I asked what, at the time, I felt were stupid questions. For instance, numbers were never my forte. So, when I become overwhelmed and uncomfortable, I've taught myself to embrace the discomfort and just dig deeper. I find somebody who does know it well and ask them 1, questions, ask them to explain it to me, ask them to help in the initial creation of whatever it is I'm trying to do.
I empower myself so that I can carry that torch and be the best possible version of my finance department, my production department, and my creative department. It's important to lean into the discomfort. She's the hardest working woman. I'm inspired by pioneers, women who paved the way for others. I'm inspired by Michelle Obama.
I'm inspired by my team. Women who know themselves and are so unapologetic. If I really think about the women who inspire me on a day-to-day basis, it's the ones who know themselves and are really in tune with what makes them happy, because it's infectious.
It helps me continue on this path of being inspired and being excited about creating this brand and taking it forward into its future. What has been the biggest obstacle transitioning into creating your own business? For the longest time my biggest obstacle was myself.
I told myself a story about who I was and what I was capable of for a very long time. I operated in that story. I was a model, I know how to do this. That way of thinking will limit you — and it limited me. I was my biggest obstacle until I realized that my potential is only limited by me.
Then I made the decision to go forward and say, yeah I can do that. So it's just a matter of believing in yourself and that was my biggest obstacle, believing that I could do it and, once I did that, things just unfolded in front of me. Things that were not coming together, or were not necessarily working out, came together the second I decided that, not only could I do it, but I was going to succeed at it. For me, just being positive. You can't control everything.
So, that's one, just understanding that things will happen outside of my control and I can't control everything. Then the other is, if it's meant to be, it will be. If it's meant to be for me and the brand, it will happen no matter what. What has been for me, has always been for me and there's nothing that can derail that. The Aerie real campaign was a wonderful experience but it wasn't just the Aerie real campaign that inspired me to get into the industry. Prior to Aerie real I had modeled for Playtex, Jockey, Spanx, Hanes, so my experience within the intimate apparel sector was pretty vast and understanding the limitations that I was witnessing behind the scenes of the lack of size diversity and the lack of sizes past a D cup at the time, and now a DD cup.
Understanding what happens behind the scenes, as well as what's portrayed to the consumer really all came together to create this drive and the interest for me.
I define success based off of, did I try my best? Did I put everything that I had into it? Does the result make me happy? What are your goals moving forward for your business?
My goals moving forward for the business are to connect with it and build a beautiful community based and rooted in self love and confidence building. I started getting bookings for commercial brands and the one that brought me to New York was Boost Mobile. I was twenty-two. I was barely making rent! He approached the Lifestyle board and my mother agent in Chicago to ask how I would feel if we brought me over to the plus-size board.
Everything that Gary promised, he delivered within 6 months. He said I would be travelling, making more money, getting regular clients, and everything that he said was spot on.
This is more of a career breakout than a personal breakthrough that I had earlier. Modeling is not a tried and true steady career. Do you think that some of the trials and tribulations of the straight-size modeling world are the same as the plus world? In a way, I think girls all struggle with the same thing. That holds true through all modeling. I feel like girls are pigeonholed a little bit more in straight-size than in plus.
I do know from experience, that once I switched [to plus-size modeling] it was as if a weight had been lifted. I was so comfortable and happy with who I was. It seems to be working for you! Vittoria Mentasti's Dead Sea takes us to a place where the sky and the sea are one. A chat with Kristin Prim, the founder of The Provocateur, the site that publishes letters written expressely by leading women addressing the whole female world.
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