Delana Irby
About Me!
The pASSION FOR creativity has always been the biggest flame in my heart.
I've always believed that the moment we are given our names, we've been given a purpose to live, love, and chase our goals, dreams, and aspirations. As someone who's come from a creative-oriented background, creativity has always been the biggest flame in my heart. With creativity being the biggest push in my life, I'm also a very EMPATHETIC and open-minded person. I've always saw the value in hearing people out and listening to their ideas. I find it important to keep my ears and heart open because we live in a world where not many are open or available to the people who need to be heard or loved the most.
The best thing about creativity is that it's not confined to one specific construct. I'm a person who has many ideas that are sought to be created with different MEDIA, such as music, fashion, literature, traditional art, and even digital art. With my eceltic taste and style, I'm always OPEN to LEARNING about different CULTURES, creative techniques, creative processes, or different MEDIA. One day I would love to be able to use all of these different art forms and combine them into one big project, but for now, I'll worry about the clothes.
Love* Create* Live
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Love* Create* Live *
Education/CREDENTIALS
Finished product from design sketch
Skills, Goals, and Plans
Throughout my grade school career and my current college career, I’ve been fortunate to be ENLIGHTENED about work skills that will help me achieve any future aspirations that I have. Those skills are:
COMMUNICATION Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Creative Thinking Skills
TeamWork Skills
Proactiveness
Minor project MANAGEMENT Skills
ITE SOftware Skills (Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Photoshop, etc.)
Active Listening Skills
Leadership Skills
Critical Thinking
Adaptablity
Professioanlism
Reliability
oRGANIZATIONAL skILLS
My goals for my career ARE to continue to take in as much information FROM SCHOOL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL FASHION ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WILL HELP ME CURATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR MY FASHION BRAND ‘AVENT’. I’ve already curated over 20+ designs for my brand (one of my designs IS shown above). The creative aspect of my brand has always been up to par, but I wanted to get more insight INTO the fashion industry from a statistical point of view. While offically debuting my brand has been a goal for me, my top career GOAL is to get hired to be a creative director for a premium/luxury fashion brand.
My plans to have a SUCCESSFUL career journey are aligned around networking and studying the professionals and the masters of fashion design and branding. I’m very determined to SUCCEED in my journey because THERE ARE so many ideas that have yet to be heard and so many projects yet to be made. AS MUCH AS I LOVE TO CREATE CLOTHES AND THINK OF FUNKY IDEAS, THE MAIN REASON I WANT TO SUCCEED IS TO SPREAD JOY AND HOPE TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. wHETHER THAT BE WITH A PAIR OF JEANS OR A PAIR OF STERLING SILVER EARRINGS, MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY HAS ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL ACOMPLISHED, EVEN IF IT’S LITTLE, IT’S BIG TO ME.
Career
IB Program through Middle School
ACA PROGRAM THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
GraDUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GRADUATED WITH AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Currently studying at VCU WITH A MAJOR IN FASHION MERCHANDISING
Live, Create, & Love
Live, Create, & Love
