WEBVTT 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:13.339 Hi everyone, it's Jen. Welcome back to Student 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:15.679 Stories. We're thrilled to have you with us today. 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:18.620 Today we are joined by a new friend. Friend, 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:20.500 please introduce yourself to our listeners and 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:23.760 our viewers. Hi, I'm Addie. I am in my senior 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:25.820 year here at Johnson County Community College 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:30.260 and I'm in the fashion design program. Great 00:00:30.260 --> 00:00:33.560 journey so far. Awesome, awesome. You and I talked 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.740 quite a bit offline before the show and I loved 00:00:36.740 --> 00:00:38.439 getting to know you. Thank you so much for being 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.619 with us today. You have a pretty incredible backstory 00:00:41.619 --> 00:00:44.520 about how you came to study here at Johnson County 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.640 Community College. Will you share that with our 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.280 listeners and our viewers? Yes! It was not really 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.140 like a part of my plan actually so when I was 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:55.899 younger I was quite the tomboy. I was running 00:00:55.899 --> 00:00:57.920 around in jeans and probably my brother's shirt. 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:00.619 It was actually a fight to get me in any kind 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:03.700 of dress. And I would work on old cars with my 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:07.579 dad. And with that, we'd go to car shows. And 00:01:07.579 --> 00:01:09.620 then I saw my first pinup girl. And I was like, 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:13.319 oh, my God. Oh, I've got to. It's got to be me. 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.760 I've got to do that. And so I would slowly start 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:17.879 incorporating like pinup style into my everyday 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:19.140 style. I didn't do it today because it doesn't 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:22.909 work. So. slowly started incorporating that into 00:01:22.909 --> 00:01:26.450 my style and then I was originally going to go 00:01:26.450 --> 00:01:29.730 to KU but it was during 2020 so it was like that 00:01:29.730 --> 00:01:32.950 year and so It just wasn't really the experience 00:01:32.950 --> 00:01:35.469 that I had hoped for and that led me to be like, 00:01:35.510 --> 00:01:37.430 okay I just need a gap year. I need to like find 00:01:37.430 --> 00:01:40.090 myself. So I stopped doing that and then I went 00:01:40.090 --> 00:01:45.719 out to Oregon and I was there for like a little 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.560 while like a year I think and then I it was still 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.760 you know 2022 ish and so People weren't quite 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.420 back to like socializing so I had like no friends 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:57.159 and also no money So I was like, oh god, I gotta 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.760 come back so then I did come back And then my 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:01.799 dad was like, hey fun fact, you actually have 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:03.659 to do something with your life. You should try 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:06.459 the fashion program at Johnson County. I was 00:02:06.459 --> 00:02:08.060 like, I didn't know that was an option because 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:09.819 fashion just kind of feels to me anyway at the 00:02:09.819 --> 00:02:12.000 time. It felt like one of those careers that 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.300 you just pick when you're like 12 and then people 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:15.780 tell you to be more realistic and then you go 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:17.500 into something like finance. I didn't know it 00:02:17.500 --> 00:02:19.240 was like for real an option and then I got here 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:21.460 and I didn't want to talk to a counselor. Cause 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:23.300 I don't like talking to people. Well like, were 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:24.819 you afraid they would try to discourage you from 00:02:24.819 --> 00:02:26.680 it? No, I just, I'm scared of talking to new 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:33.379 people. And so, I, I, I enrolled in whatever. 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:35.680 So I was enrolled in like design and merchandising. 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.580 So I have a bunch of like random credits that 00:02:37.580 --> 00:02:39.259 don't transfer. But I still had a blast doing 00:02:39.259 --> 00:02:42.199 it. Um, and that led me to like my senior year 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.379 here now and it's almost done. Which is pretty 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:47.080 incredible. So I love the whole pinup girl story. 