J. Alexander Cartagena is a New York–based Fashion Stylist and Creative Director whose work spans editorial, celebrity, commercial, and fashion imagery.
With a background in illustration and graphic design from Columbus College of Art & Design, Cartagena approaches styling through a multidisciplinary lens, combining fashion, character, composition, and visual storytelling to create distinctive, image-driven worlds.
His experience extends across editorial production, creative direction, e-commerce, luxury fashion, and high-touch private client styling, with work developed in collaboration with designers, artists, publications, brands, photographers, and talent teams.
Cartagena's practice is rooted in transformation, individuality, and the ability of fashion to construct character and communicate identity.