He is the founder of "Advanced Style", which produces media including a blog, a book, and a film about fashion in people over the age of 60.
After graduating he spent several years working various jobs in art sales, counseling, and retail management while helping to take care of his grandmother Bluma.
She encouraged Cohen to move to New York City where she had completed graduate school at Barnard College in the 1930s.
Cohen has been invited to speak about his work all around the world, including a Ted X Amsterdam talk in 2014 and the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2020.
Designer, Marc Jacobs cited Advanced Style for being the inspiration behind his fall 2012 collection and New York Times fashion director, Vanessa Friedman credited Cohen with starting a movement towards more inclusion of older models in the fashion industry.