00:02:47.180 --> 00:02:49.020 I love, I mean, we talked about it offline. I 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:51.370 love that whole story. What do you think about 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:55.310 the pinup girl look or the pinup girl vibe that 00:02:55.310 --> 00:02:58.550 attracted you to that? I mean, is it the fashion 00:02:58.550 --> 00:03:00.729 end of it? Is it the history end of it? It's 00:03:00.729 --> 00:03:04.520 like all of it, I think. I was pretty like masculine 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.840 growing up. And so the first pinup that I saw 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.960 was kind of like a Gotha Billy rockabilly type 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:11.400 vibe So I had like under tons of like masculine 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:14.539 style though like whoa This looks so rad like 00:03:14.539 --> 00:03:17.240 why don't more people do this because everyone 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:19.460 that I saw cuz I grew up in Salina They were 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:21.080 wearing like t -shirts and jeans and farm boots 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:23.419 And it was not at all a pimp girl and I was like 00:03:23.419 --> 00:03:25.479 I saw this lady I was like I'm in love. I actually 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.580 I have to be you I have to be you immediately 00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:31.020 And like her confidence like the way she was 00:03:31.020 --> 00:03:33.259 walking everything about her I was just like, 00:03:33.539 --> 00:03:36.400 oh, yeah, that's it right there. Yeah. So kind 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.340 of going alongside that, we talked offline about 00:03:38.340 --> 00:03:40.479 a parallel love that you have for Burlesque. 00:03:40.740 --> 00:03:42.560 Yes. So talk a little bit about that, if you 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:46.800 would. So Burlesque, I remember Dita Von Teese 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:48.680 was how I got into that. Because Dita Von Teese 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.539 outside, she also dresses kind of pinup style. 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:52.580 And so I would use her style inspiration on Pinterest. 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.240 And then I was like, who is this lady? I see 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.159 her everywhere. Dita Von Teese, let's look that 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.750 up. And I was like, whoa. Ball game change forever. 00:03:58.750 --> 00:04:01.729 This is so cool, too And they're like just like 00:04:01.729 --> 00:04:03.530 the the costumes that they have and like the 00:04:03.530 --> 00:04:05.050 rhinestones That's what I love to do at work 00:04:05.050 --> 00:04:08.310 is put rhinestones on stuff. Um, I just I just 00:04:08.310 --> 00:04:10.669 love all of that and like the jazz music Oh my 00:04:10.669 --> 00:04:13.810 god, get out. I love jazz and the vibe of it 00:04:13.810 --> 00:04:16.610 all Yeah, you said the confidence of it all that 00:04:16.610 --> 00:04:18.629 burlesque has women of all shapes all sizes. 00:04:18.870 --> 00:04:21.889 Oh, yeah All ages and they're all beautiful and 00:04:21.889 --> 00:04:24.230 I just I know it and they know it and it looks 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:26.629 so good Absolutely. And not only that it makes 00:04:26.629 --> 00:04:28.759 every other woman feel beautiful too. You know 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:30.180 what I mean? It makes them feel represented. 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:32.699 It makes them feel seen. So yeah, I think that's 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:35.000 amazing. I really, really do. So you actually 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.939 have an off -campus job that ties together your 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:39.920 love for burlesque and your love for fashion. 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:42.480 I do indeed. I just got off of work actually, 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.240 so I'm in my comfy clothes because I'm often 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:48.319 on the floor doing stuff down there. I work at 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:51.000 Sew Magic. It's in Lenexa and I have a wonderful, 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:54.550 amazing boss. Her name's Erin. She's like Creative 00:04:54.550 --> 00:04:56.170 genius because the costume she makes she'll like 00:04:56.170 --> 00:04:57.350 showed me a sketch of it. This is what we're 00:04:57.350 --> 00:04:59.430 doing for today I'm like your brain came up with 00:04:59.430 --> 00:05:05.610 that like And she's got like the biggest heart 00:05:05.610 --> 00:05:07.209 in the world do cuz like the other day I was 00:05:07.209 --> 00:05:10.089 like I need to practice getting elastic into 00:05:10.089 --> 00:05:13.209 leg holes like I just I can't do it I need to 00:05:13.209 --> 00:05:15.110 buy last or buy a spandex out for you, and she's 00:05:15.110 --> 00:05:17.930 like don't be ridiculous darling here you go 00:05:17.930 --> 00:05:21.509 So I get to practice that and nail that down 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:26.920 So we mostly make. Costumes for like big groups 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.779 like of dance like dancers And she actually just 00:05:30.779 --> 00:05:33.660 signed with Ole Miss I think which is super cool 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:36.839 She's been like working her butt off