Community Connections

The person that I have interviewed was Gabriella who is someone who posts outfit inspiration on Instagram. Her responsibility is to post outfits that she has digitally created for her followers to see, and inspire others some fashionable outfits. I find that everything that she posts is very helpful in every way. That’s why I chose her to interview. Taking care of an Instagram account with over 28.6 K followers is a very hard task, but Gabriella pushed herself to keep going and gain more supporters every single day. In addition, I am also extremely into fashion (which my passion for fashion started when I was 7 years old), and by looking at Gabriella’s account, she seemed interested as well. From what she has told me, I have discovered a handful of new things.

Firstly, I learned that owning an Instagram account and posting outfits, can help yourself have a more “fashion” mindset and possibly become more creative, for you are creating outfits everyday for other people, with every clothing pieces and accessories in the world since it’s digital. Another thing that I have learned, is not exactly related to fashion. I learned that if you don’t give up after several people telling you that your goal is impossible to achieve, you can achieve your goal. Before this interview, whenever someone told me that I wouldn’t be able to achieve my goal, sometimes, I would just give up, agreeing to what that person has said to me but now I am willing to change that mindset of mine.

Moreover, by what I know, Gabriella and I have the connection of being interested in fashion. Although the time when our interests towards fashion have started are different, at this very moment, we both love fashion and just creating outfits all in general.

When I am older, I hope to become a fashion designer and one day, have my own brand, and I feel like this interview has given me a great opportunity for me to start my own account and watch my account evolve into an account with many supporters. After when that account starts to grow faster, I can start to sell clothing or accessories and grow that into a brand.

 

To sum up, I find that Gabriella was an amazing person to interview, because she has a great eye for fashion, and an amazing mindset. Gabriella has also started an Etsy shop with her handmade jewelry. In conclusion, I aspire to have an account like hers one day.

These are her exact answers to my questions:

1. Why are you passionate about your job? (of growing/ taking care of this account)

With this account, I am able to make outfits in whatever style I want and I am able to choose from such a large variety of pieces, so I can create so many looks! I love creating these outfits, for it inspires some of my looks and other peoples.

2. What obstacles have you faced to get to where you are today?

A lot of people at the start said that I wasn’t going to gain a large following, so sometimes this put me down.

3. What advice would you pass on to someone who’s interested in what you’re doing?

If you decide to make an account to create outfits, or anything in general I would advice to post every day and at the start, it might be quite difficult to gain followers quickly but you shouldn’t give up.

4. Would you be open to further contact from Riverside (my school) students and if so, how and someone contact you?

I would definitely be open to further contact. You can contact me through my email.(garciagabriella94@yahoo.com)

5. What inspires you to keep your account going and why?

I love making the outfits, and as I’ve grown, I’ve gained quite a few followers over the past few months and I think this has helped me keep posting everyday as I know people are enjoying what I’ve been posting.

6. What are some special reasons you have started this account?

I don’t really have a special reason why I started it, but this year, I’ve recently become very interested in fashion, and this has let me create outfits with items I don’t have and inspire other people.

All photos are from the Instagram account: @fashion_innspo 

Link to the Instagram account

Link to Gabriella’s Etsy page

 

3 thoughts on “Community Connections

  1. Thank you for submitting your Community Connection assignment for COL. We have reviewed your Edublog post, and have the following observations regarding your work:

    – Great job interviewing someone and seeking out information regarding their expertise
    – Way to incorporate your answers on your edublog

    Thank you,

    Mr. Barazzuol and Mr. Robinson
    COL Teachers

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