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My Secret Talent: Stacey Bendet

In this new series, we’re discovering what our fashion-world friends excel at in their downtime.

Designer Stacey Bendet does kapotasana (king pidgeon pose) in the kitchen of her New York apartment.

Stacey Bendet is not only a busy designer, mom and businesswoman, she is a yogi. The petite designer behind the whimsical label Alice+Olivia starts every day with some morning meditation and asana practice.

“I do four series of chandra yoga, four or five days a week, at like five in the morning,” says Bendet, who is on the board of Bent on Learning, a nonprofit that creates yoga classes in NYC public schools. “It is my secret life!”

We’re tempted to call her Stacey Bendy from now on.