to get those 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.980 kinds of schools and like as she should because 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:41.899 her work dude Her work is crazy good Wow, so 00:05:41.899 --> 00:05:44.420 would this be like for the band or for the the 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:52.699 dancers? I don't remember which one Yes, so you 00:05:52.699 --> 00:05:56.269 are a senior Yes, you're graduating in May. Can 00:05:56.269 --> 00:05:58.550 you tell us kind of what comes next for you after 00:05:58.550 --> 00:06:01.290 your time here with us at JCCC? Who's to say 00:06:01.290 --> 00:06:03.370 I kind of want to go to FIT but that like means 00:06:03.370 --> 00:06:05.310 living in New York Which like it sounds cool 00:06:05.310 --> 00:06:06.829 for like the first 30 minutes and then you're 00:06:06.829 --> 00:06:09.149 like, oh my god, I live in New York Too many 00:06:09.149 --> 00:06:14.089 people all the time 24 -7 So it could go either 00:06:14.089 --> 00:06:17.769 way I might Continue down FIT or just like stay 00:06:17.769 --> 00:06:21.110 here and find something here. Who's to say? So 00:06:21.110 --> 00:06:23.250 on the topic of being a senior Tell us a little 00:06:23.250 --> 00:06:25.250 bit about the capstone project that's involved 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:27.449 with being a senior in the fashion program and 00:06:27.449 --> 00:06:29.810 your involvement with it Um, so there's a fashion 00:06:29.810 --> 00:06:32.290 show at the end of the year every year as a capstone 00:06:32.290 --> 00:06:35.430 project and Each student gets to kind of pick 00:06:35.430 --> 00:06:37.050 their own fashion line and like what they want 00:06:37.050 --> 00:06:39.089 to do and it's so cool to see like everyone's 00:06:39.089 --> 00:06:41.009 Personality kind of come out because you can 00:06:41.009 --> 00:06:42.329 like literally make it whatever you want to make 00:06:42.329 --> 00:06:45.459 it So as far as the designer students go, I don't 00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:47.060 know what the merchandising students do. I know 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:48.500 they help. I just don't know what they do, because 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:52.879 that's not me. You start off with making your 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:56.699 concept board. And then you get your target customer 00:06:56.699 --> 00:06:58.680 and nail that down. And then you present your 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.279 boards to your instructors. And they give you 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:04.459 a lot of feedback. And then from there, you do 00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:07.100 your sketches. And then they present again, be 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:13.720 like, here's my sketches. Like them Please please 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:15.160 you have to like this. I don't want I don't want 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.759 to draw anymore. I can't do it And then you just 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:19.699 start designing and it's really cool to see like 00:07:19.699 --> 00:07:22.019 an idea that like was in your head come to life 00:07:22.019 --> 00:07:25.500 It's the coolest thing ever How many pieces do 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:30.889 you have in the show? Think seven you only are 00:07:30.889 --> 00:07:35.410 required to make five, but I am extra Wow, and 00:07:35.410 --> 00:07:37.089 what kind of pieces are they are they burlesque 00:07:37.089 --> 00:07:42.569 pieces and I wish Actually it is based off of 00:07:42.569 --> 00:07:45.149 burlesque dancers, but in The fashion industry 00:07:45.149 --> 00:07:46.850 you want to have like a level of marketability 00:07:46.850 --> 00:07:50.189 And so with burlesque it only like is a small 00:07:50.189 --> 00:07:54.649 demographic. So my line is based off of burlesque 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:59.560 kind of vibe It's just like more more marketable 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:02.480 for a wider audience Gotcha. So circling back 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.120 to your studies here at JCCC Has there been a 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:08.120 class or two classes or a professor or an experience? 00:08:08.420 --> 00:08:10.600 Academically that is just really spoken to you 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:14.079 and you know been really impactful for you Pretty 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:15.879 much all of it cuz like again when I first started 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.779 this I like I had a mild interest in sewing It 00:08:18.779 --> 00:08:20.319 wasn't really a good thing but I was like a whole 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.680 I'm this is what I was made to do because some 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:23.399 people are Some people in this industry like 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:24.759 yeah, I was born to do this been doing since 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.579 I was six Mike That is crazy good for you I've 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:30.920 had a lot of like instructors helped me Come 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:32.659 down the path like joy. Love joy. She's the head 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:35.440 department. Shout out to joy. Love you And then 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.460 Audrey she also gives really good feedback break 00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:39.820 is really good feedback Jordan I love Jordan. 