{"id":2139,"date":"2018-09-24T00:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2019-06-29T21:10:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T02:10:49","slug":"fashion-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/2018\/09\/24\/fashion-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Brittany Price<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The saying goes \u2018Anything is possible,\u2019 but they forgot to mention the most important part; \u2018Anything is possible with the right outfit.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western students Breanna Baker, Marissa Miller and Taylor Guess figured it out, and have been working hard as individual fashion entrepreneurs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baker began hand-making bracelets and selling them on social media to raise money for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethiopiamissiontrip.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Ethiopian Missions trip<\/a>. She had always been involved with helping out with missions but never had the opportunity to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf you\u2019re ever thinking about starting something of your own, never let the fact that you\u2019re in school or that you\u2019re young limit you,\u201d Baker said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baker has a goal to raise $3,000 to go on the trip in May 2018. She said if she gets extra money, she would like to donate the money and offer supplies for other people who are able to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baker said as long as you put a lot of work into your passion and be creative, it can be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miller is another Western student who has successfully exceeded in her own handmade fashion masterpieces. In May 2017, Miller began hand making jewelry, screen printing her own t-shirts and buying vintage denim to creatively distress, cut and alter it in a new and unique way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy business has actually been really crazy,\u201d Miller said. \u201cIt started with friends and family, and now I am constantly mailing people in Warrensburg, Lawrence and pretty much to the Midwest area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After finishing her college career, Miller has goals of advancing her online store and growing her business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guess started sewing and creating her own clothes in 2015. She has always been into fashion and when she could not find something to wear, she would just make it herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guess began her business through social media sites, but soon enough created her own website with so much success. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor my first goal with the first product I dropped, I wanted to sell twenty,\u201d Guess said. \u201cI did within about ten hours of dropping it.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guess hopes to open a mobile boutique in the future. She would like to go wherever, whenever to sell her collections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baker, Miller and Guess are all Western students who have broken the barrier to fashion success. They have not only successfully whipped up their own businesses, but they encourage anyone with similar ideas to follow their creativity and work towards it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll it takes is one person to push you through and say \u2018Hey, you can figure it out, it just takes time,\u201d Miller said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Never underestimate the power of your ideas, and a great outfit. 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