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Ella Titus of Vellachor on Building a Fashion Brand From Scratch | Delulu with Ryan Lu #204 · Delulu with Ryan Lu

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You're starting drama. Sounds like it.
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Have you been like manifesting that?
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For sure. I think I manifested everything
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I'm doing right now because I really had no other option.
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I was like, this is what I'm going to do and it's going to
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happen and it did happen. Here we go.
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Hello Bestie Lulus, and welcome back to Delulu.
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Today's guestie is a fashion designer and the founder of
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Velocor, whose designs have graced LA and New York Fashion
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Weeks, and she is also a model for Delulu.
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Would you consider yourself a model?
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Now I would I never just before you.
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Thank you. I can't believe.
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That I appreciate you being my like breakout modeling game.
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You're so fucking good at. You're such a natural addict.
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Thank you. That's crazy.
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And she is a model for Delulu, So we're adding that to the
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resume here. So this is Ella Titus.
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Hi. Thank you so much for joining.
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Thanks. For having me, I'm so excited.
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We've been wanting you on the show for I'm not even getting my
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Co writer and I for I want to say since June since we started
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the show. Oh my.
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Gosh, thank you. I'm flattered.
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Oh my God, And we caught you at such a good time because you're
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in the middle of your tour for Velocor, and we're definitely
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going to get into that. But we wanted to start by
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talking about who you are. We want to get a little bit of
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your origin story, a little bit of the Ella lore before we get
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into the Velocor. Cute.
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A bar. That was a bar.
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Thank you. Well, tell us about yourself.
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Yeah, so I mean, you covered it really well, but I, my name is
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Ella. I'm originally from Des Moines,
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IA and then I moved out here to LA when I was 18, right after
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high school to go to school. I went to Fidham, the fashion
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school and. Were you always like interested
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in fashion like. Sure.
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Yeah. It's kind of always been like
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the dream, the goal and like my thing.
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Oh my God. I taught myself to sew when I
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was 5 and then. So you're self-taught?
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Yeah, I mean, like my grandma helped me a little bit, but I
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when I say when I was 5, I wasn't good at it.
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Like I made my mom a halter top thing and it's the ugliest thing
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you've ever seen. And it was like 10 sizes too
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big. And I probably really hurt her
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feelings because I was like. Does she still have it?
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I actually have it. Is that my apartment?
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She just shipped it to me. I'm gonna hang it on my wall
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with like I have a couple other like of my favorite pieces that
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I so I'm gonna do like a gallery.
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Oh, I fucking love a gallery. Me too.
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When I was at your apartment, your old apartment, and you had
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your little design corner, it was that was art itself.
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No, totally. So it's gonna be like part of
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that. But thank you.
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I always feel like it's just a disaster.
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And when people come over, I'm like, I'm so sorry.
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You literally, and they're like, no, it's cool.
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It's literally art. It's like, Oh my God, can I tell
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you? I wrote in my journal when I
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went over to see your apartment for the first time and I was
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like, this is what I think the inside of an artist's mind looks
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like, 'cause it, it felt like it, you know?
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No, it definitely normally my apartment is a disaster and it
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definitely is like the inside of my mind.
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No, no, no, it was beautiful. Thank you.
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Like I felt like every little corner felt like very
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intentional and like it was art. That's the craziest part.
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And I was actually thinking about it too, 'cause it was like
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when you're putting up your like designs and your pieces, I think
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you're literally just doing it. So you're referencing while
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you're working. But I'm like, no, this is like
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this itself. It's like I would use it as just
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as like decoration. Thanks.
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Yeah, no, I do. I put up whenever I'm working on
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a collection, I like put all my sketches up on the wall.
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So then one of my teachers that fit on told me to do and I've
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just like, always done it. So it's kind of so I can like
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keep myself on track, but also if I feel like something's not
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working, I can like step away and look at it.
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But it does kind of turn into wall art.
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So I just like leave it there. You just leave it all at all
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times. For the yeah, it's always up
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until I in theory until I finished like the collection,
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but normally I just leave it up until I start.
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I mean, it's so gorgeous. Thanks.
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OK, so I met Ella. Do you remember how we met?
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It's kind of random. It was very.
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Random at the I don't remember what the party was for.
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It was the all like white. Party.
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Yes, yes, yes. All white attire.
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Yes, yes, yes. I met you because you, the
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person you were with at the time, they were wearing one of
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your pieces. And I'm, I'm friends with him
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and it was so sick. And then he introduced me to
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you, and I started inviting you to my parties you started coming
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to. All my parties, No, no, for
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sure. Yeah.
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And then. Oh my God, you've always been so
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sweet and fun. And yeah, then you ended up
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modelling for my delulu merge. An honour?
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Oh. My God, are you kidding?
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I'm honoured you're so good at it.
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I'm surprised that you don't consider yourself a model.
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The thing is I've just like never done it.
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I mean, it sounds like something that would be fun.
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I've just, I don't know. I've been so fashion focused my
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whole life that I'm like, I've always been like, Nope, I'm for
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behind the camera. I'm making this stuff.
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What about for your own pieces? Would you ever model it
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yourself? I would, I my, I've been asked
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that before and like even people have been like, you should just
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model this. And I'm like, I'll leave it to
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the professionals because like I am also so self critical that
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I'm like, yeah. And so I'm like, I feel like I'm
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always going to like the pictures of the like
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professional models more than the photos of me, even if
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they're good. I'm like, no, like she's like an
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actual model. Like she'll do better and.
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You need to like give yourself way more credit.
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Thank you. Because I feel like after we
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shot for my merch, we've done it twice now, like your photos and
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you're just so easy to work with.
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Because that was actually my first time like creative
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directing a shoot. And you like Mina always asked
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me and she's like, is this like your vision?
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Like this is literally is my vision.
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Like this is what I see in my head.
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And you're good at like snapping into it.
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And then our photographer also praises you a lot.
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Super easy to work with. You and Victoria are very easy
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to work with, so. Yeah.
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And it's such a great process. It's super fun.
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I was actually, it's crazy because like I really love
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performing and being in front of the camera, but I was like, I'm
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really finding myself enjoying directing this too.
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And it's like what you do too. No, absolutely.
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Like that's kind of like the opposite of me because normally
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I'm directing the shoots like putting all together and I love
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that. But for yours I was like wait,
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it is kind of fun to. Be in front of the.
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Camera. Yeah, we swapped.
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Yeah, because actually the first shoot that we did, I wasn't in
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it, that that wasn't really in it.
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I had a bunch of models do it, you know, I had you and a bunch
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of of my friends model for me and a part of me was like, oh, I
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wish I was the one in there. But my specific vision was that
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I wouldn't be the face of delulu, which is so crazy.
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Don't. Make sense for you to be the
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face of? I mean, I don't know why in my
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head I was like, cuz then the second shoot we did, we just
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shot it and I love these pictures.
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So cute. I I put myself in and I was like
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this, yeah, this makes more sense or whatever.
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We're figuring it out. But yeah, we totally swapped.
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Yeah, which is fun. Which, Yeah, it was a great
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experience. I love, I love a little.
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Please do more. Anytime.
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You're genuinely so easy to work with, I really appreciate it.
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I think it helps that like I've been on the other side of it.
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So I'm like, I don't, I know what causes headaches for me and
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I don't want to 'cause that for you.
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So I kind of get. That's totally how I feel when
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I'm doing any sort of like collaboration.
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I'm always like, I know what frustrates me and I know it
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doesn't. And yeah, I just want to be easy
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for whoever I'm doing anything with 100%.
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So where did your interest in fashion begin?
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Honest OK so I would say partially like I just kind of
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always been like, I don't really know first like it's just really
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always been something I loved. But I was also a dancer growing
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up. I was like really into ballet
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and all of that all like from I was like 2 until high school.
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A very popular thing for an Ella Titus to be.
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Interested is actually, believe it or not, it is.
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We love it. Yeah.
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But with that, growing up, my dance teacher was, like, really
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unique where it was this guy who owned the dance studio.
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He would choreograph everything, like, do everything.
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He'd make all the costumes. And when I was like probably 12
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or 13, my mom started helping him with the costumes and I
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would go in and help and I fell in love with it.
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And I kind of started to realize I actually liked that more than
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the dancing thing. So that's probably when I like
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first was really like, oh, actually like I would rather do
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this as a job than dance, but but yeah, so kind of my whole
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life, but also the dance thing helped.
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Was there like a specific moment that you're like, actually I
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think this is a career I want to pursue?
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Like seriously, I would say probably more when I was in high
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school. My, I was also a theater kid
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growing up and so I would do costumes for our shows and
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stuff. And I won an award my sophomore
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year. We won like my like team member
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on the costume department or whatever and I won like what was
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it best costume design for the state of Iowa or something.
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And then I was like the. Entire state of Iowa.
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Yeah, the like at the musical theatre awards like.
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OK. It's a very cool big deal.
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It was very big deal. But absolutely.
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But when I won that, I was kind of like, oh, I am good at this,
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I guess, and it could be a job. And then I also had a teacher in
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high school who taught our fashion.
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I was really lucky that my high school had like a fashion class.
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Was it like an artsy high school or is it just like not?
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Not like it was a regular public school, but we did have randomly
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a lot of we had a really good theater department.
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A really we had a really good just arts program.
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I guess I was really lucky in that way and she was very much
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supportive of it as a career and like kind of showing me that it
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was possible to like go on and do that.
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So definitely high school is when I really started to take it
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super seriously as like a career path.
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And then you ended up in LA from Iowa.
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Yes. So that's interesting because I
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feel like New York is like very like fashion, right?
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Like what was the decision to come out to LA?
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It's kind of funny. So I also, I always thought I
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was going to go to New York after graduate.
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That was kind of, and I still see it in my future, like live
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there at some point. Really.
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Oh, for sure. The goal would be to have a
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place here and a place there. I literally been saying this
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like I I'm trying to manifest being bicoastal.
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No, for sure, 100%. But I definitely want to at some
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point in my life live in New York, even if it's for just a
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year. I love it there.
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Oh. That's what I did.
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I lived in New York for two years.
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Yeah, yeah. So I would do that and maybe
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come back like you should do that, right.
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I've been thinking about it, but what?
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Oh my gosh. Wait, I'll visit you, please.
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OK. It is fun.
