My Journey From Creative To Entrepreneur.
🎬Episode 8- Highs and Lows, constant God. 🙌🏽🔥😩😭 🙇♀️❤️
I was still basking in the euphoria of opening a social media page and having something to show as proof of my work, when Derry Hans(who is my brother, as well as one of the most talented, and most versatile musicians and songwriters to come out of Nigeria and Africa), came to me to say that God said I was his stylist, and He should trust me with his styling.
Did I hear you say Angelic P.R at work again? Mehn, over here we soar on the wings of the spirit. When you’re big, you’re big. Like actual big purr! 🥳💃🏽😂
What was mind blowing about this, was the fact that I had been trying to get Him to look my way and believe in my ability to style him. I had tried to pitch to Him severally, all to no avail.
But isn’t God good? 🥹🥳💃🏽
The thing about my brother is that even though I had styled his outfits to church from time to time, work for him was different.
He’s such an excellent person who doesn’t joke with his work. So mixing business with family is not something that comes natural to him. If he is ever going to take you serious or bring you on board on a project, he has to really think you professional and able to deliver exceptional work, or nothing.
And that’s totally valid! But the thing was, I could deliver. And God knew it! 🥹
I was so dazed, mind blown and glad that God would do that for me. 😩😭❤️❤️❤️ You know, it’s an entirely different flex when you come highly recommended by the oga at the top, as the man for the job. 🙌🏽🔥🥳💃🏽😍
There’s just this honor and prestige that comes with it, which is different from when you lobby or hustle to get in the room. You don’t have to shout. You don’t have to try so hard to prove a point, or do so much to get people to see your worth and intrinsic value, or believe in you. People automatically believe that if this person recommended you, then you must really know what you’re doing. So it changes how they see you, treat you, and relate with you. 🥳
That’s exactly what happened! My brother automatically began to rate me. As God would have it, He was rebranding, and He needed to do a shoot, so what better time to bring me on board? 🥳 💃🏽
He basically trusted me to do my thing with the styling. I came up with a mood board based off conversations with Him, drew up a budget, liaised with a Fashion brand I knew could deliver excellent work based on our budget, went shopping for every single item and accessory needed, and the rest, they say is history.
The outfits came out really nice! I overdelivered, if I do say so myself. I gave Him so much value for His money, and then some!
The shoot came out great, even though I don’t think the photography quite did the looks justice. You can check out pictures from the shoot here! And here!
My brother’s team had their photographer preference, and I needed to respect that. But I believe in a God who makes all things beautiful in its time, And I know that a time is coming where they will trust his entire Image Branding to me. This means I would be in charge of handling his brand image and identity, and putting together all the vendors that can best depict whatever he is trying to achieve per time, image branding wise. So help me God. 🥹🙏🏼
2022 was looking absolutely good for me, until all hell broke lose. I spent the rest of the year fighting for my life, literally holding on to God like my life depended on Him, because it did!
All my dreams and aspirations were now dead and gone. All I wanted was to be able to make it to the next day alive! Have you ever been at a place like this before? Where you’re literally hanging on a thread and all you can mutter is “God help me, please send me help” amidst tears. Omo, that’s where I was.
I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t eat. I lost all the weight I had in one week. I couldn’t wear clothes or go anywhere myself, I couldn’t make my hair, I needed to be around people or else I would lose my mind. The worst part, I couldn’t pray. I couldn’t do anything, to be honest. I don’t pray that anyone ever goes through what I went through that year. Not even the worst person in the world, or even my enemy. Nobody deserves that level of pain and discomfort.
To be continued in the next episode!
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