I love following fashion trends and helping people develop their own personal style. Having worked in 5 different malls around the Chicagoland area, I've seen lots of styles come in and go out. The Sartorialist is a great inspiration to me. This photographer/writer seeks out regular people and finds amazing styles. "My only strategy when I began The Sartorialist was to try and shoot style in a way that I knew most designers hunted for inspiration. Rarely do they look at the whole outfit as a yes or no but they try and look for the abstract concepts of color, proportion, pattern mixing or mixed genres" (biography). This guy is amazing, and he's from Indiana! A true midwesterner! Now, I'm not about to start a blog completely dedicated to fashion and style because I have very little background in the industry. However, I have a small passion for fashion, and reconstructing my own clothes is one of my favourite past-times. So, I copied questions he asked a fashion designer and made them my own. From here I intend to keep an eye out for things I find stylishly unique in addition to reporting the latest trends as they are conveyed to me by my employer, American Eagle Outfitters. Look out, Elle is on the fashion wagon.
Job?
Graduate student
Best Sartorial advice from your parents?
My mom started taking me to antique stores at a young age. I learned to appreciate that old junk called, "vintage" and how to make it super cool.
Style Icons?
The Sartorialist, Miranda Kerr-Bloom, and mother nature.
Describe your personal style
I'm still defining my signature style, but currently it's a blend of super feminine, rocker chic, and academic/collegiate.
Personal Style quirk
I love doubling belts. I'm the only one I've seen at my workplace do it. Second, I love wearing skirts with a hoodie and knee-high boots - I've been doing this since I started college. Lastly, I have a collection of antique pins. I use them anyway I can, from tops, jackets, bags, to putting them in my hair with bobby pins.
Favorite designers
Abercrombie & Fitch, Gucci, and Versace
Most underrated item in menswear/womenswear?
"The hat; we should all wear a hat more often!" (Alessandra Colombo, Milano, Nov. 2009)
Your next "must have" purchase?
short suede heeled boot.
Favorite Book?
Jane Eyre