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OK, yeah, let's do it. I'll.
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I'll come, yeah. No.
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Great. Amazing.
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Yeah, let me move. But anyway, so when I was
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graduating or when I was looking at colleges, I loved New York.
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But the summer before my senior of high school, Fiddam was doing
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a summer intensive kind of thing.
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It was a two week summer camp thing where they partnered with
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USC and like another company where we would go and take
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classes that fit them during the day.
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And then we stayed at the USC dorms and they would take us
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around like all the LA spots at night and on the weekends.
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And I fell in love with just the vibe of Fiddam.
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And like the school itself. I remember I always said that if
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Fiddam had been in New York, it would have been my dream.
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I liked the the schools in New York a lot, but again, I was 18
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and I don't know if I was picking schools for like the
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right. I think necessarily fiddam was
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like super bright colored and like decorated really cute.
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Oh my God, you're so funny. No, the aesthetic was like, and
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I loved it. And I had taken classes there
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through the summer program, and then I went and toured the ones
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in New York, which like, arguably are a little bit more
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prestigious than Fiddam is, or maybe was at the time.
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But I remember being like, it's just grey and like, it's a
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little stabbing. Yeah, I was like.
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That is so funny. Not you're picking a school
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based on. Aesthetic.
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And would I change anything now? No, because I love where I ended
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up. But like, yeah, we probably
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could have looked more at the like.
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No, I mean obviously happened exactly how I knew.
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Down no for sure, but love New York.
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Almost went to New York. Could have gone to any of those
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schools. I mean, you could still go to
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New York, I mean. No for sure.
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You're going to New York and we'll talk about that for sure.
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Yeah. And that was my other thing when
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I picked Fiddam. I remember when I was 18 being
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like, I don't see myself going to school in New York and then
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moving to LA, but I could see myself going to school in LA and
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I love New York so much that I would still move there.
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I was like, I don't think I need school to get out there.
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So I guess I'm I thought that this is my way to do both.
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I know FIDDAM is a fashion school.
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What is what is? What do these little acronyms?
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Mean right. So it's was the is I don't know
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the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
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And when I went it was a sandal in school.
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Since I've graduated, it's different now.
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Yeah, it's like Arizona's. Arizona State, yeah, that's so
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random. I don't know exactly what
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they're going on. It's still, I think they split
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time between Arizona and like I said, I haven't gone there since
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the merge. I don't really know the details.
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Right, but you weren't a part of that.
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I wasn't a part, I was a part of like when Fiddum was just.
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When was Fiddum? Yeah.
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Did you like your experience there?
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Honestly, yeah, I, I did. I mean, I made some of my like,
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very best friends like. I was literally gonna say at
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your friends giving. I felt like everyone I met there
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was like, oh, I went to school. For yeah, no, totally yeah, I
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met it took I was second to find like my people there, but once I
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did like they're some of my best friends now and I learned a lot
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about like the industry and stuff.
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I always tell people you don't really need fashion school to be
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a designer. It helps I think.
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But no, I I liked it. Like I'm glad I went and I'm
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glad that I have a degree to fall back on if I need it.
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I guess when? You left Iowa, you didn't know
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anyone in LA. No, you just can't.
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You're. So brave.
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Thanks. That's actually what I did want
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to move to New York too, but I guess I was like, I was just
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jumping. I was like, whatever.
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No, totally. Like I was like, I'll make
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friends there. I didn't make friends there.
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That's OK. I was like, I think it's easier
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to move to a new city. Yeah.
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For school because you you're going to meet people.
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There the community is like a rebuilt.
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In yeah so that made it feel a little less scary but it was
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very scary and also LA because Fiddum is right in downtown LA
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yeah yeah and the like student housing is also right down there
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so I moved from Iowa to the middle of downtown LA and I've
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never really been there except for the yeah week I spent at
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the. Giant jump.
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It was a big well. What's Iowa like?
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Like cornfields everywhere. Oh my God, I was.
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Granted I was in Des Moines, which is more like the capital
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of Iowa. So it's not as rural as like
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people think, but but still like a lot slower pace.
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I mean, everyone there is so friendly and so nice, but it's
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not a big city. Got it.
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So it's like a giant shift for you.
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Big shift for sure. That's how I felt because then
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I'm originally from Georgia, the state, and then when it came out
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to LA, yeah, I was like, this is so different for.
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Me absolutely, you know what I mean?
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But even like downtown Des Moines is not like kind of
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reminds me like maybe I don't even know it's.
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Just yeah, it's great comparison.
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I'm trying to and I'm really horrible.
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I'm probably going to say this. People are going to be like,
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that's an awful comparison. But downtown Des Moines to me is
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almost like Culver City, downtown Santa Monica.
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I was like size wise, right? It's great and I love it.
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Or like almost like, you know, like the fun part of the arts
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district in downtown. Yeah, kind of like that.
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But so. But it's not a big city that's
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by any. Means OK, so Lynn, yeah.
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Do you feel like making that shift?
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Like what do you, what's your preference now that now that
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you've been there, you've lived there, you grew up there, now
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you're in LA? Oh for sure, Lai have always I.
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Love a city girl. For sure.
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I from when I was really little, I was always like, I want to
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live in a city. I'm still the same.
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Like I'm like LA is a little bit too slow paced for me.
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I want to go to New York. I I like the hustle and bustle.
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Oh my God, I so get that. New York aged me so drastically,
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I'm sure. Oh my God.
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Like. I.
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Mean, yeah, I love the hustle and bustle of New York, too.
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When I left New York and I came to Lai feel like I restored my
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age. But when I lived in New York, I
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was like, I was like, Oh my God, I'm 10 years.
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Older and I, I. Saw it on my face it was the
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craziest thing. Like, I physically looked older,
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like I felt like, I felt like I had more like, like wrinkles or
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lines or whatever on my face. And then it came to LA and it
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was like kind of disappeared, you know, I'm saying, yeah,
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super random. I'll.
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Keep that in mind if I move. I mean, you're probably built
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for it. You're definitely.
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Feel like I am. And you're also a lot younger
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than me, so you're fine. I am.
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Yes. What?
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Yeah. OK.
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We're not we're not the same age I.
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Kind of thought you were. Really.
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Oh, my God. Wait.
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I'm so flattered. Thank you.
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Yeah. Wait, that's amazing.
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Because you're super young. OK, cool.
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I have no idea. I'm 25 like.
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He's super young. Oh, OK, cool.
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I'm turning 29 this month. That's not that much older than
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me, that's. Like what, four years?
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Four years older than you? Nothing.
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OK, OK, we'll take it. We'll take.
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It so I loved growing up in Iowa and I wouldn't change a thing.
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Like so glad I got. Did you ever go back?
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No, I don't think so. Just it's just not for me.
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And also like there's really not a fashion industry in Iowa.
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That was a big part of it. Like I was obviously sad to
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leave my family and move away, but I kind of had.
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I always knew that if I was going to be a designer, I
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probably wasn't going to be in Iowa.
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A little more possible now with social media and all of that,
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but there's just something industry there.
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Maybe if I like, had kids and a family someday, but I I don't
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know, I think I'd be kind of bored.
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That's how I feel. I feel like maybe like when I'm
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40 or something. I'll have like I'll raise.
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A family back in Georgia. Totally, yeah.
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And I and I love going back to visit and I love my family there
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and like everything. I don't think I'd live there
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again. Definitely, definitely LA or New
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York. That's how I feel right now.
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I feel like LA is like this is where I'm meant to be right now.
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Totally. You know.
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No, I agree. I don't want to.
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I do want to go back to New York.
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I miss New York so bad. Like I long for New York, but I
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really feel like I long in LA. And also I was thinking that
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before I came to set today, I was journaling because I was
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excited about your episode and I was like, this is so cool.
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Like I'm like, I get to do this and like I live in LA and
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everyone I love is in LA. So it's like really easy for
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everyone to like, I mean, LA is so.
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Big I know that is. And it takes so long for anyone
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to like, meet up with anything because it's LA.
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But like, I'm still like, but everyone's here.
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Yeah, no, for sure. And that that's part of why,
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like I haven't moved to New York because I would love everyone
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that I have here. So I just want to have a place
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everywhere. Me too.
16:48
I want to be by cold still. OK, You know what?
16:50
We should, we should go have these on an apartment in New
16:52
York and we'll split time there. Down.
16:53
I'm so down. Down and then if we're not
16:55
there, we sublease it to someone.
16:56
I have so many friends out there who would like rent it for a
16:58
couple. Months.
16:59
Oh my God 100% OK I'm so down. So to help us fund that, please
17:02
rate the Show 5 star if you're watching right now, I would
17:05
really appreciate it. And buy the merge.
17:06
Thank you so much. And please buy the merge that
17:09
you know you're going to see Ella wearing it and you're going
17:12
to want to buy it. So please, please, please buy
17:14
the merge. OK, so you come out to LA and
17:16
you're studying fashion. So at what point when you're
17:19
studying and you're working on this, do you begin Bella Core,
17:22
your brand? Yeah, I mean, it was always the
17:25
goal moving out here. I like from when I was a little,
17:28
I grew up, my dad was an entrepreneur and I was always
17:31
like, I want to own my own business too and do all that.
17:33
So it was always the goal and the plan which fit them.
17:38
Didn't necessarily love like they're very much geared towards
17:42
as a school. They're very not in a bad way,
17:44
but geared towards like getting people jobs in the industry.
17:47
Like they want you to get to the program, get you into the
17:49
industry, which is great. And so a lot of projects they'd
17:51
be like gear this towards your dream company to work for.
17:54
And I was like. It'd be my son.
17:56
It'd be me. It'd be my brand.
17:58
Yeah. So it was always in the back of
17:59
my mind. And I, I guess technically
18:02
started my brand when I was in high school, but I used to just
18:04
call it Ella Catherine, which is my middle name.
18:06
It was Ella Catherine Designs. And there we go.
18:10
But I launched, I changed the name and I came up with the name
18:13
Velocor in 2022 and then launched my first collection
18:18
Volume 1, which was just I was just doing corsets made out of
18:21
these imported tapestries that I found that had like art looking
18:26
designs on them. 100% very like Victorian vibes.
18:28
I. Was gonna say you're like, your
18:29
work is so renaissance. Too.
