the brands, decision-makers, creators, notables and in-house production that come together to make things happen. Among over seventy influencers CollXab and Andrew are working with, is Emira D’Spain, Andrew’s best friend and a client.
From fashion to public relations, with charity in between, Warren may have found his true talent: Capitalizing in all his endeavors on society's fascination with the youthful side of New York's upper crust — a magnetism that captured legions of "Gossip Girl" fans.
==Personal Life==
Andrew has been considered to be “social media royalty” and is the leader of the socialite group known as The Snap Pack, a circle of socialites that also includes Gaia Matisse, the great-great-granddaughter of French artist Henri Matisse, Kyra Kennedy, the great-great niece of John F. Kennedy, EJ Johnson, Peter Brant II, Ezra J. William, Reya Benitez, and actress Bella Thorne. Andrew has been called the male Blair Waldorf and has been compared to Kris Jenner.
Andrew has been called Boy Wonder, New York Fashion Royalty, and the man about town. Andrew has also been named one of America's most powerful under 25's and one of New York Magazines 60 reasons to love New York in their 2016 issue. At only 23 years old, Andrew Warren became a tour de force in the realm of social media. Now at age thirty Andrew took what he learned from social media, making his personal life his career. From fashion to public relations, with charity in between, Warren may have found his true talent: Capitalizing in all his endeavors on society's fascination with the youthful side of New York's upper crust — a magnetism that captured legions of "Gossip Girl" fans.
==Philanthropy==
Warren held his debut charity event by throwing a red-carpet teen party at NYC nightclub Marquee for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation at the age of 14. He planned events at New York Fashion Week and Art Basel and for charities like Operation Smile and Teen Effort. Warren has also held a handful of intimate outdoor dinners to raise money for Project Zero, which works to protect oceans from climate change. In 2017, he launched City of Hope's Annual Spirit of Life Charity Fashion Show. He participated in the fashion show at the Spirit of Life Luncheon with models Alessandra Garcia Lorido, Sophie Simmons, Corinne Foxx, Olivia Washington, and Hayley Hasselhoff.
Warren was honored at a Midsummer Angel Gala for Denise Rich’s Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research. Post Pandemic Warren revived his charity-event roots by hosting a backyard dinner party with socialite friends Ryan Thomas-Roth and Danielle Naftali in the Hamptons to celebrate Pride month and support Keshet, which advocates for the inclusion and equality of all LGBTQ Jews and their families. This raised over $25,000, Andrews' most current causes he helps throw events for are Gabrielle's Angel Foundation and Southampton Art Center.
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Category:1993 births
Category:American entrepreneurs
Category:American fashion designers
Category:American fashion designers
Category:People from New York City
Category:Syracuse University alumni