Autumn Meyers Interview by: Graciella Colmenares
The doll means I started wearing dresses and skirts and make up. I was a tomboy growing up so that’s why I say desert doll. Being in Las Vegas made me more of a girly girl. So after that I had to start posting posts that people cared about and I started on my style Diaries because fashion is what I love so why not post my outfits and intakes on companies. I introduced myself as a blogger at the Magic 2013 summer convention and soon people were asking me to do reviews and buzzing and emails flew in. I never felt so important before. Now I rebranded myself and people ask me to do company reviews and I do email interviews. People love my crazy creative photo shoots with my best friend / Photography major Clinton Wilder. I just received emails to after mix and mingles for upcoming MAGIC events and published in two different magazines. Now this one! I couldn’t figure out why this is happening but I know someone has plans for me and I am happy to keep writing and staying blessed. What has your experience at AI been like? AM: Well, if I had to say two words to describe all of it I would say mind blowing. I came to this school fresh minded and straight from high school where everyone thought and told me my dreams would make no money or never get me anywhere. I was picked on a lot in high school because I talked about these dreams I had and everyone used to say you’re too ambitious and you’re too nice to make it in fashion. For a short moment in time close to graduation I almost went away to UNR (University of Reno) because I was quitting due to all the negative vibes.
What is your next step after graduation? AM: I am I believe super ambitious because I want to after I graduate of course I want to travel, but work with different companies such as Nasty gal for example. I want to contribute to building more their brand by working on their social media outlets, writing some of the articles they post and publish, helping build their brand even higher. I want to have my hands in the creative department if I could. My next step is building my own brand of cafe boutiques because my two loves are clothes and coffee. I know loads about coffee as much as I know about shoes. It’s pretty funny how this obsession is how people remember me. They tell me, “ You’re always with a cup of coffee you should just own a Starbucks.” I took that and thought hmm, not a Starbucks but a cafe with more of a street urban Boho feel. Of course after that while building my little brand of boutiques and cafes, I want to go back to school for designing Jewelry. I always loved making headpieces, little bracelets, and earrings and it would be awesome to have two degrees under my belt. See, told you I was ambitious. What are three tips for success that you would give in your field? AM: Three tips I would say would be 1. To never think your dreams are too big, that’s just you being afraid! 2. Go out there with a smile and conquer it the best you can, if you fail wipe those tears and get up again. 3. You will have haters and naysayers, that just means you are doing it right then. I started saying all these things to myself when I wanted to quit and give it all up and I knew I came too far to quit so why stop now.
Something happened to me where I didn’t submit that application and instead used my graduation money to submit my application to AI and then I did it. I came here shy and awkward and easily influenced that everyone was my friend. Soon then I learned on my own that we are all competing to do great in this industry. So I learned some people will love to see you grow as a person and some will never want you to have what they are afraid to obtain. I went from being shy and silent to smiling and making sure my voice gets heard and that landed me so many of the opportunities in my life. It’s been like I said a mind blowing experience because it taught me my foundation of who I truly am and how I can truly express myself and be taken seriously. It allowed me to see my dreams are not too big to obtain, it may take a little work but I can do it.
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