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:42.700 Ashley, I love all of them. They're all so great. 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:45.019 I think my favorite class that really made me 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:47.820 be like, oh yeah, this is where I belong, is 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:49.659 the draping class. And that's because that was 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:52.000 the first time that you pick something that you 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:53.500 want to make. Because for the other classes, 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:55.059 you are working off patterns, and it's not your 00:08:55.059 --> 00:08:57.059 stuff. You're just learning how to do it. The 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:58.919 draping class is the first class that you have. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:02.240 That you sketch something of your own and you 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.860 can like watch it come to life And it is the 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:07.240 coolest thing ever. So how does it come to life 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.399 then? Do you make individual pieces of it or 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.759 do people help you with it? No, it's all on you. 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:15.779 So You can do draping with yeah, you can do like 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:18.340 flat pattern for some of it But most of the time 00:09:18.340 --> 00:09:19.919 it's you have to drape it. That's like part of 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:24.519 the class is draping You make the pattern and 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.539 then you sew it all up do it yourself and it's 00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:31.480 it is so cool it's so cool that is very cool 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.419 on the topic of cool tell us about your love 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:38.179 for a certain kind of vehicle oh yes so i currently 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:41.059 have a 1955 Plymouth Belvedere it's gorgeous 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:43.080 you guys i've had a lot of antique cars for my 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:47.559 life like i think i've owned at least 50 bare 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:49.919 minimum. A lot of the times we would have them 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.279 for a week before we'd sell them. My second favorite 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.779 car, I had a 1950 Studebaker Champion, but it 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:56.220 had a hole in the engine block and I'm like, 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.580 I don't have money for this. Is that the red 00:09:58.580 --> 00:10:01.019 one that you showed me? No, that was the 57. 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:05.740 Oh, gorgeous. You guys gorgeous. It was a project. 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:09.220 So what is it about the Belvedere that made you 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:12.370 fall in love with it? Honestly, I think it's 00:10:12.370 --> 00:10:15.549 just like a tie back to being a little kid again 00:10:15.549 --> 00:10:18.330 with my dad, working on old cars. It's like a 00:10:18.330 --> 00:10:19.850 piece of me that I still carry with me because 00:10:19.850 --> 00:10:23.370 like, I don't know, I remember. When my dad first 00:10:23.370 --> 00:10:26.330 started working on cars, I was nine years old, 00:10:26.690 --> 00:10:28.070 and he was trying to get my brothers to go out 00:10:28.070 --> 00:10:29.710 and do it with him. And they're like, oh my god, 00:10:29.809 --> 00:10:31.950 no, we want to play video games. Go away. And 00:10:31.950 --> 00:10:33.429 I was nine years old, and I had something to 00:10:33.429 --> 00:10:36.049 prove. So I was like, I want to do it. I didn't 00:10:36.049 --> 00:10:37.690 even intend on doing it to like it. I just wanted 00:10:37.690 --> 00:10:41.590 to prove that I'm better than them. And so I 00:10:41.590 --> 00:10:42.750 started working on them. And I was like, wait 00:10:42.750 --> 00:10:45.090 a minute. This is actually really fun. My first 00:10:45.090 --> 00:10:48.710 ever. Project car was a 1949 Pontiac fleet master 00:10:48.710 --> 00:10:52.690 and it was covered in tar and I got the evil 00:10:52.690 --> 00:10:54.350 work My dad's like here you go. Here's a heat 00:10:54.350 --> 00:10:56.710 gun nine -year -old and a scraper get to work. 00:10:56.710 --> 00:11:00.990 Oh my gosh. Wow Is that a really rare car these 00:11:00.990 --> 00:11:03.429 days are they easy to find I can't imagine they're 00:11:03.429 --> 00:11:07.490 inexpensive there So the one that I have is a 00:11:07.490 --> 00:11:10.990 two -door which only I think just about 50 grand 00:11:10.990 --> 00:11:13.990 were produced and I don't know how many are like 00:11:13.990 --> 00:11:17.230 rotting in fields or like parted out it's the 00:11:17.230 --> 00:11:20.370 NT car community it's like it's getting increasingly 00:11:20.370 --> 00:11:23.850 smaller because like cars wreck things degrade 00:11:23.850 --> 00:11:27.139 it just it's part of Aging and it's probably 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:35.179 very very pricey as a hobby No, especially like 