18:31
Thank you. Yeah, I love that era of art.
18:33
And so that's. Very.
18:34
It's strong influence, Yeah. It's very apparent in your work
18:38
and it's so beautiful and it makes it whimsical, romantic
18:41
artistry and romance nostalgic. Yes got it.
18:46
Nice. I'm so proud.
18:47
Sometimes I forget them so like I'm.
18:49
They these are the four words that you would describe Velcor
18:52
As for sure and give us the lore behind Velocor because.
18:54
Like the name? The name.
18:56
Yeah. So I honestly, I had a teacher
19:00
at Fitom tell me that maybe using my actual name wasn't the
19:04
best idea for a brand just from a legality standpoint.
19:09
Then like, sometimes maybe something could go wrong.
19:12
Your name is not your own anymore.
19:14
It happened to a designer, a bridal designer named Hayley
19:16
Page recently. She had a, I don't know the
19:19
details exactly, but basically she can't design under her name,
19:21
Haley Page anymore because she sold the, I don't know exactly
19:25
what happened. So my teacher was like, if
19:27
you're going to use your name, just be really careful.
19:29
Maybe look into something else. And then I also kind of like the
19:32
idea of just having one word rather than two and make it a
19:35
little bit shorter. I don't know.
19:37
So then I was just sitting in a coffee shop downtown and I was
19:41
like, all right, got to come up with a name.
19:43
I'm horrible at naming things. I'm awful.
19:45
I have tried to name things since it hasn't happened for me,
19:49
but I just started Googling words and my brand is really
19:51
inspired by antiques and art. And I was like what?
19:55
What's a word that has that vibe?
19:58
And I start I just start Googling like synonyms of
20:01
nostalgia or artistry or whatever.
20:02
And this word valicor, but it's spelled differently pops up and
20:07
it's a made-up word that someone made-up to describe the feeling
20:11
of nostalgia you get when you smell old books and like and
20:14
antiques. I kind of add in there and then
20:17
I was looking at it and I was like if I.
20:18
I changed the I to an A. My name is right in the middle.
20:21
You're good at naming things. Thank you.
20:23
It was a fluke, but but I'm very proud of this one.
20:26
And then I was like, and I like the idea I and then I came up
20:29
with my logo, which is the V with like the flowers and I was
20:31
like, that's really pretty. I like that.
20:33
So it kind of just fell into place A. 100% yeah.
20:36
I love that your name's in it. Me too, I was like wait because
20:38
I also can't remember why. I think I looked it up and I
20:41
think maybe someone had it or I was like, I don't know if I can
20:43
actually use this word. I was like, but the spelling and
20:46
I mean there, yeah, I was like, and then and then I was like,
20:49
probably no one has the Instagram handle or like the
20:51
domain because you're right. I mean I.
20:54
Mean you made it up. Exactly.
20:55
Hopefully. There you go.
20:56
So yeah. So you had a relationship with
20:59
Antique SO prior? Yeah, so my grandpa, on my mom's
21:03
side, he was an antique dealer and he owned antique stores.
21:06
And I would always go visit as a kid.
21:07
And it was my favorite thing ever.
21:10
Yeah, I just would like kind of go explore.
21:12
And I've always really felt drawn to antiques and stuff.
21:15
And I, it always made me feel really creative being in there.
21:17
And I'd start to like, imagine like, what stories could these
21:20
things tell? Or if, if this could talk like
21:23
that would be so cool. And that's just really where I
21:26
felt like I kind of found my creative voice.
21:29
I get a lot of my creativity from both sides of the family,
21:31
but especially my mom's side. And yeah, so it was just very
21:35
nostalgic for me. And it has always kind of
21:37
influenced, I think, I think my love for antiques pairs well
21:42
with my like, brought on my love for art and then that just
21:45
naturally kind of flew into my designs.
21:47
But. I feel like what you're
21:49
describing reminds me like Beauty and the Beast with the
21:51
little yeah the furnitures. Yeah, you know for sure.
21:54
Yeah, that'd be so cool. Yeah.
21:55
Because like something in an antique store has probably been
21:58
through so many hands and like so many conversations and like,
22:02
it'd be so cool if. You that's such a like a
22:04
romantic way to view it too. You know what I mean?
22:06
I like. That I love romanticizing
22:07
things. Oh.
22:08
My God, I'm sure. Oh my God, me too.
22:10
Trust me. In fact, I'm very delulu about
22:12
how I romanticize everything. Me too.
22:14
Wait, so do you feel like, wouldn't it be cool if you think
22:16
about like the, the pieces that you're making, right?
22:18
And it's like they're going to be living a lot of lives too,
22:19
and they're probably going to see some shit.
22:21
No, for sure, which I also love. And that's I think part of the
22:24
reason I love doing wedding dresses too, because what a cool
22:27
story, that. So much like memories and like,
22:29
yeah, nothing that's more sentimental than a wedding
22:31
dress. No, for sure.
22:32
And we're. Going to be trying on a wedding
22:33
dress right here on delulu in a bit, Little bit, yeah.
22:36
You're going to put it on I. Would love to.
22:38
I was literally telling Elliot out there.
22:40
I was like, there's a wedding dress in there.
22:42
I was like, I would love to put it on.
22:43
I would love to look great. On you.
22:47
OK, I will. Great.
22:48
I would love to wear it. So I think what's really
22:51
interesting and great about your brand that was like how
22:53
intentional you are with it, not just with designing it, but also
22:55
like the sustainability factors and kind of like the intention
22:58
that you put in creating it. Do you want to?
23:00
Talk about that. Yeah, absolutely.
23:01
So sustainability is really important to me just because the
23:04
fashion industry is the worst and we only have one planet and
23:09
you know all of that, but. It's my phone background
23:12
actually. The earth.
23:13
Oh, I love that. Yeah.
23:15
Oh, cute. It's cute.
23:16
It like changes like day and night.
23:17
Oh wait, that's cool. It's sick.
23:19
I'll show you. I know how.
23:19
My phone OK. Well, after all, I want to see
23:21
that. But yeah, so I try to be as
23:24
sustainable as possible, which also helps from a small brand
23:27
standpoint. Like I don't go into major
23:30
manufacturing or like fast fashion, all of that.
23:33
A lot of my designs are so complicated, I really couldn't
23:35
right without forking over like so much money to get them
23:39
manufactured. So.
23:40
Everything's handmade. Yeah, everything's handmade in
23:42
LA in my studio, pretty much by me.
23:44
I'm slowly bringing on a team, so they're helping out.
23:48
But if you buy something from me, I probably made it.
23:52
That's so right now. I also kind of love it because I
23:54
love getting to be a part. So personal.
23:57
Yeah, no, for sure. And then I try to source
24:00
especially for my runway samples and as much as I can for the
24:02
pieces I sell. I try to source dead stock
24:04
fabrics, which basically just means that.
24:10
So a lot of times it's where a company ordered maybe 100,000
24:14
yards of something and they only used 90,000.
24:16
So then these deadstock warehouses will take that extra
24:19
10,000 and sell it to other designers.
24:22
But it helps with sustainability because then I'm not getting new
24:26
fabric produced for my things, I'm using something that already
24:29
exists. Yeah, it's way more conscious.
24:30
Right, exactly. So I try to do that whenever I
24:33
can every night. Like sometimes it's dead sock,
24:36
so once it's gone, it's gone. So sometimes I have to
24:38
supplement, but I do my best to use all deadstock and then it's
24:41
made to order. So I'm also not really sitting
24:42
on a bunch of units. Like when someone buys a jacket,
24:46
you make it and then send it. So I'm not making a billion tops
24:49
that I'm going to just throw away.
24:50
You don't have anything like that.
24:51
You don't have like back stock of it.
24:53
Right. It was made to order.
24:54
Yeah, exactly. I think that's so personal too
24:57
and especially with like everything with Ella core is
24:59
very whimsy and romantic. And I think the aspect of like
25:02
you hand making it, hand sewing, like that's so pretty.
25:06
That's just a Pretty Little. Thought no, I love it as I grow
25:09
and stuff of course, like well I'll just my goal.
25:12
My goal is to just build out an atelier and like have a team in
25:15
house. I don't really ever want to go
25:17
into mass manufacturing. Like maybe I'll have a small
25:22
team that all outsource like 50 units here or there, but nothing
25:26
crazy. The goal has always been to
25:27
really just have it in house because I also like being able
25:29
to customize orders for people. Like can you do this?
25:33
They're like, I want this top for my wedding, but because you
25:35
make it a little bit different, like absolutely they can.
25:38
Request that too, because you're literally making it.
25:40
Yeah, I know exactly. Yeah, which makes it fun.
25:42
That's so special. So if you're ordering anything
25:44
from Bellcore, just know that she's touched.
25:46
It. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
25:47
Oh my gosh. Well, I heard a little rumor
25:49
that we will be going to New York Fashion Week.
25:53
You debuted New York Fashion Week this year, right?
25:55
Yeah, this past season in February was my first one.
25:58
And now you're going again. You're actually in the middle of
26:01
it. You're in the middle of a little
26:02
world tour for Velocor. Yes, I just did New York Fashion
26:05
Week. And then congratulations.
26:07
You. It looks so sickening.
26:08
Thank you. I'm, I was.
26:10
So I'm so excited to like get to do it again.
26:13
That's so amazing. It's it's crazy because New York
26:15
Fashion Week has been like my dream my whole life.
26:18
Have you been like manifesting that?
26:20
For sure. I think I manifested everything
26:22
I'm doing right now because I really had no other option.
26:25
I was like, this is what I'm going to do and it's going to
26:27
happen. And it did happen.
26:28
Here we go and. It's still growing.
26:30
That's. So cool, which is so fun and I
26:31
feel so lucky that I got to do it Like I'm kind of, I guess
26:34
young to be doing it and like, yeah, you are.
26:36
It's happened a lot quicker than I thought it would.
26:38
That's awesome. I'm doing like smaller, you
26:40
know, it's not like massive runways, Yeah, but still just
26:43
getting my foot in the door in those cities.
26:44
Has been. I mean, the fact that you're
26:45
even being able to do that and that you're doing New York
26:47
Fashion Weekend, You're doing it again, Yeah.
26:49
And you're also doing London and Paris and.
26:52
Milan. Milan is.
26:54
What? I'm so excited.
