I am so excited to introduce to you the winner of Fashion to Figure’s Rock Your Fashion Inspiration contest winner, Tyiesha Dorsett. Months ago one of my mentors Maddy the editor of Plus Model Magazine asked me to be part of a project she was working on for Fashion to Figure. I was floored that she even thought of me because there are so many great stylish bloggers out there. However, I’m no fool so I said yes with the quickness. I never imagined that I would actually be styling anyone for a major retail company or a major online fashion magazine.I hope you guys like it and you can be honest.
Here’s the breakdown of how the day went.
It was at 9am that I first met Tyiesha, a tall pear shaped beauty.
After talking things over with her mom she decided to go with the black and sliver spaghetti strap dress. Now that she made her choice it was time for the photo shoot with photographer Tony Armstrong
Tyiesha did so well taking photographs that we actually had time for one more outfit and the second outfit that she liked the best was a lace trim leopard print dress.
Not too shabby for my first time styling for someone other than friends, family, and myself. I definitely learned a lot of do’s and dont’s and hope that this experience brings more opportunities for me. The Sky is the limit!
I am about to act like I won an Oscar or something, but, I wanted to give special thanks to all the people that made this happen and a success.
First thank you to:
Maddy from Plus Model Magazine who always keeps it real with me and is so encouraging and helpful. Thank you so much for this opportunity. I will never forget it.
I also want to thank stylist Steffany Bready (Dope stylist) for all your help. I had no clue how to prepare for this and she willingly gave me advice and her own personal tips on how to make this shoot successful. Even when I doubted myself she was just a phone call away to keep my thoughts positive and strong.
Special thank you to Charlotte and Jennifer from Fashion to Figure. You guys were so patient with me and thanks for the Cinnabon birthday cake.
Thank you to Tyiesha for entering the contest and for trusting me to do a good job.
Thanks to the FTF store staff for allowing us to take over the store and to Plus model mags team Tara, Aliza, and Tony.
For behind the scenes footage checkout the video on SC’s You Tube Channel
Me and Maddy
Outfit I wore to the shoot
The Team
CONGRATS Alissa! You did a great job with Tyiesha! Keep up the good work…there’s a lot more in store for you!!
Tyiesha Looks fabulous! I can totally see you doing this for a living. Watch out Rachel Zoe!
Tyiesha looks great, very well put together!! Great job **bows down** lol.
Did she get to keep any of the clothes?
I like the gold and black dress with the sleeves you picked out for her.
Side note: Gosh they teased the bleep out of her hair.
Whoops nevermind. I see that she did get to keep an outfit.
Applause and congrats (pops bottle, LOL!) to you. You did a fanstasitc job. I love the black and gold dress on her as well. I noticed your jeans and put some back today at Forever 21 with the side leg zipper. Wasn’t sure how to rock them. They were $9.00! I may need to revist the store’s sale
Thank you all for the nice compliments. I was very nervous to do this but was happy with the outcome and Tyiesha was a great sport.
@divamom-I actually got these from Old Navy this summer and I tried tuckking them in boots but I like them better with pumps or ankle boots.
Alissa! Congratulations! You did a great job! She looks amazing! I’m so proud. Werk it!
Congrats!!! You did a great job!!! Love the clothes that you picked out!
You did a great job styling her! I love the black & gold dress you picked (wish she had chosen that as one of her looks!) The only dislike would be the teasing they did to her hair in her final looks…what in the world?!?