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:37.820 when it comes to like like body work and like 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:39.980 mechanical work is like Sometimes there there 00:11:39.980 --> 00:11:41.919 are things that I mostly do on my own But then 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:43.559 some things I just like I'm not even gonna mess 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.200 with this they can go to the shop I don't even 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.039 want I don't even want to touch it. I don't want 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:52.100 to touch it You also have a few dogs, too I like 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:54.500 to joke that I'm slowly becoming Corolla DeVille 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:57.269 because I have a love for fashion. I have two 00:11:57.269 --> 00:12:00.450 Dalmatians. Their names Comet and Cupid. Comet 00:12:00.450 --> 00:12:03.070 just turned two, which is crazy. I feel like 00:12:03.070 --> 00:12:05.629 I just got them like two seconds ago. Yeah, happy 00:12:05.629 --> 00:12:08.049 birthday, baby, baby. So when you do have free 00:12:08.049 --> 00:12:10.250 time, which I can't imagine is very often given 00:12:10.250 --> 00:12:12.669 how busy and how crazy your schedule is, how 00:12:12.669 --> 00:12:15.950 do you like to spend your time? Oh my gosh. This 00:12:15.950 --> 00:12:20.789 summer, the like... Hobby of the week was camping 00:12:20.789 --> 00:12:24.710 and rock climbing outdoorsy kind of stuff But 00:12:24.710 --> 00:12:26.710 then I also do my grandma hobby. So I've got 00:12:26.710 --> 00:12:30.309 like crocheting and then sewing obviously Oh 00:12:30.309 --> 00:12:34.029 cooking a dog training was one Super into the 00:12:34.029 --> 00:12:35.269 gym right now. I don't know what happened. I 00:12:35.269 --> 00:12:37.230 don't know. It's just like if there's a hobby 00:12:37.230 --> 00:12:45.470 you can think of I probably haven't I'm really 00:12:45.470 --> 00:12:48.470 into like the crafting of letter opener handles 00:12:48.470 --> 00:12:53.029 like all right that's really really nice like 00:12:53.029 --> 00:12:55.190 if you like like good carving em or like you 00:12:55.190 --> 00:12:58.129 can make clay ones like just letter opener handles 00:12:58.129 --> 00:13:01.450 so like okay so the letter okay so not the stabby 00:13:01.450 --> 00:13:03.450 thing you know and that you stab in but what 00:13:03.450 --> 00:13:05.870 you hold okay what do you like how do you do 00:13:05.870 --> 00:13:09.539 that like I usually just use clay. I'm a huge 00:13:09.539 --> 00:13:11.940 nerd and I played Tomb Raider and this and one 00:13:11.940 --> 00:13:14.779 of the One of the the game she's got this like 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:16.899 really cool like dagger, but it's like a letter 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:19.240 opener I was like I've got to have that and then 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:20.840 I made it I was like wait, this is actually really 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.460 fun That's so cool. So how do you stay organized 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:27.120 when you juggle so many different, you know responsibilities? 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.019 You're pulled left right into the center. How 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:33.220 do you usually? I I've tried things like because 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:36.669 people always like use a planner Lose it like 00:13:36.669 --> 00:13:39.450 no or like I lost Siri and then she's like actually 00:13:39.450 --> 00:13:44.590 I'm not reminding you. I hate you. So I use Yes, 00:13:45.129 --> 00:13:47.090 so like structured is an app and I think you 00:13:47.090 --> 00:13:48.549 have to pay for it I don't know. It's like a 00:13:48.549 --> 00:13:50.490 dollar a year. It's super worth in my opinion 00:13:50.490 --> 00:13:52.149 I don't even notice that my Apple takes it out 00:13:52.149 --> 00:13:55.370 on my like account it shows you your entire day 00:13:55.370 --> 00:13:58.230 hour by hour and it will like you can tell like 00:13:58.490 --> 00:14:00.149 You know, I need to go to grocery shopping this 00:14:00.149 --> 00:14:02.529 week. I need to go Pick my little brother up 00:14:02.529 --> 00:14:04.129 from the pool and I need to get my hair done 00:14:04.129 --> 00:14:06.870 and it will like find slots of time for you where 00:14:06.870 --> 00:14:08.929 it belongs so you don't even have to think about 00:14:08.929 --> 00:14:10.389 it because usually like I don't even have time 00:14:10.389 --> 00:14:12.730 for this because like When you get like locked 00:14:12.730 --> 00:14:14.230 up when you have all these things to do like 00:14:14.230 --> 00:14:15.350 I don't even want to do it Don't even put on 00:14:15.350 --> 00:14:18.220 the schedule. I'm not doing it. Yeah So do you 00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:19.820 have a favorite place here on campus that you 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:21.759 like to study? Do you study off campus, here 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.399 on campus, in the fashion area, someplace else? 