26:55
So it'll be my first time showing in any of those cities
26:58
and it'll be my first time going to London or Milan as well.
27:00
I've been to Paris once, but again, crazy.
27:03
I never, I never thought that I would do New York Fashion Week
27:06
by now, let alone international shows.
27:09
And like Paris, Fashion Week is crazy.
27:11
Milan is crazy. London's crazy.
27:13
I mean, all of it's crazy. I feel like especially New York
27:15
Fashion Week is so like pivotal and like.
27:18
Yeah, that was like a big deal that that.
27:21
I mean, they're all big deals, but doing my first New York
27:23
Fashion Week was so cool and it was crazy because I got there to
27:28
do my show and people knew like people showed up and like knew
27:31
who I was and like they were excited to see the brand I had.
27:34
Were you nervous? Yes and no, Not I don't know,
27:40
like I get a little nervous, but not really just because I mean,
27:44
at that point, by the time I'm there, there's not really much I
27:45
can do. Like I've already read this
27:46
stuff and so I'm. Like well here.
27:48
We go, I hate it. It's too.
27:49
I can't change it now but but I do feel like it's like and
27:54
people always ask because I'm normally making my collections
27:55
on like a very short time frame. Yes, a known procrastinator.
27:58
A little. Bit or like I just I over I have
28:01
so many projects going on that unfortunately things.
28:04
You're busy a little. Bit busy, yeah, but I'm normally
28:08
doing it so quick and people are always like, are you like, how
28:10
are you not so freaked out and stressed right now?
28:12
But it's kind of the one thing that I think I can really trust
28:14
myself on, and I'm really like. Yeah.
28:17
I guess believe in myself. I don't know.
28:18
I really, I feel very strong, like I'm also not trying to
28:21
design things necessarily with sales in mind.
28:25
Obviously it's great that I get sales and stuff, but really I'm
28:29
designing things that I love and genuinely enjoy.
28:33
And I've just gotten really lucky.
28:34
Thank you. And I've just gotten really
28:36
lucky that I've found a pocket of people who also, I guess,
28:40
like the same things I like and really enjoy the design.
28:42
So I don't normally get too nervous.
28:44
I mean, every time I'm making a collection, I go through a
28:47
phase, normally a couple weeks into it where I'm like, I hate
28:51
it all. This is awful.
28:51
This is not. I mean, I'm like, that's so.
28:53
Standard for like artists. No, for sure.
28:55
But by the time I get to the show, I'm like, OK, actually I
28:58
did good this time. I think.
28:59
Oh my God. What's your favorite like
29:01
Fashion Week that you do, What city?
29:03
Oh, I think New York. I mean, I've only done, well,
29:06
New York, not twice, but I would have to say New York.
29:09
I'm about to do London and the Europe shows so who knows that
29:13
might. It might take the cake.
29:14
I feel like New York's always going to be the one though,
29:16
'cause that's such a like. Like you said, it's such a
29:17
dream. Yeah, again, just cause I've
29:19
been like thinking about New York my whole life.
29:21
Like to me, like New York was always the goal and Europe was
29:25
always like, yeah, like maybe if that happened, like, but I'm not
29:29
going to even, you know, but you should dream.
29:31
Well, totally. And like, well, I thought New
29:32
York was dreaming really big. And so I was like, that's the
29:35
dream. I'll be so happy if the other
29:37
ones happened. Wow.
29:39
Well, delulu becomes true Lulu, no.
29:41
I guess so, yeah. OK, so we actually heard another
29:44
rumor. OK, so this morning the Delulu
29:48
PR team just received an article and I wanted to share it with
29:52
you. OK, could you read it for us?
29:53
This is Delulu Daily. I'm so scared.
29:56
It is a little a little tabloid something that came in.
29:59
I didn't see it yet, but I saw our names in it.
30:02
Could you read it for? US, yeah.
30:04
OK. Delulu drama hits New York
30:07
Fashion Week Fashion Week just got a major dose of
30:10
manifestation filled mayhem. Sources tell that Delulu Daily
30:14
that Ryan Liu's delulu merch line has sparked outrage right
30:18
after allegedly snagging a prime New York Fashion week showcase
30:21
slot originally I. Are you taking away your Fashion
30:24
Week slot? Is that what you're saying I.
30:27
Didn't want you to have to find out like this.
30:29
I'm so I don't. Know if I want to read the rest
30:31
of this? Should I keep going?
30:32
You have to keep going, OK? I all right, let me start over a
30:37
little bit. Sparked outrage OK?
30:39
Allegedly snagging a prime New York Fashion Week showcase slot
30:42
originally eyed by fashion darling Ella Titus and her brand
30:47
Bellacour. Industry insiders claim the
30:50
scheduling shake up has fueled behind the scenes tension, with
30:52
whispers of friendly competition turning icy.
30:55
While Ryan has built his brand on empowerment and positivity,
31:00
critics say this move feels more like a power grab than a cosmic
31:04
alignment. You're starting drama.
31:08
Sounds like it. I manifested that I don't know
31:10
what to tell you. Interesting fans are split, some
31:14
praising Lou for manifesting his runway dreams, other siding with
31:18
Titus, saying the designers lux high fashion vision was
31:21
overshadowed by hoodies and slogan tease.
31:24
New York Fashion Week producers are keeping quiet, but trust us,
31:28
this is 1 manifestation the fashion world won't forget
31:31
anytime soon. Let's talk about.
31:35
It let's talk about it. So you're coming from my spot?
31:38
Well, I'm sorry about that, I am.
31:41
But now that you're available, could you actually model my
31:44
merch? For this, yeah, yeah, on the
31:45
runway. Yeah, now that you're free.
31:48
We compromise, you move your date one over and then deal.
31:52
We don't do it. I don't.
31:53
I'm so proud of you. Thank you.
31:54
New York Fashion Week debut is huge.
31:56
Thank you, I manifested that. I know I I can tell.
32:00
Yeah, you actually had a huge hand in it helping me model the
32:03
merch, having the besties purchase the merch.
32:07
So thank you. So.
32:08
Much. Oh, you're welcome.
32:09
So could you model for the show? I can't move the date, I'm
32:13
sorry. Well, I mean, you're free now,
32:15
aren't? You, I mean, I guess apparently
32:18
sure. OK.
32:20
Thank you. We'll have you fitted.
32:22
So sorry. About that again, I can't wait
32:24
to wear your T-shirt on the runway.
32:26
Thank you so much. I would be honored if it wasn't
32:29
the same day. Thank you.
32:29
Thank you, Thank you. So yeah, this new collection
32:31
that we're actually debuting on New York Fashion Week again, so
32:34
sorry. It's actually really inspired
32:35
by, like, you know, Greco and Renaissance and just like
32:41
Romanticism, it's a beautiful collection.
32:45
I don't want to spoil anything, but the new logo actually has
32:49
some florals in. It wow, okay.
32:51
It's, it's inspired by, like the feeling you get when you go to,
32:53
like, an antique store or when you're reading a book, you know?
32:58
Yeah. Well, what do they say?
32:59
Like imitation is the best form of flattery.
33:01
Like, I'll take it. Well, the Lulu core is all
33:04
original. Sure.
33:07
Well, that's. Thank you so much for hilarious
33:10
sharing your date. Thank you.
33:12
Yeah, it's because you're super wholesome.
33:16
You're so wholesome. So I feel like.
33:17
She won't get that mad. Yeah, I was like, she'll
33:19
probably let me have the date, Yeah.
33:22
I'm really wholesome, but like with business customer ground.
33:26
Oh, OK, OK, well, we'll see. We'll see who ends up who ends
33:30
up. We'll see who shows up.
33:33
It would show. OK, we'll see.
33:34
We'll see. I love a little competition.
33:36
Me too, OK. All right, Well, come see my
33:39
show for the delulu merge in New York.
33:41
OK, Well, congratulations. Thank you on New York Graduation
33:44
Week. So when you're like designing
33:46
everything and you're thinking about it, I want to talk about
33:48
your manifestation journey. You said that you manifested all
33:51
of this. You manifested your entire
33:52
career. Yeah, totally.
33:53
I mean, I, I think so. Yeah, you absolutely.
33:56
I've spoken into existence. I would say like, I've always
33:57
just been like, yeah, I'm going to do it.
33:59
Do you feel confident about that?
33:59
Like, do you ever have any doubts when you're like talking
34:01
about or like trying to manifest?
34:04
Now, not really like I've kind of, I definitely used to and I
34:08
mean every now and then like I'll have kind of that imposter
34:11
syndrome moment or kind of that's.
34:13
So normal for creative, right? I got that so much all the time
34:16
all. My God, totally.
34:17
It's like I go through that like I like and I definitely know
34:20
that I have room to grow and I can't wait to continue to grow.
34:22
It's like I have moments where I'm like down on myself, but for
34:24
the most part, I really am like, no, like I very much like trust
34:30
my path and my journey. I've always believed that like
34:32
everything happens for a reason. So I'm like if something feels
34:34
like it's not working out right now.
34:36
That's a really good attitude. Thank you.
34:38
And I haven't always felt like that, but but I'm like if, if
34:41
something's not working out, it's like not meant to be.
34:43
I mean, you're right now or whatever, like you're going
34:45
international developer. That's crazy.
34:47
That's kind of crazy. That's insane.
34:49
Thanks. So yeah, I mean, I definitely
34:50
like, I consider myself really like humble and like I do get
34:53
down on myself, but I also am very just confident and like
34:58
whatever is meant to be will be. That's kind of how I feel too.
35:01
Like, I mean, I have those moments where I get really like
35:03
in my head about things too. But then I also feel like like
35:06
that, I don't want to say it's an unearned sense of like, you
35:10
know, like I'm going to be able to do whatever I want, but I do
35:12
kind of feel that way too. But I feel like you have to.
35:15
I feel like that's what being delulu is.
35:16
Absolutely, absolutely no, for sure.
35:18
And like, I mean, I think you have to because like if you
35:21
don't believe you're going to do it, like why would anyone else?
35:23
Cuz for me, like I'm like, why would anyone else believe that I
35:27
could do it and like put stock into my brand or like invite me
35:29
to these shows or whatever if I don't believe that I deserve to
35:33
be there in some capacity, right?
