Julia Cumming

[6] Cumming and Trachtenburg also co-hosted a talk show (Pure Imagination, 2011-2013), on the Progressive Radio Network, aimed at encouraging fellow teens to become involved in art and political action.

"[12] She has said that other influences include The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, the Beatles, Devo, Fat White Family, Carole King, the Kinks, Cate Le Bon, Mr Little Jeans, Joni Mitchell, Kate Nash, New York Dolls, Plastic Ono Band, Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, Tina Weymouth and Talking Heads, the Velvet Underground, the Waitresses and the Who.

[13][14] In August 2013, Cumming joined guitarist Nick Kivlen and drummer Olive Faber in Sunflower Bean, a power trio initially based in Glen Head, New York that had started off a spin-off of the band Turnip King.

era, her fashion career was bolstered in February 2014, when she was asked to walk in Yves Saint Laurent's Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2014 show in Paris.

[22][23] Since then, she has modeled for Anna Sui, Elsa Schiaparelli, Max Mara, Rochas and Fausto Puglisi, appeared in global campaigns for H&M and Diesel, and was seen on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Kazakhstan and in many fashion editorials, most notably in many of Vogue's international editions (US, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Japan).

[27] She interviewed Iranian-American singer Rahill Jamalifard (from Habibi) about her experiences as a volunteer Persian translator during the protests against Donald Trump's travel ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Nick Kivlen and Julia Cumming performing with Sunflower Bean.
Julia Cumming interviewing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democratic Candidate for Congress (NY-14), at her "Anger Can Be Power" event at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint, a part of BUST Magazine's "School for Creative Living", December 10th, 2017.
Julia Cumming interviewing candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at an "Anger Can Be Power" event, 2017.