Amanda Pearl: The Interview
So, I first ran across Amanda Pearl via Twitter… not exactly sure of the details other than that. For those of you who are not familiar with her and her designs then you are sadly missing out. Many of her items have been featured on the hit t.v. show “Gossip Girl”. In a world where many go for the cheap, quick fashions- Amanda Pearl embodies everything that is exquisite about fashion: artistic, unique, craftsman style quality that none can hold a candle to. These rich designs are inspired of an era long ago, thankfully bringing back everything that was good and tasteful to fashion. It’s very easy to put together a design without much thought, and caving in to whatever aesthetic is most popular at the time but Amanda Pearl has stuck to her own vision and luckily, the fashions have moved with it.
Imagine my utter joy and surprise when THE Amanda Pearl responded to my Twitter request for a blog interview! I was frankly shocked that she responded, but here it is for all of you to read!
MIWM: Hello there!I’m so thrilled to be speaking with you! I’ll go ahead and get started…What made you decide to design bags and jewelry? Who are your inspirations?
AP: *** I have always loved to create things and had been collecting beads and fabric, so started to make jewel-like evening bags after I graduated from college as I was looking for a job. I launched my collection with handbags, as there was a dearth in the market at the time. Things really came full circle when I added jewelry a year later, which seemed a really natural extension from the handbags.
MIWM: Your website says you started working with Marc Jacobs: what gave you the courage to venture on your own?
AP: *** I was entrepreneurial from a young age, devising little businesses and making and selling things, so I suppose it wasn’t a surprise that I would venture on my own at some point. I think my courage came from having no idea what I was actually getting myself into. I’d worked for other people, but still somehow never appreciated what it would take. Any sane person wouldn’t launch this sort of business if they knew what they were in for!
MIWM: Why such attention to detail, when you could have just as easily gone with mass production?
MIWM: You seem to make good use of social media, do you have a team that assists you with this? Or do you sometimes speak directly to your followers?
MIWM: How did you get your creations on Gossip Girl and in InStyle magazine? Did they approach you, or the opposite?
AP:*** The Gossip Girl costume department requested styles from the collection to be used on the show, but we also have fans in the cast who requested to be outfitted with pieces from the collection, which is amazing. In terms of InStyle, here is a lot of back and forth with our PR office and the magazines, so sometimes an editor has seen a piece from the collection that they know that they want to pull for a shoot, and sometimes our PR office will suggest something if the magazine is working with a particular theme for a shoot.
MIWM: Where do you see your line heading in the future?
AP: *** I see things continuing to come together in terms of brand awareness and market share. I see more and more lovely ladies enjoying Amanda Pearl bags and jewels!
MIWM: Who is your ideal consumer?
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Amanda I absoluelty LOVE them. I love the fence one of you two, I acalulty love them all. Your cousin did an amazing job. Perfect locations, colors, actions. Can not wait to see what the wedding ones look like. It is going to be the best time OK now you can kiss