35:36
Yeah, let's throw it back a little bit and let's get a
35:38
little vulnerable here. So you know, when you're growing
35:41
up, you're thinking about fashion, you're thinking about
35:43
Velocor and the brand that you want to have, right?
35:46
Do you feel like it's scary or intimidating for you to like be
35:49
like, I'm going to start this brand, I'm going to be founder
35:51
of this, I'm going to hand make it.
35:53
Yeah, like when I when I was actually starting it, like
35:55
growing up thinking about it or both.
35:57
I guess like growing up and then really committing to it, sitting
36:00
down like I'm going to do this now.
36:01
No, I mean, yeah. I mean, growing up, I was kind
36:05
of, I mean, there, there weren't any stakes yet.
36:08
Like I was like, this is my dream, this is what I want to
36:09
do. And it felt scary, of course,
36:12
especially when I was going to school for fashion design
36:16
because also not a ton of people, I mean, people in Iowa
36:18
do it, but it's not the same mindset in terms of like a
36:22
creative career path isn't necessarily.
36:25
Is there like a big creative like energy in Iowa in general
36:28
or do you feel like? It's a lot of it is in Des
36:29
Moines, but there's also the majority of people will like,
36:33
which is great for them, like go to school in Iowa, marry someone
36:36
that they met in college, get married, like have like a very
36:39
like like regular job and like get married and have kids, like
36:43
do the whole thing. And so something a little bit
36:45
more out of the norm while people do it.
36:47
Like, I'm not saying I broke out of some like tiny town or like
36:50
no one ever leaves, but like, but let's.
36:52
Say it for the show. Right.
36:53
Yeah, Well, I there were four people in my high school.
36:56
No, but I think I'm a very big school and like everything.
36:58
But it was you, 4 people in a cow, right?
37:00
That's kind of what people think, I think when I say Iowa.
37:02
But but like definitely when I was talking about going to
37:05
school for fashion design, I did get asked a couple times by
37:08
people like, OK, like when are you going to like consider a
37:10
career that like will actually make money or like, what's your
37:13
back? Like I got asked a lot.
37:14
What's your backup plan? I heard that a lot too.
37:17
Which that was a little bit discouraging, but I kind of was
37:20
like, I don't have a backup plan.
37:21
I'm going to. I'm going to make it work.
37:23
Oh my gosh, Not to get like dark, but like literally exactly
37:26
same ZS. Like I never considered like
37:29
anything else for myself. Like I just wanted to entertain.
37:31
Not necessarily content creation, but just anything in
37:32
the entertainment industry that's front facing.
37:35
And I would always be like, yeah, I don't have a backup
37:37
plan. I don't have a Plan B.
37:38
There is no Plan B. It's plan or I die.
37:41
Kind of, yeah, I was like, my biggest fear is like going in
37:44
like a nine to five job and like working for Also, like I said,
37:46
my dad was an entrepreneur. So like I saw him start
37:49
businesses and stuff. And so to me, I was really
37:51
inspired by that, but it also felt kind of attainable because
37:54
I was like, well, if he can do it, he can help me through that
37:56
and like, teach me how to do that and all of that.
37:58
Absolutely. But I was like, I really want to
38:01
be able to work for myself someday.
38:02
No 9:00 to 5:00. No 9:00 to 5:00.
38:04
That sounds terrifying 20. 47 instead.
38:06
Right. Yeah, Now I'm working like, So
38:08
sometimes I am like, hmm, if I had like a corporate job, I
38:10
probably would, I don't know, sleep more, sleep more.
38:12
I'd probably have more money actually, because I'm not
38:14
putting it into my business. Like everything I make goes
38:16
right back. I kind of I get that like a.
38:18
Lot too, yeah, but, but no. So I mean, it was a little bit,
38:22
again, I just really trusted myself and really knew that that
38:24
was kind of my only option that would truly feel fulfilling, I
38:28
think. So it was a little bit scary.
38:30
It sounds crazy like this is the only thing I'm going to do.
38:33
I'm going to make it happen, but the same time, like I, I'm in
38:36
such a, like a, it's such a fine line because sometimes I, when I
38:39
talk to people about it, I'm like, do I encourage you to drop
38:41
everything and go after your dreams?
38:42
Like yes, in theory, but also like I'm always like, just make
38:45
sure it's like you, you got, you have to make sure you're covered
38:48
first before you get there. You know what I mean?
38:51
Oh my gosh, that's the thing when it comes to manifestation.
38:53
It's like when you're the Lulu about it, I feel like you give
38:56
the universe no choice but to make it manifest for you.
38:59
And I feel like that's kind of where I am right now because
39:00
like you said about the 9:00 to 5:00, I remember during the
39:03
pandemic, Lovato, I'd be on my knees before bed and I'd pray to
39:06
God and I'd cry and I'd be like, please do not have me work in
39:10
office shop. I do not want to work in 95.
39:11
Like I just want to entertain like God, please save me.
39:13
And I would like do that every night.
39:15
And I would like cry like while I'm praying because I was just
39:16
like I was like 23 and I was like, this is them too old to do
39:22
this now, which is insane. Which is crazy because not at
39:25
all. I looking back now I'm like damn
39:27
23 was super young. I don't know why I thought I was
39:30
like a hagger, little like. I was.
39:32
Like I'm done, like I peeked already, which is so crazy, but
39:37
did not want to do an out of five.
39:38
No, yeah, traded for the 24/7 for sure.
39:42
But I'm also like, I'm like, I am.
39:44
I do feel lucky where I'm like my worst case scenario if like
39:47
everything falls apart, doesn't happen.
39:49
It's like a lot of people's like what they what they do is like
39:52
the nine to five thing. So I'm like, well, at least.
39:53
You could fall back on. That I really don't want that
39:55
little. Safety net in your head.
39:56
Right. But I really don't want to and
39:57
like I really really. Yeah.
39:58
I mean, I have a degree too, but I don't even have, I don't think
40:00
I have that safety net because I know I can do nothing with my
40:03
degree that would fulfill. Me, I've been kind of sane, like
40:05
I, I guess like I guess I get a corporate fashion job, but like
40:07
at this point I've been out of school for so long doing my own
40:10
thing. I don't have like a work
40:12
background other than like my brand and my clients because I
40:15
was working with startups for a long time too.
40:17
Yeah, doing development for them, but still it's not like
40:20
corporate experience at what? Point did you like fully decide
40:24
like I'm just going to commit all my time to Velcor because I
40:26
remember you posted this year, you said I'm making that jump
40:29
and I'm going to fully commit to my brand now.
40:31
Yeah, really. This year I when I was in school
40:35
still, I had my first client, Troy, reach out to me.
40:40
No way. Yeah.
40:41
Is that how you met him? Yeah, actually he found me on
40:43
TikTok. I was just posting sewing videos
40:45
of my projects at Fidom and he was starting a brand and he was
40:50
like, I just need to find a seamstress or and like a
40:52
designer to help me with that because he had the vision and
40:54
the idea, but he doesn't know how to sew stuff like that,
40:56
which is like most of my clients.
40:59
So I was still in school, it was my senior year and he reached
41:03
out and he was like, I'm doing LA Fashion Week, I have a show
41:05
figured out. I need help making the
41:06
collection. I was like great.
41:07
So I helped him do that and I loved it.
41:09
I love working. I do love working with clients,
41:12
working with people and again, working for myself and like the
41:15
entrepreneurial side of. Things.
41:16
I mean you could do it. All.
41:17
No, Exactly. Yeah.
41:17
And I was like, being a freelancer is fun.
41:19
And so then I graduated college and I kind of had him as a
41:23
client and I was like, let me see if I can get a couple more.
41:26
I was also working part time at a bridal boutique, so I selling
41:29
wedding dresses. So I was like, I have that if I
41:31
need to go full time there or whatever.
41:34
And I started just kind of reaching out and trying to get
41:35
more clients and I built up a fairly good client.
41:38
It was very up and down, especially for the first year
41:40
which? I feel like for business in
41:41
general. Right now for sure.
41:43
And just like making like finding clients and all of that.
41:47
And I continued doing that while I was then I launched Velcor,
41:51
but then I, I launched Velcor and I didn't really do much with
41:53
it for a year. Like I did my first collection
41:55
and then for a lot of reasons just kind of didn't.
41:59
I feel motivated to kind of keep doing it and it's.
42:01
Also kind of intimidating. No, for sure.
42:02
And I got really focused on the my clients and stuff.
42:07
And that has kind of been up until my first LA Fashion Week
42:13
with Velcor, they reached out to do like a show and I was like,
42:16
OK, like, I guess I'll do another collection.
42:18
And then I was doing both and it was a lot.
42:21
But Velcor slowly had been kind of like, I would say up until
42:24
this year, it was like 80% clients, 20% Velcor for me.
42:28
And then Velcor just kind of kept like going and growing.
42:32
And so this year I was like, you know what, I'm going to, I have
42:34
one or two clients where if they reach out and they really need
42:36
something, I'll still do it because I love them as people,
42:39
right? But I pretty much finished up
42:41
all my clients and now I'm, yeah, fully just focusing.
42:44
Oh my God, I'm gonna give myself the year to just really go all
42:48
in on Velcor. Congratulations.
42:50
Thanks. That's insane.
42:50
Like I'm so proud of you. Especially like, because I feel
42:53
like I've known you for like, I would say 2 years now and I'm
42:55
like, I, I think I told you I was like, I'm watching you grow
42:58
and it's so exciting and I know this is going to be like the
43:01
biggest thing ever. So I'm so honored that you're
43:04
here on Tulu before this even happens.
43:07
But that's super, super exciting.
43:09
And I think, you know, I didn't know that about you and Troy,
43:11
because Troy's one of her best friends.
43:13
Yeah, he started as a client. Now he's my best friend in the
43:15
entire world. Wait, I have a quick question
43:16
about your TikTok. Yeah, so you said he found you.
43:19
He said he found you on TikTok. So we were researching you and
43:25
we found a tick tock account that has you all over it.
43:29
But it's not you. But it's not me.
43:31
It's not you. So that was my tick tock account
43:33
and I woke up 1 morning a couple months ago completely locked out
43:36
of it and now it's like now it's like some weird AI like girl for
43:40
the profile picture and they're posting like brain rot stuff.
