Helena Gratz/Hooks

• Fashion: Helena might have gotten her entry into the world of fashion through modeling but her passion has always been design, which she has a clear talent for. Her modeling career was as short as her rise as a designer has been meteoric. When she didn't show up at a fashion show and was missing for nearly two weeks, only to show up at a Paris hospital disoriented and suddenly blind, there was speculation about whether that career was cut tragically short. Those concerns proved unfounded, as her work has continued to wow the industry in the two years since the sudden loss of her sight.

• Connected: All kinds of people are eager to be Helena's client, which means she has an easy time getting her foot in a lot of doors. She has a knack for getting people to talk, good at poking around without being noticed, and supremely talented at getting people to assume she's harmless, which means she has a talent for getting information, or other things, from sources other people cannot.

• Old Money: Helena's extensive family is old money in Philly, so if she doesn't know someone important around town there's a good chance someone in her family does, or that her family's name might open some doors.

• Activist: A lot of things concern Helena in the modern world, and she does her best to do something about it. This ranges from ensuring that her work is produced as ethically as possible, all the way up and down the supply chain, to being outspoken for the rights of marginalized communities whether she belongs to them or not. She's no stranger to scandal, but so far usually in a way that supports the saying that all press is good press.