What inspires you?
With fashion, I mostly use my environment and anything I happen to come across to inspire me. What I mean by that, is that I don’t look to only fashion magazines or fashion shows for inspiration...you’d be surprised what you come across when you’re not really looking. Wherever you are, you should take it all in and search for the art or purpose in what’s happening. In general, I am inspired by the drive of others around me, and that motivates me to step my game up even more, whether it be in fashion or otherwise
Who have you worked with?
I have been blessed enough to have done a photoshoot with and walked the runway for Reco Chapple of ‘The Fashion Show’ and I’ve also walked for Johnathan Kayne of ‘Project Runway’ and I’ve also walked for celebrity stylist Jason Bolin. And I can’t forget to mention the many wonderful local artists including photographers, stylists, makeup artists, models, designers, and hairstylists I have had the pleasure of working with right here in Nashville....definitely some of the best in their fields!
What are some future projects you’re working on?
Well, with my company Fashion Bytes, Inc., we are working on various new technologies to offer the fashion industry. At the moment, we are bringing other brands into the Fashion Bytes family to work alongside Nashville Fashion Events & Style Promenade to become an even larger force in the fashion community here. One thing in particular that is a new service we are developing is called WallSee. Twitter mentions, using hashtags and keywords, bring all the pictures connected with those words to one site. It will be used for marketing and social media.
where can people find your work??
My company website is FashionBytesInc.com - that shows all the brands that we work with including our own two services, NashvilleFashionEvents.com & Style Promenade.com. (To contact me directly- alicia@fashionbytesinc.com)
what gives you your passion to do what you do?? I love to be a connector. After I began pursuing modeling in 2007 I did a lot of networking and in that I started seeing a lack of resources for those here in Nashville in the fashion industry...a place where they could go to get information on who to network with and what was going on. So my boyfriend created the website so I could easily spread the word and the rest is history...
what gives you your passion to do what you do?? I love to be a connector. After I began pursuing modeling in 2007 I did a lot of networking and in that I started seeing a lack of resources for those here in Nashville in the fashion industry...a place where they could go to get information on who to network with and what was going on. So my boyfriend created the website so I could easily spread the word and the rest is history...
what advice would you give to someone trying to do something in your field?
NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK!!! It is key to your success. Get to know all the models, hairstylists, makeup artists, photographers, boutique owner/employees, stylists, designers that you can in your area.
how did you get to where you are now?
By networking and being nice. You will have to go to all the castings, shows, mixers, etc. to be immersed in the world you want to be apart of. You should be at as many of the events as possible so that you meet as many people as possible. Being in the right place at the right time makes all the difference. The more people you meet, the more you connect, and it betters your chance of connecting with at least one person that can aide you in your journey to success.
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