43:43
But they kept all my videos anyway they somehow got I woke
43:46
up I had a text at like 2:00 AM and they and it was TikTok being
43:49
like you try to change your phone number here's the code.
43:52
Don't you know how they do that again, send the code.
43:54
But I didn't see it because it was 2:00 AM and I woke up and I
43:56
was like that's weird but I never typed in the code so we
43:58
should be fine. Go to open TikTok, fully logged
44:01
out of everything. Oh my God.
44:03
I guess somehow they got in, change my phone number, e-mail,
44:06
everything associated with it. So TikTok is not great when it
44:10
comes to recovering your account.
44:11
And also it wasn't, I wasn't like I had like maybe like
44:14
30,000 followers when they got it.
44:16
So it's not like I was a massive creator that they were going to
44:19
like prioritize getting, you know what I mean?
44:21
Like I was so anyway, and I hadn't been posting in a long
44:25
time. So they probably thought it was
44:26
a dead account, but it was a part of the creator fund.
44:28
So somehow they saw that and took.
44:29
Anyway, I got hacked. I couldn't because I couldn't
44:32
log into the account to file the.
44:36
Complaint. Or whatever or the appeal.
44:37
You're right, I just couldn't get back and.
44:39
So I. Really didn't try that hard so
44:41
now it's their account I guess. Oh my God, you're so chill about
44:44
it. Yeah, I mean, had I been posting
44:46
regularly on TikTok? I mean, I am kind of bummed now
44:49
because I've started getting back into TikTok a little bit
44:51
more and I have 200 followers. Congratulations on the 200.
44:54
Thank you, I posted on my story it was supposed to be sarcastic
44:56
and I'm hoping people have. Really, I was like huge
44:59
milestone. I hit 200 followers.
45:01
Oh, I thought you're a dead ass. That's what I was afraid of.
45:03
Oh my God, no, I thought you were dead ass.
45:04
I was telling my Co writer I was like she's so cute.
45:06
Like that was so cute like and I was like 200 is a lot of people
45:09
and I was I was dead. Ass no, well, because right
45:11
before that I posted, I was like I hit 120 K on Instagram and
45:14
then I was like also a bigger milestone 200 vintage and come
45:16
office. Well, congratulations on your
45:19
200 on Tiktok. And I love every single one of
45:21
them as you. Should.
45:22
Oh my gosh. But yeah, so that Tiktok account
45:25
is dead. Couldn't get it back.
45:26
You know what my Co writer was researching You and then he was
45:29
like I think this is her TikTok and he showed it to me.
45:32
I was like no it's this other bitch.
45:33
And then he was like, no. No, these are her.
45:35
They've always stole it from me. Thieves gone.
45:39
I'm happy we cleared that up because I was like, yeah, what
45:41
is I was like, what is this? Yeah, no, that if anyone knows
45:44
how to get it back, like would love it I guess, but whatever.
45:47
The Ella Titus TikTok lore is crazy because you also have a
45:51
doppelganger. Yes, and I love her so much.
45:54
She's actually so sweet. Her name is also Ella Titus.
45:58
Hi, Ella. Hi, Ella.
45:59
We met each other on Instagram. She like DM me one day and she's
46:02
like, Oh my God, we have the same name.
46:03
Yeah, no way. What's crazy though is like she
46:06
we don't look similar, but we don't look not like.
46:09
She's blonde and like has very fair features.
46:12
Like I'm going to be so honest with you, when I found her
46:14
TikTok I dead ass thought it was.
46:15
You I've had so many people confuse us because.
46:17
She follows me too, So I was like, yeah.
46:18
So I was like, oh. And I was like, wait.
46:20
I've been like working with brands and like doing brand
46:22
deals with my Instagram and they'll be like, we need a
46:24
headshot for your thing and they'll send me a picture of her
46:26
and I'm like, so I'm like, I'm like, I agree.
46:29
It's a great photo. She looks amazing, but that's
46:31
not me. I'm like, let me send you one.
46:33
Or I one time was out at a bar and met a guy and told him my
46:38
name and I thought I gave him my Instagram, but I must not have.
46:42
And he DMS me later that like the next day and he's like, Hey,
46:45
hello, it's really great meeting you.
46:47
I looked up your Instagram like I see you have a boyfriend, but
46:50
and I don't want to step on any toes, but like would love to
46:52
still be friends. And I was like, I don't have a
46:54
boyfriend. Yeah, you're like what I was
46:55
like, huh? Yeah.
46:55
And then I look at his age and I see that he's following her and
46:59
me. He followed both Elletitis's and
47:01
he's like, oh, I thought that was just like, he's like, I
47:04
thought that was your personal account and this is your fashion
47:06
account. I was like, no, I was like, we
47:08
don't look that similar. That's great.
47:10
But no, she's so sweet. So yeah, she used to live in
47:12
Miami, and when I was doing Miami Swim Week with Troy every
47:15
summer, I would see her every time I go to Miami.
47:18
We'd get coffee and like meet up and talk about how our names are
47:20
the same. But yeah, so she's so.
47:22
Sweet, I know. It's really it's kind of fun,
47:23
but I hope she's doing amazing. Her friends are going to be
47:26
like, oh, I didn't know that you went on a podcast.
47:28
Like, what are you doing here? But no, she's so sweet.
47:31
She's so tall. She's an amazing.
47:33
Like I say, I was a dancer growing up, but not anything
47:34
like her. She's incredible.
47:36
She is incredible. We also researched her as well.
47:40
OK, well we're going to play a quick cute little game with you.
47:42
OK, this is our game. Claim or rebuke.
47:46
So claim is you accept it, you want this, and rebuke is you're
47:49
rejecting it. You do not want this and we're
47:51
going to wrap the fire. Some topics for you.
47:53
You can give context for your answers or you could just claim
47:56
a rebuke. Are you ready?
47:59
No, no, it's going to be good. You might be scared about this
48:01
one. OK, ready.
48:02
The first one is are you claiming you're rebuking
48:05
becoming first Lady? I knew that's what was going to
48:09
be. Depends on who the president is.
48:14
Do you think you'll ever become First Lady?
48:16
I know why you're asking me this.
48:19
If it is someone who I cuz you're you're first lady you're
48:23
married right? OK.
48:24
If it's someone who I love and I like everything that they are
48:28
running for, absolutely claim first lady now.
48:32
Definitely not. It's not my dream, but if that
48:36
is my partner at the time. Stream Would you rather be
48:39
president? I mean, yeah, like, I like being
48:41
in charge, so I feel like I'd rather yeah, but.
48:44
I think me too. Yeah, but also, but, but
48:47
actually I don't think I would want to be president.
48:49
Yeah, like I just seems like I don't know.
48:53
Yeah, it's a big, big role to fill.
48:55
Yeah. Delulu, 2028.
48:57
Can't wait to vote. OK, so right now you're claiming
49:00
if it's the right partner. Yeah, OK.
49:02
I'd love to support. How?
49:04
How? Close Have you been to becoming
49:05
First Lady? Well, like, so far not.
49:12
I haven't dated any of the presidential candidates that
49:15
have run. Let's.
49:16
Clear that out. Okay yes I have had a partner
49:19
who one day would love to run for office and I can't wait to
49:22
vote for him and I don't know if I don't think I will be first
49:25
lady with him but and that's okay but I can't wait to vote
49:28
for him and create. You know what, I will vote for
49:30
him too in solidarity with you if after I find out his, you
49:33
know, views on things and policies.
49:35
I think, I think we, I think we'd be good.
49:36
Not going to speak for him, but I think, oh, really?
49:38
I think we're yeah. OK, yeah, yeah.
49:40
Wait, you got my vote. OK, can't wait to vote.
49:42
For him, well, he's actually my competition for Dilulu 2028.
49:45
That will be a tough run. For him.
49:48
OK, so I want you to claim a dream celebrity to design for.
49:51
Oh. That is, and I get asked this a
49:54
lot, and I never really know who to say.
49:58
I mean, Taylor Swift, just because she's like insane and
50:01
huge and like, that would be like crazy.
50:04
But also, I don't know if I don't know if you count her, but
50:08
I love Emma Chamberlain style, actually, and I think she would
50:11
be fun. Yeah, we count her.
50:12
Absolutely. She's a guest next week.
50:15
Oh cool. Well, I don't know, Lana Del Rey
50:19
would be cool too, just because her music is very much the
50:21
valcour vibe and. I feel like when you mentioned
50:23
Taylor, like I feel like with folklore evermore for.
50:25
Sure. Now, right now, for sure.
50:27
A whimsical and, like, you know, fairy tale.
50:29
So Brina would be fun too. She's a little bit different
50:31
vibe than myself, but I feel like I could.
50:33
Do would you like adopt her style?
50:34
I think I'd do like a fun Little Mix like so because like I can
50:37
do like the cute little like. I mean, I feel like you're like
50:41
the bows that you have on now. Yeah, I think.
50:42
She would like, yeah, 100% I think.
50:44
I don't think it would be that hard to to come up with oh, or
50:46
Chapel Rome just because she's so fun because like I said, I
50:48
love doing like costumes and stuff.
50:50
So I feel like I could get really creative with something
50:52
for her. OK, with the pieces that you
50:53
brought behind Ella right now, who would you dress in what?
50:58
Oh, that's tough. Oh, OK, the jacket.
51:05
So the jackets could be a guy or a girl.
51:08
Oh, a guy has good style. I'm also foremost celebrities.
51:11
I'm secretly like an 80 year old woman at heart.
51:13
Like I'm like. So my sewing machine constant.
51:15
Oh yeah. Maybe give it to Cha.
51:17
No, I would. I would put her in the dress.
51:19
I would put her in the dress or in the dress.
51:20
This one normally has like a big skirt that goes underneath it.
51:23
I feel like Chapel. This one's very like it's a
51:25
little edgier. I think that'd be good for.
51:26
Her totally. I can see that.
51:27
I can also see Sabrina in that. Yeah, I could see like Gracie
51:29
Abrams and. That's gorgeous that that one's
51:32
a wedding. Dress.
51:33
It is technically a wedding dress, yeah, but I mean.
51:35
Just wear it, yeah. Just wear it, wear it around.
51:38
OK, Well, I like that. Yeah.
51:40
With a jacket. I feel like anyone with like
51:41
cool St. wear Yeah. Style, maybe.
