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Designer, Kei Edwards

Last Updated: 11/20/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 23
Sign: Leo

City: New York
State: New York
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/30/2006

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Exploring new grounds...
Current mood:

curious
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

So here I am, exploring ways to dabble in new fields of this industry. For anyone that knows me, they know that I'm OVER designing daily for other ppl, I think that naturally once you've done it for so long, dreams of being someone's design assistant kinda goes out the window. Shit, I've had damn near 5 yrs designing and doing CAD work to know that it's pretty much not something I wanna do career-wise for the rest of my life. The homegirl is definitely OVER it!

About a year ago, I got heavy into the whole Fashion PR industry thing and I've been stuck on it since then but nevr took the time to venture out and give it a chance. Now that I'm in my "taking chances, taking risks, being fearless" phase of life, I've officially gone head first into it. And I'm on a roll!

Like seriously, THIS is where I need to be. It's definitely one of the paths in life that you never knew you would've stumbled upon. And I'm glad the thought stuck with me for so long. So here I am going back to school for yet another degree. Yep! To FIT to study advertising/media communications in the fall.... Yesssssssss bitch. That's where u'll find me while I intern (yet again lol) at PR firms. Lol the thought of more school scared the shit outta me up to a year ago but hey, betta late than never right?

And then there's the styling, I've done them for shows and shoots in the past on occasion but I'm going heavy on THAT too!! Writing all this down is kinda surprising ol' girl but isn't life one big surprise?

*happy sigh* And that's that. I'm focusing on ONLY designing my own line (no throwing thoughts and ideas to the man no 'mo! lol nah j/k). But for real though, it's a big move, it's a big step, I feel like I'm finally waking up to the REALITIES of the real world and lord have mercy, it definitely is a revelation. I'm thankful for that b/c some of us either nevr do or some just realize it too late. Me? I'll take my chances trudging new ground...

Xoxo,
Kiki

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Friday, November 07, 2008

Lola Knight Collection featuring Austin Paul
Current mood:

indescribable
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

Okay so I'm a little late on this post (so what, right?). Well I figured I might as well go ahead and blog since it'll be my 1st testament to my first show. Well anyway, the lovely Austin Paul/Dr. Fashion and I decided to collabo at a show we did on the 18th of October. And despite the fact that I was THIS close to throwing in the towel at the last minute, I managed to pull it together, get over it, go with the flow and make it happen. And might I add, that we did a pretty damn good job lol.

My models were boss (I picked 'em, what else do you expect? Call me picky if it need be, but they had to be top notch). One was actually a friend since middle school that I hadn't seen in 5 years since high school and she MADE that outfit her own that night (you can expect to see her in upcoming photoshoots btw). There was a broken zipper, a strap was busted, and oh yeah there was a boob slip in the now infamous "Nina" peplum bustier. But it was all in a days work and it was comforting to know that they WANTED to wear it and LOVED being in it.

Contacts were made between myself and other designers backstage. Like I always say, us independent designers have to stick together (even if we secretly hate each other lol, j/k). Actually I'd already met one of the guys that was there back at another show that I styled almost a year ago so that was pretty cool seeing him again out the blue and talking potential opportunities. See? That goes to show that you never know what can happen at any given time.

The feeling that I felt after the show was one that I'd been looking forward to for some time now. Having something to call your own is MAJOR and it's a HUGE deal. But it definitely doesn't stop here. The show must go on and there's more pieces to be added.

All in all, I'm about as ready and willing as I ever was or ever will be. I wished for the best and the best was inevitably what I was bound to get. This is the life I chose and there's not a train of thought in my mind that would make we want to peddle back. Moving forward. Passion = desire.

xoxo,
Kiki