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:26.740 There's not really a place like to study the 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:29.299 classes I'm in anymore just because a lot of 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:31.519 it is like hands -on and so So you're required 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:34.259 to be there in the salon? Yeah, I'm usually in 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:36.860 the in the lab because I have like big tables 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:40.679 and like working with Like doing fashion design 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:42.879 you need a lot of space like a ton of space like 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:44.480 I have my own hobby room in my house Just because 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.840 I tried to do it so when I was living in my apartment 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:48.960 I would do on my kitchen floor and like it was 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.559 it was terrible and we had a cat I was my roommate's 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.559 cat and he would he would like knock stuff over 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:55.340 and like step on things like you're in the way 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:57.399 like I Can't do this. So I have my own hobby 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.700 room because you just need you need a lot of 00:14:58.700 --> 00:15:00.720 space Yeah, so the lab is my favorite place to 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.899 be or honestly, there's like this like little 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:06.440 bench thing like right outside this place Yes, 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:08.340 it's in the corner. I don't know. I like little 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:11.720 spaces like fit nicely in that's like my corner 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.399 when people are there like ruins my whole day 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.679 yeah if you're watching this is my corner it's 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:23.159 my turf so are the lab hours pretty accessible 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:25.220 or do you have to come between X and Y time or 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:27.000 can you kind of come and go when you want I mean 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:31.580 I come and go when I want shout out to Alex Alex 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:34.620 is our little lab assistant they're so wonderful 00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:37.179 they usually host like host open labs it's allegedly 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:39.500 from like 10 to 2 But like if we need to get 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:41.580 stuff done, they're willing to like stay behind 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:44.100 and like, you know, like be there I'm like, I 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:46.960 love you so much. That's wonderful. Yes So what 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.240 would you say to someone who were to say to you? 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.000 Oh, I'm really interested in fashion, but I don't 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.799 think I could study it I can't go to JCCC. What 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:57.340 would you say to those folks? I would say yeah, 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:59.460 you absolutely can I did not think that I was 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:01.480 gonna be doing fashion and now I'm making an 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:06.059 entire fashion line like I before I started Well, 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:08.240 you should have seen the stuff I was making when 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.860 I operated sewing machine I didn't know what 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.480 a seam allowance was and so I was just sewing 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.759 right on the edge of the fabric and all came 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:15.320 apart like What am I doing wrong? You learned 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.720 so much in such a short amount of time and like 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:20.700 It's like for all people like I've there's different 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:23.240 people of all ages Backgrounds and it's like 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.070 it is so wonderful I think it would be really 00:16:26.070 --> 00:16:27.789 cool to be a part of someone's journey. Like 00:16:27.789 --> 00:16:29.909 you were saying that Joy is working with, what 00:16:29.909 --> 00:16:33.509 did you say, Ole Miss? Oh no, Erin is. She's 00:16:33.509 --> 00:16:36.429 at my job. Sorry about that, Anne. That she's 00:16:36.429 --> 00:16:38.389 working with Ole Miss on some costuming. How 00:16:38.389 --> 00:16:42.009 cool to get to see your work on a screen, on 00:16:42.009 --> 00:16:45.470 TV or on a dance or a wedding or something like 00:16:45.470 --> 00:16:47.929 that. To know that something you put your heart 00:16:47.929 --> 00:16:50.509 and soul into is a part of somebody's special 00:16:50.509 --> 00:16:52.889 moment. That's gotta be huge. And that's forever, 00:16:53.070 --> 00:16:54.860 right? Nobody can take that from you. forever 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:58.259 so yeah so is there anything that you have made 00:16:58.259 --> 00:17:00.519 for yourself that's just your favorite thing 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:03.620 wear it all the time think it's fantastic or 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:06.039 is it harder to make clothes for yourself than 