BLOG: Style Found Me

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I didn’t chase trends.
I didn’t have a five-year plan to work in fashion.
I didn’t dream of sitting front row at fashion week.

I just wore what felt like me.

Some days that meant a sequined jacket over sweatpants. Other days it was an oversized men’s shirt with a belt and heels. I didn’t care if it made sense to anyone else — it made sense to me.

And here’s the funny thing: that kind of confidence is contagious.

I wasn’t thinking about “branding” or “signature style” back then. I was a dancer, showing up to auditions in whatever look expressed the role I wanted — or the mood I was in.

But people noticed. Directors noticed. Friends noticed. Soon, choreographers I knew started asking, “Can you help me pull something together for my next project?” or “Will you style the dancers for this shoot?”

They weren’t just seeing the clothes. They were seeing how I felt in them — and wanting to feel that way, too.

IIt didn’t happen in a single big break. It happened in a hundred little moments:

• A fellow dancer borrowing my jacket for a headshot because it “just felt right.”
   
• A friend bringing me to set and asking if I could “fix” a look before the cameras rolled.
   
• Someone trusting me to dress them for an audition — not because I was “a stylist,” but because I was Suzie and I had a knack for making people feel like their best selves.
   

The more I helped, the more I realized I was doing more than picking outfits. I was reading people — their energy, their insecurities, their hopes for how they wanted to be seen. And then dressing them to match that.

For me, style isn’t about chasing the next big thing. It’s about connection. It’s about understanding that what you put on your body can change how you walk into a room, how you speak, how you carry yourself.

It’s also about trust. Who wants to be told exactly what they should wear without being heard? My job has always been a conversation — a meeting point between someone’s personal style and the creative direction of the project.

Even now, years later, when I’m working with celebrities, models, or ad campaigns, I try to approach every job the way I did in those early moments:

• Listen first.
   
• See the person, not just the project.
   
• Build looks that feel like them, even if it’s in the context of a bigger vision.
   

Because that’s how style found me — and that’s how I hope it finds everyone.

It’s not about chasing it down.
It’s about showing up as yourself, wearing what makes you feel like yourself, and letting the rest happen naturally.

— Suzie