Danielle Bernstein is no stranger to making the news. The Jewish style influencer and fashion designer has made headlines for just about everything from her fashion blog WeWoreWhat to her personal life. So let’s learn more about her, shall we?
Here are 18 things to know about Danielle Bernstein
1. Danielle was born on May 28, 1992 in Great Neck, New York.
2. She’s a Gemini!
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3. Danielle graduated from Great Neck South High School in 2010. She initially started college at University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied retail. However, she transferred to the Fashion Institute of Technology her sophomore year.
4. She was inspired to go into fashion by her friends. Where she initially saw fashion as “a mere shopping habit,” according to LongIsland.com, Danielle’s friends say something else. “[They] always knew I was destined for a career in fashion – just see my Bat Mitzvah video for proof,” she explained.
5. Danielle began her fashion blog WeWoreWhat when she was a sophomore in college as a way to show her former UW Madison classmates what people were wearing in New York. Since then, WeWoreWhat has turned into a fashion brand.
6. In 2012, Refinery29 named her as “the next big style blogger.” She told the New York Times that this moment “put her on the map.”
7. Check out this early footage of Danielle in action for WeWoreWhat:
@weworewhat Some found footage from 12 years ago.. someone tell that girly what’s about to happen!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹 I just want to hug the girl in those videos, she was hustling her tush off and seemed so sure of herself but inside was so young, insecure and unsure of what was next. Nevertheless she never stopped and it has been quite the ride to say the least.. this made me so emotional ahh 🤗
8. Danielle began designing clothes in 2016, with a swimwear line created with Onia.
“I began designing because I wanted to create things for myself to have that didn’t already exist. I design things that I personally love and want to wear, and hope that my followers love them too,” Danielle told LongIsland.com.
9. She landed on the Forbes “30 under 30” list in 2017.
10. Danielle has been accused a number of times of copying designs from other brands and fashion designers. In 2018, she was accused of stealing jewelry designs from a brand called Foundrae in a Nordstrom line. In 2020 alone, she was accused of copying a mask design from a small business called Second Wind, attempting to steal a design of shorts from a shop on Etsy called Art Garments and poaching a skirt design from designer Khala Whitney of Grayscale.
Danielle also got into a legal battle in 2020 with brand The Great Eros. The lingerie brand accused Danielle of stealing the design of their tissue paper.
11. Click here to read a full timeline of the alleged plagiarism controversies, courtesy of Betches.
12. Danielle received criticism and made headlines in 2020 for partying maskless in the Hamptons during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
13. She is the author of “This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City.”
14. She started WeGaveWhat, a philanthropic component of WeWoreWhat, in 2020. Since Oct. 7, WeGaveWhat has also done advocacy in support of Israel and against antisemitism.
15. In her own words, she is a proud Jewish woman.
16. Danielle shared her engagement to fiancé Cooper Weisman in June 2025 via a reel on Instagram. (The pair started dating in November 2023.) She went on to share all the deets of their engagement party, like this video:
17. However, on Jan. 30, 2026, Danielle announced on her Instagram story that the pair had decided to break off their engagement. “We’re stepping away from our relationship with love and respect,” she wrote. “There’s no big dramatic reason — sometimes it’s simply not the right forever. I’m not sure what the future holds, but this choice took courage.”
18. You have to see Danielle’s previous year in fashion:
