Kennedy Williams

This is sample of a blog post written for a fashion blog. My responsibilites for this post included interviewing the designer, writing the post, and publishing the post onto the website using WordPress.

Last week ******** was fortunate enough to catch up with a New York fashionista that is leaving her mark and forging her path on the New York fashion scene. This style meister has used her wit, edge, and charisma to turn out flawless look after look for her clients, as well launching a cheeky streetwear brand, that has something for everyone. The always lovely and always spunky mastermind behind S*********, N*********, gave us the inside scoop on her life as a fashion entrepreneur in New York. In our interview, we talked about everything from the struggles of entrepreneurship, to style icons, to needy cats. Of course, N********* makes it look like a breeze, but she assures us is a LOT of dirty hard work.

A*** launched her streetwear label, S************, back in 2016 and credits the inspiration behind the brand to be familiar and iconic brands,

“…and while it might have appeared as we were sort of giving the finger to the oligarchy of the modern consumer society, but we were actually paying a tribute to those big brands, that like any independent labels, had humble beginnings and rose into power.”

N******* A****

            The brand has caught the eye of many because of its “tongue and cheek” nature and has something for everyone. We wanted to know if N********* had anything new brewing for us… and she did! Even though she was pretty tight lipped about her impending project, I was able to get a few juicy details. So what can we expect? A ready-to-wear line for women. “Our future collections will just be geared towards women and would real be focused on classic, timeless pieces with a certain uniqueness, in terms of the aesthetics. You’re not really wearing something that is cookie cutter…It will still be edgy in the sense that it will still be our brand, so it will still have a touch of badassery to it.”

            N******’s own personal style is not that far off from the aesthetics of S************. “My personal style is actually very uncommitted, just like how I am in my relationships. If there’s anything that I would sort of fall back on, I like to impose the feminine elements say chiffon or lace or tulle, with very masculine and hard pieces.”

You don’t have scroll that far on the style meisters insta, to see that changing hairstyles is not biggie for this stylist. “again like a said before, I am very uncommitted with my style. I feel that it’s refreshing to change your look because for me personally, I get excited by change and it then makes me want to style my pieces together differently based on my hair and that’s an exciting thing for me.” 

             Throughout our conversation, A**** has made it beyond clear that, as fun and glamorous as the job is, there is also arduous side as well. With this rather dramatic shift in identity for S**********, N*********, is hoping for the best, but planning for the worst.

“You’re going to be making mistakes along the way it’s just part of the process, in fact you’re going to make a lot of mistakes before you get it right. Even with the next collection, I am ready for feedback as to where we can improve it…At the end of the day, it’s a very fine balance to create something that is an extension of you, but still have the ability to detach yourself from it and be able to constructive criticism, and not be blindsided… or whatever because that would be your downfall.” 

            We spoke in depth about N*********’s trials, tribulations, and triumphs as an entrepreneur. She spoke lots about the sacrifices she, and most successful entrepreneurs, have to make.“It’s like when you’re a new parent, when you have a baby and every single thing becomes about that baby and your life becomes about that baby and that exactly what it is… Your time with friends really becomes negligible and you probably have to plan things in advance, so you actually don’t end up losing friends. Your time with family becomes extremely limited as well.” A**** explains. ”The key struggle is you don’t have a social life…I just have a cat… she’s extremely needy and I feel like I’m not giving her enough time, the whole point of getting a cat was that she was going to be independent,” N********* jokes.

Even though this fashionista makes her work look like a piece of cake, she wants people to know she as an entrepreneur, you have to do it all. “People only see the side that is at events, like “Oh, she’s so glamorous”, but you haven’t seen me with no makeup with my glass, my cargo pants on, and my sneakers carrying boxes and suitcases on the subway…Sometimes, I find I’m literally doing everything, from the Creative Head, to the Operations Manager, to the intern who’s schlumping clothes and shoes around.”

“You literally have to do everything, but it’s fine because if it’s what you love doing, then it shouldn’t matter.”

Contrary to popular belief, being an entrepreneur is tough stuff and not everyone can handle the life that comes with it, but for N******, the key to surviving is you must take the bad with the good, the sad with the happy, and the cargo pants with the hot pants. You have to be prepared to lose in order to win and roll up your sleeves to get dirty sometimes, and that is exactly what she plans to do. This fashionista is not only styling the hell out of New York City and creating a line as fierce and edgy as she is, but she’s doing it the only way she knows how;

Like a badass!