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.140 it is to make clothes for other people it's kind 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:10.619 of a mix of both like right now I'm not gonna 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:12.140 make anything for myself because I'm already 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:13.920 doing so much. I'm like if I have to sew anything 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:16.319 else I'm gonna drink a jean jacket through a 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:19.079 straw. I don't want to I just can't do it. I 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.700 just don't have time to make stuff for myself 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:25.279 I just like I don't want to make stuff for myself 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.839 when I first started sewing I would make stuff 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.640 for myself because like I don't want to make 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:29.980 something for someone else and have it be like 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:32.200 totally screwy I'll be like so degrading like 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:36.619 here's your shirt. It has four sleeves That's 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:39.319 your problem, so I started off making myself 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:41.680 also because it was hard to find clothing that 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:44.579 was like pin up for me because the stuff online 00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:46.140 it was just like poor quality and just didn't 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:50.160 like it was just gross and I lived in a small 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:52.680 town so there was no stores near me that had 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.099 that so I was like well gotta learn up yeah now 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:58.619 to make it myself That is so exciting. That is 00:17:58.619 --> 00:18:02.160 so exciting. If any of our listeners were to 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.519 want to see any of your designs, do you have 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.740 a website? Do you have an Instagram? The fashion 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.940 show is at the end of the year, so if you want 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:12.500 to come to that. But I also do have an Instagram, 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:15.660 Atomic Addy. I only post occasionally on there. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.660 I probably should post my stuff, but I'm incredibly 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:20.480 lazy. So I told you in our pre -interview that 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:24.960 sometimes I like to ask a fun question of our 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:28.180 guest. And my fun question for you. Given how 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:30.039 many, you know, ions you have in the fire, how 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:32.000 many balls you have in the air, you are so busy. 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:35.299 Let's say you had a gajillion dollars and no 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:37.259 time commitments. You don't have to be at work. 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.299 You don't have, you know, a big showcase that 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:41.480 you're planning for. What are you gonna do? How 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:43.099 are you gonna spend that money and spend that 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:46.119 time? Oh my gosh. Um, I spend the time just like 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.720 laying down. Maybe sleep a full night. Maybe 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:52.759 have a home and sleep in. Yes. Um, what would 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:55.880 I do? Oh my gosh. Don't know I'm like perpetually 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:59.220 poor, so I don't even know what I would do I 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:00.940 would I would first of all I'd pay back all the 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:02.759 people that I I borrowed from it back in the 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.119 day Oh my gosh like back in the day. I was like 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:07.539 I was really poor so sorry mr. Johnson You had 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:09.700 to pay all my band tabs. Love you. You're so 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:12.039 great for that, so I pay all them back, and then 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.700 I would put money in the students accounts who 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:16.339 are also in the same position that I was because 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:19.420 it just sucks being poor dude it's like oh god 00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:21.819 I don't want to do this so as we're coming to 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:23.940 the end of our time together today is there anything 00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:25.900 that you'd like to say anything else any parting 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:27.519 