51:43
I don't know. Is this one the girl with the
51:46
Pearl earring? Yeah, it is.
51:48
Oh my God, can we see it? Yeah.
51:53
This one's fun. This one took forever.
51:55
Oh my God, that's gorgeous. Wait, you're so talented?
51:57
Thanks. So this one took forever.
51:59
Yeah. Yeah.
52:01
No, it's fun. Yeah.
52:01
This is one of my favorite paintings and so I just wanted
52:03
to put it on a jacket. I love this too.
52:05
Thank you. It's fun.
52:06
So like every single color is a different piece of fabric that I
52:09
like so. No fucking so I. 1st I first I
52:13
printed out a picture of the painting and then I had to scale
52:16
it up because the printer paper was anyway.
52:19
So I processed. I hand drew it like from looking
52:22
at it, I like drew it larger and then my drawing I like sectioned
52:26
out into where the colors would go.
52:28
Turned that into a little pattern and then cut out.
52:31
I think it's like 150 pattern pieces.
52:33
Damn, you're so talented. Thanks.
52:35
I think I'm just crazy. Like I think I'm just insane.
52:39
But yeah. And then like you so like
52:40
everywhere where like there's a different colour, it's a seam.
52:44
So you sew that together and then I put it on the batting and
52:46
like quilted over it. Oh my God, it's so beautiful.
52:49
Thanks. OK, who's going to wear this?
52:52
I could see Taylor. I could see Taylor like an 89
52:54
era. I would say yeah, for sure.
52:55
Like a little casual vibe. Totally.
52:57
Fun. Yeah.
52:58
OK, we'll give it to Taylor. Sweet.
53:00
OK. Yay.
53:01
So are we claiming A rebuking ballet?
53:04
You're actually a ballet dancer. Very well trained.
53:08
You also do Pilates and you teach yoga.
53:12
So that's the other Ella. Not you.
53:15
I don't teach Pilates, I'm not that good, but I did grow up as
53:18
a ballet. Dancer The other alletitis is
53:20
that she. Definitely should claim it.
53:21
She's amazing at all of that. I would love.
53:25
Getting a lot of love on this. Show she well we love her, she's
53:27
so nice. But which is funny she like
53:30
texted me as I was like sitting in here.
53:32
I was so randomly out of the blue.
53:33
I haven't talked to her in a long time and she just happened
53:34
to text me. That's what.
53:35
She knew 'cause I wrote her into the show.
53:37
There we go. There you go.
53:38
Hi, Ella. Hey, but no, I I would
53:42
definitely claim that. I've actually been thinking I
53:43
would love to get back into it. So I think, I think it's hard to
53:46
find like adult ballet glasses. Do you?
53:49
Have time though. No.
53:50
So that's why I haven't done it. If I had time, I would love to
53:53
get back. I love dancing and I really miss
53:55
it a lot. It just doesn't really make
53:58
sense with my I like fashion more.
53:59
It's like, I'm not going to. I got it pause fashion to try to
54:03
dance. You found what you love and
54:04
you're. Going with it, yeah, but for
54:05
fun. Would love to claim ballet
54:07
again. Oh yeah, maybe you and Elder
54:08
Ella Twin could do it together. There we go.
54:10
Absolutely. She can teach you.
54:11
She. She could definitely teach me
54:12
there. You go, yeah, OK.
54:14
Are we claiming A rebuking Project Runway?
54:17
Oh, I would love to claim that one.
54:18
Yeah, I would. I would.
54:21
I think it'd be such a fun show. I also, I love the idea of like
54:26
the challenge of it, 'cause they're making, well, I don't
54:29
know, I, I don't know they make something in what they have like
54:32
a day or two to make a look. I just I know nothing about
54:34
Project Runway. Yeah.
54:35
So they get like a challenge for the week and then they have
54:38
normally it's like a day or two days to make the whole thing and
54:41
then they do a runway and then the judges vote someone off if
54:43
they don't like their thing. OK.
54:44
Which is like the whole point is that it's really high stakes and
54:47
stressful. I was.
54:47
Gonna say are you getting under pressure?
54:49
Yeah, so I kind of live my life as a project.
54:52
I was gonna. Say I was like, I mean, you'd be
54:53
procrastinating so I feel. Like I currently feel like I'm
54:56
on Project Runway because I'm making an 18 piece collection
54:59
and basically 30 days. Yeah, it's not the first.
55:01
Time on top of all my other like I have brides and like clients
55:04
right now it's like on top of everything else yeah so I feel
55:06
like honestly, I would thrive because I feel like I have been
55:10
training I've been training for it yeah, I've been training for
55:12
Project Runway so I would love call me next season.
55:15
OK, yeah. Wait, Project Runway?
55:18
Hit us up. Hit me up and I'll.
55:20
Pass it to her. I'll do it.
55:22
Fuck it, we. Can go on as a team.
55:24
Yeah, Oh my God, I'd be really good at that.
55:27
I'm also great under pressure. OK, so we're going to do another
55:31
segment here. OK, this is WWADGD, which is
55:34
what would a delulu girl do? We have our followers submit
55:38
questions, concerns, situations and dilemmas and they want our
55:41
advice for. It OK, I love giving advice.
55:44
I don't know. I don't know.
55:45
I'm good. I wouldn't say I don't know.
55:46
I'm good at giving advice, but I love to give it.
55:48
We're about to find out. OK so our first question is from
55:52
an anonymous delulu we have. I have a crush on my coworker
55:56
and I'm not sure how they feel about me.
55:58
Do I tell them? Would I risk it being oco Taco?
56:03
Okay that's tough considering like I said I've never really
56:05
had like a regular job so I don't have coworkers.
56:08
My only real coworkers is I've worked at the bridal boutique
56:11
where I was selling wedding dresses.
56:13
Worked with some really lovely women, loved them but I never
56:16
had a crush on any of them. And then I worked at a dance
56:19
store growing up and same thing. So you've never been in this
56:23
situation? Not really, no.
56:24
OK. What would you do though?
56:27
I would. You know what?
56:28
Depends on the job. Like if it's a corporate job,
56:30
that's could be messy. A little HR situation.
56:33
In a coffee shop, like with someone and like, it's a little
56:36
bit like, yeah, maybe more relaxed than how much do you
56:39
like him? Interesting.
56:41
You know what I'm a huge fan of? Telling people I feel OK fair,
56:43
giant fan of that. So like to be honest exactly
56:46
what you said. I haven't worked a traditional
56:48
job in like 5 years so I actually wouldn't know that
56:50
circumstance. Or the situation I.
56:53
Don't know either so the Lulu HR teams like panicking right now.
56:59
But yeah, I think because I think it's also not like great
57:04
to really hold in your thoughts and.
57:06
Feelings. No, I'm a huge fan of telling.
57:07
People, if you can tell them how you feel without risking your
57:12
job, go for it. Oh my gosh, yeah.
57:16
But maybe I. Don't get fired.
57:17
OK, you know what, let's let's extrapolate the situation.
57:20
OK, let's say you're doing like you're doing your fashion,
57:22
right? Yeah, it's someone you're
57:23
working with creatively. Like what would you do if you
57:25
follow type of way about them? I mean, I I guess it also is
57:28
kind of like reading the room, like if it were like a model or
57:31
something, I think that would be unprofessional because
57:33
technically I'm the one bringing them on like hiring like then
57:36
it's I'm not there boss, but like, yeah, but it is a like
57:40
that feels like. Personal to me.
57:42
Yeah, 100% if I was like collaborating on a collection
57:45
with another designer and like started to feel some type of way
57:49
like I don't really see AII like to not mix work and like dating
57:55
just cuz I think I don't like burning bridges or like it could
57:58
get messy but it could also not. You're so responsible, I.
58:01
Try but like who knows? But but I mean, again, I've
58:05
never really had this happen so I have no idea.
58:07
But I again, I think if it's not going to put my career at stake
58:12
or really hurt anyone or cause a ton of drama, then I think it's
58:17
OK. That's how I feel too.
58:18
I'm very like, I'm always like career first.
58:21
So I'm always like, if it's going to do something to harm my
58:24
career, it has to be nipped in the ass, you know what I mean?
58:27
Or I can't do it. Yeah.
58:28
Which I get and like. Yeah.
58:30
Like or like, even like dating another design.
58:32
Like. I like the idea.
58:33
I like dating people who are really passionate about what
58:35
they do. Yeah.
58:36
And I love. Creatives, yeah.
58:37
And I, yeah, me too. And creatives, maybe if I were
58:40
to date a designer, I just probably wouldn't have our
58:41
brands collab and like keep that a little.
58:44
I don't know. I have no idea.
58:46
So the Lulu core is not happening.
58:49
So sorry. Well, we can collab, we just
58:52
can't fall in love. OK, well, I I can't promise
58:54
that. Ella.
58:54
Me. Neither.
58:56
Actually, I was the one who asked this question because you
58:58
model for me. So he's like, am I allowed to
59:02
tell you how I feel? This is actually me telling you
59:04
how I feel. Oh my gosh, I'm so flattered.
59:08
You can't reject me on my show. You're.
59:09
Right. Yeah, you don't take me on a
59:11
good date and we'll see. Let's go.
59:13
OK, All right. We have another one.
59:15
OK, so this one's not from me. This is from another anonymous
59:18
to Lulu. We have My friends are hanging
59:20
out without me. What should I do?
59:22
Or drop them. Yeah, I think that's the worst,
59:24
Yeah. I mean, obviously there's always
59:26
contacts. Like, did they hang out with you
59:28
once? Because like, you were out of
59:29
town and you know what I like? Yeah.
59:31
What are the circumstances? What are the circumstances?
59:33
But if they're just like they're.
59:34
They're purposely like if they're.
59:36
Purposely excluding you? Then they're not your friends
59:39
100% unless you did something like really shitty to them and
59:42
they have like a good reason but.
59:43
True, but I would at that point I would still drop.
59:45
Them, but still drop them. Yeah, if they're like
59:46
purposefully excluding you in a malicious way, like, yeah, you
59:50
don't need to deal with that. How would you be able to tell if
59:52
it's malicious or not? What do you think?
59:54
I mean, I'm like, I think talk to them about it and be like,
59:57
hey, what happened? I think you can also kind of
59:59
feel a vibe. You can totally feel a vibe.
