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DAZZLING DISRUPTER Who's shaking up the Boston fashion scene big time? This lass. Well, what do we have here? A saucy combination of a men's jacket, thigh-high slit trousers paired with five-story platforms; just another fashion forward day in the life of Jessica Knez. A year ago, Knez swung open the doors of her Back Bay boutique, All Too Human. Since then, she's garnered national accolades for her and partner Joseph Morrissey's haute and groovy assortment of emerging and internationally renown designers such as Dries Van Noten, Proenza Schouler, Sies Marjan and Sally LaPointe. Turns out, she's a poster child for them all. Style DNA: "I come from a retail family. From an early age, I shadowed Neiman Marcus buyers from showroom to showroom, and appreciated the relationship between them and the designers." Meaning of style: "It's a sense of self. What you put on your body reinforces that. Clothing is a way to communicate yourself to the outside world." How does ATH reflect your personality: "Oh, it is a true reflection. e comfort I look for in my personal style is what I want my clients to have in store. Discovering world class designers should be fun, pressure free and exciting." " I ' m deeply at tached to a few signif icant pieces of jewelr y that were inscribed by my parents or grandparents to commemorate special landmarks in my life ."