| OPEN-MINDED/BROAD-MINDED , PASSIONATE , CREATIVE & GOAL-ORIENTATED |
| BA (HONS) FASHION BRANDING WITH COMMUNICATIONS |
My name is Emilie, I was born September 30th 1998, and my passion in life is to open the minds of the closed...
Whenever I think of my future, I get terrified, it would be wrong to lie. But I do. Not because I don't know what I want to be, or where I want to go but because I'm terrified of not being able to get there, and scared of not succeeding. My absolute dream is to create my own magazine, however my dream job is to be working on shoots, managing social media content, editing images, styling outfits, coming up with new concepts and ideas, the whole sector. Not because of the possible fame, gaining of followers, discounted / free clothes, but because of the outcome and the whole process of making those perfect images. The perfect product. I love the perfect images, whether its a beautiful magazine cover which there's definitely a fair few of or a film / tv show with amazing fashion styling and make up throughout like euphoria, I love the end result and I want to give people that "wow" I feel, when I look at them. For me to experience the whole creative development of it, to then experience the fulfilment of the final results and then giving people that outcome and seeing / hearing, their reaction.
Thats what I want.
It’s a typical thing to say but my life has been such a crazy whirlwind. I hate saying it but its honestly so true. I’ve been put in so many hard and tricky situations and in order to get through them, I’ve had to be patient and determined to get to my end goal. I believe that in tricky or complicated situations, you’ve got to be calm and see your end goal, don’t let anyone see your true feelings towards the situation, you must do what you’ve got to do and you’ve got to and try to keep everyone around you as calm as possible too, otherwise they aren’t productive.
I’m also a Young Parent...
Honestly, I’ve hate the term teen mum or teenage parent, because the unfortunate thing is you instantly get the stereotypical image of a teenage parent in your head. Which is frustrating because I’m nothing like the supposed stereotype. NOTHING like it. I’ve done so much with my life since having my son and have concurred so much in the years he’s been around. I was told I wouldn’t be able to get a good job, go to university, and that i'd do nothing with my life. I have done everything in my power to prove those people wrong, and in fact prove, being a teenage mum doesn’t put me in a box, and that I can be just as successful as anyone else, not in my situation. So I stayed in school until a week before he was born and even then it wasn’t my decision. He was born in June so I went straight back to school in September, into my final year, to do my exams. I wasn’t going to prove anyone right. I was doing it all for him from then on. I continued to get all my GCSEs, went to college and i'm now at university whilst he’s at school.
My advice from this : always prove them wrong!
Whilst I was at college I studied health and social care because I wanted to help those with disabilities, after my first year I realised I wasn't exceeding my greatest potential so I transferred onto art and design due to my love of graphic design in high school and achieving some of my highest of grades in it. It was at the end of my first year that I realised just how passionate I was about the fashion industry, and as my final project in my second year, I made my own magazine and realised just how much I love the craft of it all. It was at university I started to really develop my love for fashion. During my time on the course, I have created a blog, done multiple fashion styling work, done several shoots, created social medias for brands, even created my own digital competitions as well as app and game ideas.
I really struggle with defining my style, because I feel like clothing shops will only stick to one style, and I’m really not that kind of person, so I always struggled with defining my style. The one thing I’ve always wanted to do even when I left school and started my health and social care course, was to inspire people. I always felt like I needed to be my own inspiration because there weren’t many people for me to be inspired by career wise and fashion wise that had been in the same situtation as myself, so to help more people be inspired that feel like they've only got one way to go, to do bigger, would be a real accomplishment for me. I can't wait to show the world an unlimited amount of styles and fashion ideas, as well as being a role model for my son, and show everyone no matter what happens in your life, you can still reach your dreams, no matter how high.