1:00:01
I'm like thinking of it as like female friendships can get.
1:00:05
Either really amazing or can get caddy if it's the wrong like
1:00:08
I've definitely had my fair share of like not great friends.
1:00:10
Name them right now. So no, I no, but but but like
1:00:16
and like, you know, like especially like especially like
1:00:18
through high school and stuff. Just like girls can be mean.
1:00:21
And so I think you can definitely feel a vibe if if
1:00:24
they're excluding you to be mean or if they.
1:00:27
Just I think you're like, only thought you were.
1:00:28
Busy yeah feel the vibe I. Feel like I thought you were
1:00:31
busy. Which can also.
1:00:32
Be it is, yeah. So yeah, feel the vibe but.
1:00:36
Drop their ass. But yeah, if you feel bad about
1:00:37
it, drop them. Drop their ass.
1:00:39
Yeah. Yeah.
1:00:39
OK, so this one's from Anonymous Bestie.
1:00:43
My boyfriend's always hang out with his best friend and I hate
1:00:46
him. What would we do?
1:00:51
I would sabotage the friendship so they would dedicate all their
1:00:54
time to me. So.
1:00:56
Oh, is that is that a bad thing to say?
1:00:57
No. That's that's your Vine bad.
1:01:00
I think that interesting. I mean, I have always tried to
1:01:03
be really careful and because I've hadn't had that happen in
1:01:05
relationships where like they were hanging out with a friend
1:01:07
that like I maybe either didn't love or like didn't love their
1:01:10
behavior with that friend or things like that.
1:01:13
I've always been really careful to not.
1:01:15
I don't want to be the person who's like you can't hang out
1:01:17
with this person. But I think if you really, I
1:01:21
think really clearly define your boundaries with that him and
1:01:24
that friend and then if boundaries are overstepped, then
1:01:27
I think it's probably time to move on or like.
1:01:29
That is so so do you mean move on from like this boyfriend this
1:01:33
partner or move on from like the situation?
1:01:35
It depends on like how strong the boundaries are.
1:01:37
But like I don't I cuz I don't think it's fair to tell a
1:01:40
partner like you can't be friends with that person unless
1:01:43
something crazy happens. But but I think that if you're
1:01:48
like I have told you how I feel and like I said you could still
1:01:50
be friends with them. But I have these boundaries.
1:01:52
You're so grown and evolved and mature.
1:01:54
I mean, I don't know. I don't know.
1:01:57
But then I but then I think it's like if, if boundaries aren't
1:01:59
being respected, then it's like either talk more about I.
1:02:02
I think it depends on the situation, but I think at that
1:02:05
point. I'll sprinkle the manipulation
1:02:07
in and I would make sure that like.
1:02:09
This isn't flash of guys tires and you can't come over anymore.
1:02:12
I mean, flash of guys tires and then blame it on someone else.
1:02:16
We got, we got a little plots and plans happening over here.
1:02:18
So ruffled a little feathers. I I know I'm going to I'm going
1:02:23
to hear about that one. OK.
1:02:25
Well, Ella, we've gone to know you so much during this entire
1:02:29
podcast and I've actually been trying to clock like, I don't
1:02:32
know your Zodiac sign. Actually, I don't think I know
1:02:34
your birthday either. So I've been trying to figure
1:02:37
out what your Zodiac sign is. And for any listeners at home
1:02:40
with everything about Ella that we've learned, go ahead and make
1:02:43
a guess. So I'm going to give some
1:02:45
qualities that I've picked up on.
1:02:47
I think you're a hustler. You're hard working.
1:02:49
You do. I don't want to say you
1:02:50
procrastinate, but you get overwhelmed and you push things
1:02:53
off a little bit. OK, yes, you're a big dreamer.
1:02:57
You also seem really grounded and, you know, very, very
1:03:00
humble. So I think I have two guesses
1:03:04
here and I feel like I'm either going to be completely right
1:03:06
about both of them. I'm going to be so.
1:03:08
Far off. OK, I'm excited.
1:03:10
Oh God. OK, I'm going to start best.
1:03:12
Do you have a guess? I'm going to give you a second
1:03:14
to guess. Good guess.
1:03:16
OK. My guess is I'm going to go for
1:03:18
it. I think you're I think you're a
1:03:19
Taurus. No, Fuck I wait.
1:03:22
You're a Scorpio. No, OK.
1:03:23
I don't know. I'm a Libra.
1:03:25
Oh my God. Which like I I'll be honest, I
1:03:27
don't know much about like the Zodiac signs and stuff, but.
1:03:29
You're so Libra. That's that's what I've been
1:03:31
told and that's every time you have an.
1:03:32
Aphrodite. Oh, thank you.
1:03:34
You have an Aphrodite vibe. Thank you.
1:03:35
And so does your work. Thank you.
1:03:36
Yeah, no for. Sure, Oh my God, because like
1:03:38
Libra's Robai Venus and that's romance and beauty and love and
1:03:42
like, I feel like I could see that in your.
1:03:43
Work. No, for sure, yeah.
1:03:44
I should have said Libra. OK, but everything I've ever
1:03:46
read about Libras, I'm like yeah, that, that makes sense.
1:03:49
Totally. I can see that too.
1:03:51
Oh my gosh damn. Hey, it's OK.
1:03:54
But do you know my zodiacs? I have no idea.
1:03:55
Oh do. You want to guess?
1:03:56
I don't even know if. I could list them all probably
1:03:59
like a what are because I I know.
1:04:03
About I told you earlier. You did today.
1:04:06
Yeah, on this show. Why do you want to guess?
1:04:11
No, I promise I was listening the whole time.
1:04:14
I believe you. Taurus.
1:04:17
No, Virgo. Wait, you got your Virgo?
1:04:19
OK, Yeah, I've heard you say that before.
1:04:21
OK, there you go. Yes, I'm a Virgo mean as a
1:04:23
Taurus. OK.
1:04:24
OK. So that's where you got.
1:04:26
The Taurus energy, you got the. Energy OK OK OK, I can totally
1:04:29
see Libra for you. That makes sense and Libras are
1:04:31
so fucking beautiful so. Thanks, I love being a Libra
1:04:34
from what I've heard about it. Oh.
1:04:36
My God, I love Libras. I love, love, love, love Libras.
1:04:38
I think I love every sign actually, but I really love
1:04:40
Libras. I think they're really beautiful
1:04:42
and I think they have a good like actually, you know, I take
1:04:44
it back. Libras can be kind of annoying.
1:04:46
Like, you know what? You are such a Libra because
1:04:48
then you're like you. Are like, really annoying.
1:04:50
You're like, not that actually, yeah.
1:04:52
You're Libra derogatory because to be honest, like literally
1:04:55
you're like, you're like, oh, but maybe the situation you're
1:04:58
like, oh, but let's give grace or you don't know how this is
1:05:01
happening. Yeah, that's so Libra of you
1:05:04
little mediator. Yeah, OK, very Libra.
1:05:06
I should have. It's OK.
1:05:08
That's a good quality. I'm glad I stumped you.
1:05:10
You did. You got me.
1:05:11
Guessing a little mystery. You got me.
1:05:13
Good. Damn.
1:05:14
I like that. OK, well, Ella, we close out
1:05:17
every show by manifesting together.
1:05:18
OK, cool. We're going to speak something
1:05:20
into existence right now. The universe is listening.
1:05:23
Is there anything you want to manifest right now?
1:05:24
Anything that you want right now.
1:05:26
Yeah. I think right now, like I really
1:05:27
just want to manifest like a really successful continuing run
1:05:31
of my tour in Europe and like just manifest that it helps me
1:05:36
grow my brand and that everything I'm putting into it.
1:05:39
What about big picture? Because you're on the tour right
1:05:41
now. True well, I want to keep I want
1:05:43
to keep going well and then I think big picture my goal since
1:05:47
I started valcour is I've always wanted to be a bridal designer
1:05:49
and this collection is going more bridal.
1:05:51
So I'd love to manifest being picked up by bridal boutiques,
1:05:53
like getting put in bridal salons or like just really like
1:05:56
breaking into that side of the industry more.
1:05:58
I think is definitely. This collection is going to help
1:06:02
you break into it. Yes, it is 100.
1:06:03
Percent. We're claiming that.
1:06:05
Yes, we're claiming it. OK, the universe heard you
1:06:06
received congratulations in advance.
1:06:08
Thank you. Do you feel it?
1:06:10
Yeah, I feel I'm so excited. OK, cool.
1:06:12
We're going to revisit this when when that happens.
1:06:14
Can't wait. And it really happened.
1:06:15
Yeah. Well, seriously, this was such a
1:06:16
joy. Thank you so much for coming on
1:06:17
to. To Lulu.
1:06:18
This is so fun. Seriously, like I said, we've
1:06:20
been wanting you on for like a couple weeks now.
1:06:21
I can't. Believe that I'm honored.
1:06:23
Oh my God. We're honored to have you
1:06:25
seriously and besties. This was your healthy dose of
1:06:28
the Lulu. So now you can go live your true
1:06:30
Lulu, Miss Ella Titus. Where can the bestie Lulus find
1:06:33
you? Yeah, so on Instagram is just at
1:06:36
Ella dot Titus. If it's full Ella Titus, you're
1:06:39
going to find my name twin and she's amazing, so follow her
1:06:41
too. But Ella dot Titus or at Velocor
1:06:44
is my brand and then I'll take talk.
1:06:46
It's Ella dot Titus as well. And Velacore is VELLACHOR.
1:06:52
There you go. OK, wait, yay.
1:06:54
And then we're going to check out your collection, of course.
1:06:56
And we're so excited to see everything from the shows that
1:06:58
you're doing and everything you have coming up.
1:07:00
So besties, if you love this episode, please be sure to
1:07:03
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1:07:09
And also, Besties, you can do me a massive favor right now.
1:07:11
If you could rate the show 5 stars, Elle and I will
1:07:13
personally hand sew you a wedding dress.
1:07:17
Yes. Yeah, I'll teach you how.
1:07:19
Yep, we'll do. It please, please rate the show
1:07:22
5 stars and Ella and I will do it together.
1:07:27
Yeah, once I'm back with talk to me after tour another project
1:07:32
for you. Thanks so much for your time.
1:07:34
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1:07:36
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1:07:53
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1:07:56
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