words that you'd like to share with our listeners 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.599 and our viewers on YouTube or yes I have two 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.759 quotes that are like forever ingrained in my 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:36.599 brain um I have procrastination is the cost of 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:39.220 the life that you could have lived and fear of 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:41.759 embarrassment is the thief of opportunity so 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:44.059 if you're scared to do something, just be like, 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.960 who actually cares? Why am I embarrassed? Embarrassment 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.140 is optional. Embarrassment is a social caller. 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.579 You don't have to be embarrassed about something. 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:51.440 You could just do it and be like, OK, who cares? 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:54.180 Absolutely. To be cringe is to be free. Absolutely. 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:57.900 Fall into the cringe. I am a singer, right? Studying 00:19:57.900 --> 00:20:00.960 music at 53 at JCCC. One of the reasons I waited 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.680 so long is because I was embarrassed and I didn't 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.579 want to be judged. Okay, judge me all you want. 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:07.180 You're only being judged from below people who 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.880 are actually on their grindset and like doing 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:10.819 with them and like being successful They're not 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.119 gonna look down on you for trying to be like 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:14.099 a loser It's the people who want to keep you 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:15.720 down with you. That'll be like, what is this 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.799 weirdo doing? You are only judged from below. 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:20.799 I love that. That's amazing You know, I mean 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:22.799 the choice is yours, right? You couldn't say 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:25.220 I'm gonna I'm gonna stop my dream and put my 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.920 dream on hold because I'm afraid of what you're 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:28.920 gonna say Yeah, or I'm gonna go live my life 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.640 and be happy and you know what if you want to 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.140 laugh and poke and make fun of me Yeah. At least 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.799 I'm having fun. You know what I mean? I'm doing 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:37.079 the things that make me happy. So yeah, say that 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.640 again. What was your quote that you said you 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:41.480 only are judged from? Below. Below. Love that. 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:43.500 All right. Well, I think this is a great place 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:45.559 to close. Thank you so much, Addie, for being 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:47.660 with us. Of course. Thank you for having me. 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:50.839 Good luck on the Capstone. We can't wait. When 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:52.960 is the fashion show and how would our listeners 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:56.920 get a ticket to come? Allegedly, it's April 18th. 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:59.619 I want to say it's it's like it's sometime in 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:03.019 April. Tickets go so incredibly fast. So you 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:06.019 have to be like like Taylor Swift, you know, 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.819 when she puts her tickets on sale and all the 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:09.599 Swifties are like, I got to reload it. So that's 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:11.369 what you got to do. And if you want to get tickets 00:21:11.369 --> 00:21:14.069 you got to be like on it yeah I don't know when 00:21:14.069 --> 00:21:16.150 tickets drop I wish I did so would that be on 00:21:16.150 --> 00:21:21.730 the website JCCC .edu I believe it is like a 00:21:21.730 --> 00:21:23.789 bunch of links you can follow I imagine to get 00:21:23.789 --> 00:21:25.650 there and if anybody has any questions you can 00:21:25.650 --> 00:21:28.230 always send them to me at cupcake Jen 1972 on 00:21:28.230 --> 00:21:30.690 the socials and I will happily send those on 00:21:30.690 --> 00:21:32.410 to Hattie and we will get you the answers that 00:21:32.410 --> 00:21:36.190 you need We bid you a farewell from here in the 00:21:36.190 --> 00:21:37.849 Student Center on the campus of Johnson County 00:21:37.849 --> 00:21:40.490 Community College. Tune in every Wednesday when 00:21:40.490 --> 00:21:43.289 we have new episodes of Student Stories. Thank 00:21:43.289 --> 00:21:45.109 you again, Addie, for being here. Yes, of course. 00:21:45.490 --> 00:21:48.490 Me too. Bye, guys. Have a great one.