Model Spotlight: Rose

(As part of our mission to provide accessories that help women "identify their femininity" IdentiFemi utilizes real women models in all of our product shoots. Each model brings a set of skills, experiences, goals, and style preferences that make her amazing! We want to share our amazing models with our customers and blog readers. Rose accompanied our model Kelly to her photo shoot. Rose was kind enough to do an interview with us regarding her thoughts on femininity. Thanks Rose!)

Meet Rose!

Name: Rose

Age: 21

Relationship Status: Single

What are your career aspirations: I want to be a Veterinarian or a Zoo Archaeologist.

Describe your style: [I’m a] tee- shirt and jeans kind of person most of the time, but I like to spice it up with some colorful tops every so often.

Who is your style Icon: I don’t really have one [style icon].  [When I see something inspiring] I kind of go “ohh, I’ll steal that [idea]”

What does femininity mean to you: It means that I can be who I am. I can be a girl and express that I am a girl and do that in a way that makes me feel good, versus the way that society wants me to look.

Have you ever experienced a time when your femininity was challenged: Yes. Like I said, I like to wear tee-shirts and jeans a lot. Every once and a while people will come up to me and say “ohh, you’re looking kind of bummy today.” And it’s like “well, I’m comfy so deal with it!”

Feeling beautiful can be a challenge in today’s world. What things make you feel beautiful? I like to get my hair done and I like to get my nails done which doesn’t always happen as regularly as I would like. But just stuff that makes my body feel better.

What would you say to your younger self: Have a little more fun in high school. It’s not that serious. Go to that party.

How do you stay confident? I try to stay positive and recognize when I’ve done good things and give myself that credit verses when I’ve done stupid things.

Where do you see yourself in five years? What about ten years?  In five years I will still be in school, I know that! And in ten years I will hopefully have some kind of career and not be living out of my parent’s house. 

 Thanks for the awesome interview Rose! If you love our "Model Spotlight" series as much as we do, be sure to tune in every Friday and hear from a new IdentiFemi Model. 

Check out a few of our past models: Kima, Dawnai, and Tina

Model Spotlight: Kelly

(As part of our mission to provide accessories that help women "identify their femininity" IdentiFemi utilizes real girl models in all of our product shoots. Each model brings a set of skills, experiences, goals, and style preferences that make her amazing! We want to share our amazing models with our customers and blog readers.)

 

Meet Kelly!

Name: Kelly

 

Age: 20

Relationship Status: Single

Career Aspirations: To become a counselor for marriage and family.

Describe your style: I would probably say hipster and hippie. I kind of like to mix up the two and I like to shop at Forever 21 a lot. I kind of go for that vintage look.

Do you have a favorite piece in your closet?  I have a few. I really like this new top that I just bought from Kohl’s. It was part of the Vera Wang [collection] and then I got this really cool hippie dress, from this store called Earth Bound Trading Company and it’s really long and I think it’s fake silk but it’s really awesome to hang out in.

Who is your style icon?  I’d like to say Miley Cyrus, but she’s a little expensive. Yeah, [but] probably her.

Describe what femininity means to you:  Just being able to express yourself without having to feel obligated to be something that you are not.

Have you ever experienced a time when your style or femininity were challenged?  I am a tomboy, I kind of always have been.  And I know that my sister said I looked like a “boy” one time when I wore this dress and I know it’s not like a bad thing, but I don’t want people to get the wrong message either. I just kind of wear what I feel comfortable in and if it makes me look like a boy then I guess I can’t help that .

Feeling beautiful can  be a challenge in today's world, what are something's that make you feel beautiful? I think the shirt that I’m wearing [now] I really like it; I like how it fits me. And I like when I get to show off my tattoos even though older people stare at me like I’m crazy.  I don’t like wearing a lot of makeup, I’m usually really light on it. That’s what makes me feel good about myself. My sister she likes [to] put a lot [of makeup] on and to each their own.

 

If you could give advice to your younger self, what would you say? Don’t give a crap about other people’s opinions. I learned that the hard way. I used to care what everybody thought and I went through this transition where I was evolving into myself and I was in a crappy relationship and I was emotionally damaged and I just learned how not to care about what anybody thought.  Because why should I care about what they think?

 

How do you stay confident? I like to pretend like I’m conceited (laughs). I’m always like" mom don’t I look hot today" and she’s always like, [sarcastically] “shut up.” I don’t know I guess it kind of helps. My friend Jordan’s always like “ohhh your so pretty” and he’s always boosting my confidence.

Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten Years? In five years I hope to not be living in my parents’ house, who knows though. I plan to have some sort of financial stability and then in 10 years I hope to be married or getting married, that seems about the right age.

Kelly was a blast to work with! Don't you just love all her insights? She had so much wisdom to be only 20 years old. Her tattoos are fantastic. We also loved how her sweet friend Rose (pictured above with Kelly) stopped by to watch her friend model. What a sweetie!