By Marie Bradby
From a Vision Board to the Runway
Models of all shapes in addition to sizes walk the rails at the Second Annual Derby Scholarship Fashion Show at the Olmsted, wearing trunk witting but elegant in addition to sophisticated clothes locally designed yesteryear RaeShanda Johnson, 35, for her All Is Fair In Love in addition to Fashion line. The clothes highlight the mystique in addition to the tenderness of beingness female. These are clothes that say, “I Am Woman” alongside a carefully placed languorous ruffle here, a tasteful slit there, a playful floral impress lightly embossing a hip curve, or a discreetly bared shoulder.
“I desire everyone to experience similar a celebrity without paying the celebrity toll of the clothes,” RaeShanda says. “I desire to hold out able to stun people alongside elegance, to demo that you lot tin flame hold out fully dressed in addition to fully fabulous at the same time.”
You’d never approximate that RaeShanda was the proverbial rags-to-riches story. And if you lot haven’t heard of RaeShanda Johnson, you lot will. Though she has experienced defeat, she has the confidence in addition to struggle of Muhammad Ali. She’s i of those people who tin flame lose in addition to start again.
In i year, RaeShanda, a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, went from selling plasma to assist accept aid of her 4 children piece living inward an extended remain hotel on Dixie Highway, to making 6 figures producing in addition to selling her habiliment trace of piece of job in addition to beingness a fashion consultant.
Why Louisville
Between 2004 in addition to 2013, RaeShanda’s life zigzagged betwixt Mississippi, Texas, in addition to Kentucky taking her through a divorce, Hurricane Katrina, in addition to and then a motion to Frankfort to operate every bit a fiscal assist counselor at Kentucky State University.
But she was wary of Kentucky. “After Hurricane Katrina came through Texas, a friend said, ‘Why don’t you lot come upwards to Kentucky?’ I said, ‘People don’t have on shoes inward Kentucky.’ She said, ‘I can’t believe you lot said that.’”
She returned to Mississippi, alone to lose her savings. She wanted to ready a nonprofit for teen moms inward Jefferson County, Mississippi, because she had been i herself. “Only it was the incorrect Jefferson County. I was redirected hither yesteryear the ultimate GPS system.”
Too embarrassed to furnish to Frankfort, RaeShonda drove her truck to Louisville at the halt of 2011. She created a vision board for a Today’s Woman magazine project, which led to her coming together mortal who helped her larn housing, which eventually led to coming together mortal who helped her notice manufacturers to arrive at the clothes that she designed at black only out of passion.
“The excitement of my twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum at Kentucky State wasn’t processing loans. I got to larn upwards every twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum in addition to agency myself out. I would walk across campus, in addition to mortal would ever remark.” By 2013, she had an online boutique on Facebook. She has around 400,000 followers.
In 2015, she opened her physical boutique on the 16th flooring of the Heyburn Building, opened upwards yesteryear appointment. She has customers from all over the country.
“Louisville has been amazing,” RaeShanda says. “I own got had cracking support. Kentucky was my redemption state. I got to start over alongside nil in addition to operate on edifice this empire inward this city. I own got made thus many dissimilar friends from dissimilar walks of life. There are thus many avenues hither to assist entrepreneurs that I belike wouldn’t own got had inward Mississippi. Louisville gave me the tools to start over in addition to my children dearest it here.”
What she’s doing now
RaeShanda exactly published her kickoff book, A Diva’s Guide to God.
Find out what made these 2 women select Louisville every bit their permanent abode inward parts one in addition to two of this series.
Sumber http://www.todayswomannow.com/
Why We Chose Louisville
They own got seen the world. They own got successful careers. They could alive anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are 3 transplants — tops inward their fields — who are making Louisville their forever abode in addition to stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is RaeShanda Johnson's Story.From a Vision Board to the Runway
Models of all shapes in addition to sizes walk the rails at the Second Annual Derby Scholarship Fashion Show at the Olmsted, wearing trunk witting but elegant in addition to sophisticated clothes locally designed yesteryear RaeShanda Johnson, 35, for her All Is Fair In Love in addition to Fashion line. The clothes highlight the mystique in addition to the tenderness of beingness female. These are clothes that say, “I Am Woman” alongside a carefully placed languorous ruffle here, a tasteful slit there, a playful floral impress lightly embossing a hip curve, or a discreetly bared shoulder.
“I desire everyone to experience similar a celebrity without paying the celebrity toll of the clothes,” RaeShanda says. “I desire to hold out able to stun people alongside elegance, to demo that you lot tin flame hold out fully dressed in addition to fully fabulous at the same time.”
You’d never approximate that RaeShanda was the proverbial rags-to-riches story. And if you lot haven’t heard of RaeShanda Johnson, you lot will. Though she has experienced defeat, she has the confidence in addition to struggle of Muhammad Ali. She’s i of those people who tin flame lose in addition to start again.
In i year, RaeShanda, a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, went from selling plasma to assist accept aid of her 4 children piece living inward an extended remain hotel on Dixie Highway, to making 6 figures producing in addition to selling her habiliment trace of piece of job in addition to beingness a fashion consultant.
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| RaeShanda Johnson's life situations took her many places before she made a abode -- in addition to founded a successful fashion trace of piece of job -- inward Louisville. Photos: Trina Whalin |
Why Louisville
Between 2004 in addition to 2013, RaeShanda’s life zigzagged betwixt Mississippi, Texas, in addition to Kentucky taking her through a divorce, Hurricane Katrina, in addition to and then a motion to Frankfort to operate every bit a fiscal assist counselor at Kentucky State University.
But she was wary of Kentucky. “After Hurricane Katrina came through Texas, a friend said, ‘Why don’t you lot come upwards to Kentucky?’ I said, ‘People don’t have on shoes inward Kentucky.’ She said, ‘I can’t believe you lot said that.’”
She returned to Mississippi, alone to lose her savings. She wanted to ready a nonprofit for teen moms inward Jefferson County, Mississippi, because she had been i herself. “Only it was the incorrect Jefferson County. I was redirected hither yesteryear the ultimate GPS system.”
Too embarrassed to furnish to Frankfort, RaeShonda drove her truck to Louisville at the halt of 2011. She created a vision board for a Today’s Woman magazine project, which led to her coming together mortal who helped her larn housing, which eventually led to coming together mortal who helped her notice manufacturers to arrive at the clothes that she designed at black only out of passion.
“The excitement of my twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum at Kentucky State wasn’t processing loans. I got to larn upwards every twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum in addition to agency myself out. I would walk across campus, in addition to mortal would ever remark.” By 2013, she had an online boutique on Facebook. She has around 400,000 followers.
In 2015, she opened her physical boutique on the 16th flooring of the Heyburn Building, opened upwards yesteryear appointment. She has customers from all over the country.
“Louisville has been amazing,” RaeShanda says. “I own got had cracking support. Kentucky was my redemption state. I got to start over alongside nil in addition to operate on edifice this empire inward this city. I own got made thus many dissimilar friends from dissimilar walks of life. There are thus many avenues hither to assist entrepreneurs that I belike wouldn’t own got had inward Mississippi. Louisville gave me the tools to start over in addition to my children dearest it here.”
What she’s doing now
RaeShanda exactly published her kickoff book, A Diva’s Guide to God.
Find out what made these 2 women select Louisville every bit their permanent abode inward parts one in addition to two of this series.
Sumber http://www.todayswomannow.com/