Moments in Style

Joie Poncho, $268; Cherrywood Silk Top by Theory, $225; Black Skinny Legging Pant with Leather Trim by Vince, $525; Black Liam Boot by Rag & Bone, at Nordstrom

There is always that first moment in your career that your hard work gets formally recognized and appreciated. I know everyone has experienced this one way or another, and we can all agree on the same feeling. Your heart starts pounding out of your chest, then your ears start to ring, and in the end you’re jumping up and down like a young bunny rabbit. I just recently experienced this new moment in my career. Working as a Personal Stylist at Nordstrom, I work with many outside stylists who bring their clients in or take clothes out of the store to style their clients in their own homes. Just recently, my manager was asked by the stylist at Walnut Creek Magazine to pull some looks for the Fall Fashion Issue, The WC Way to Wear Fall Fashion.

Olive Floral Slip Dress by Enza Costa $395; Sterling Silver Earrings by Argento Vivo, $168, at Nordstrom

I was given the task of pulling these looks for the magazine’s stylist to chose from. I was also told that other retail stores were involved in the fall issue as well. After a few weeks my manager handed me a magazine with the biggest grin on her face. I noticed on the front page that one of my looks was being featured. Then opening to the spread, I saw that every look that I pulled for the young woman was spread out on 4 pages. Immediately, I felt like a true stylist. The idea that no other look was used for this spread made me realize that this is only my beginning. My career has just started and moments that take my breath away will keep happening.

Those reading this post, I want to share with you how important it is to stretch yourself as far as you can go, in order to achieve and capture your dreams. Don’t allow yourself to give up, because you deserve to live in these dreams. If your dreams don’t scare you then they aren’t big enough. Always fear the future, but get excited for what’s to come.

Included are some pictures from the shoot. Enjoy.

Dolls of Style

5263581My barbie dolls started the obsession. These plastic toys were not allowed to stay in the same outfit for more than one outing. I was constantly styling them from head to toe, wishing I could wear the clothes too. I brought a bag with one barbie doll, the doll changed each day, and endless amounts of clothes everywhere I went. It seemed incredibly important to me that these ladies didn’t wear the same outfit twice. These rules follow me in my daily life. I pretend I am the barbie doll and can’t show up rewearing, how horrifying. I have an illness, fashion. It is not only an art, but a disease that can ruin peoples lives, well their bank accounts. Luckily I work at Nordstrom and can get these trends with my discount, or else I would be living out of all my shoe boxes. I can tell you, I have always been this crazy, and it works to my advantage, working as a stylist. My clients love and respect the fact that fashion is my life and this is why they come to me. They want my vision translated to them and their body types. This job allows me to dress people in the latest trends, like they are my barbie dolls. It is my passion to transform someone who doesn’t love the pieces that make up their closet into someone who can’t wait to wake up in the morning and plan out what to wear. The happiness they show on their faces gives me a feeling I just don’t even know how to put into words. This might be because I am dyslexic, or because I get so excited thinking about it that I can’t explain the feeling running through me. Since this is a blog, I have attached images of my own personal style. These pictures represent my personality in clothing, a little bit of flirty mixed with a conservative edge. Each personality is different and not everyone can wear the same styles and trends, but my moto is, if you work with who you are as a person, then your style will follow. You don’t have the invest your whole bank account into buying each hot new item of the season, figure out who you are a person and let your style adapt to you.