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Shilpa Yarlagadda for The Wall Street Journal

Fashion @ Brown 'The ’90s Are Back'

I have always been fascinated by what people find beautiful.

Though I admit, I am biased, I have always been horrified by New York newcomers whose first impression is, despite the cultural and aesthetic overload, only to remark on the ‘un-beautiful’ aspects that fundamentally make the city what it is. Similarly, I’ve always come in staunch defense of Paris when accused of being impenetrably beautiful, grey, and rigid.

I defend not because I disagree. Rather, I counter with yes and? Without balance, there can be no distinction. Aesthetic emerges between creativity and some kind of restraint.

Calling these two cities and sensibilities home always comes through in my inspiration for clothing, campaigns, moods, and designs. I credit my commitment to absorbing as much of their museums, exhibits, ballets, plays, raves, speakeasies, cafés, for why I feel called to make beautiful things.

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RÉSUMÉ

 

Education:

SAINT ANN'S SCHOOL | 2005-2018

BROWN UNIVERSITY | 2018-2022.5

  • Received a Bachelor's degree In English, and a Bachelor's degree with honors in Comparative Literature.

  • Headed a research cluster with Prof. Ross Cheit to support and bring justice to survivors of child sexual abuse.

  • Founded Brown Women's Collective, a residential program house by and for change-making women of the Brown community.

  • Managed a fifteen-person team as Social Media Director of Fashion @ Brown, a 300+ member organization hosting panels, workshops, and an annual fashion show of student designs.

Shilpa Yarlagadda for The Wall Street Journal

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SOCIAL-MEDIA DIRECTOR:

FASHION @ BROWN | 2018-2021

  • Lead a fifteen-person team tasked with posting daily social content, interviewing and photographing students, professors, and faculty, developing new methods of encouraging user-generated content from the Brown community.

  • Art and creative direction on 2 multi-day shoots a year.

  • Advertisement and documentation of panel speakers and invited guests.

  • Worked collaboratively with 10 other department directors to ensure the productivity and efficiency of the organization.

CAMPUS MEDIA MANAGER:

BUMBLE |2019-2020

  • Planned and hosted monthly Bumble-branded events and marketing opportunities.

  • Encouraged student-generated content and Bumble themes.

  • Consulted and reported back to superiors regularly, while working remotely.

Skills:

  • Fashion PR

  • Social Media

  • Art Direction

  • Fluent French

Experience:

ART DIRECTOR:

Shiffon Co. | 2017-present

  • Supervised multi-functional project teams of 10+ colleagues to develop creative and effective advertising concepts, from ideation through final product.

  • Increased social media following by 300%

  • Our product was photographed on Meghan Markle for the cover of TIME, Michelle Obama, Hailey Beiber, Nicole Kidman, among others.

SOCIAL-MEDIA EDITOR:

Uncle Studios | 2018-2020

  • Curated, managed, and executed all social media platforms as the only remote employee of the five-person team.

  • Consulted on campaigns.

  • Managed all online customer relations.

  • Coordinated a multi-day pop-up shop in Toronto: designing the space to encourage user-generated content, photographing the events, reaching out to local influencers.

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