To All My Gypset Tylie Ladies,
Nice to meet you, I'm Hilary! That's me. No, not the goddess in the white dress. The chicken legged converse wearing girl behind the scenes over there...Hi! This image was captured at our Spring 2014 shoot, in the caves of Leo Carillo, and it couldn't sum me up any better. A picture is worth a thousand words. I thought it was time I introduce myself because it's hard to keep quiet and behind the scenes here at Tylie. Especially working next to the hands-on female power house that is Lisa Popp.
Growing up as a tom boy scabby kneed girl in South Carolina, it's hard to imagine how I'd end up working for a fashion designer in Downtown Los Angeles. Luckily the humidity of the south prepared me for the hot September sun. So how the hell did I get here you ask? Great question. I'd like to give credit to my loud mouth and fierce independence...Oh you meant in fashion?
I believe it all really hit me at around age 14. I started to take a look around at what everyone was wearing and didn't really like what I was seeing. Before then I didn't really know the impact your outfit could have. I was struggling to find my self, as all teenage girls do, and my apparel really started to speak for me when my peers didn't really want to hear what I had to say. If I woke up in Mary Sunshine mode, I'd wear a flirty ballet mini dress and accessorize with all my Nana's jewelry she'd left me. Then of course there were the emo days of all black everything! (Including those crazy raccoon eyeliner experiments) Even when my dear sweet sister, now a professional make up artist working from Atlanta to NYC, asked to do my makeup I wouldn't let her...insert independence here.
That same independence drove me to keep my eyes peeled for an escape route out of my southern comfort. Through the toughest year of my life, I decided graduating a year early from high school and moving to Los Angeles was the way to go. After the big move from down south to the wild west, I landed my first job working at the Jewelry counter at Fred Segal. That's when the light bulb went off. Fashion no longer was just about getting dressed in the morning, but a way to express myself.
Fast forward 5 years and here I am. I owe a big thank you to Lisa, Tylie herself, for giving me the opportunity to work here at Tylie HQ. We now laugh about my first days with all my "Yes Ma'ams and Y'alls". (Don't worry the Y'alls never go away.)
I still have that "tom boy" element in my style, in the way that I refuse to wear stiff, clingy, corset-like apparel. I became an easy advocate for the brand, with how pajama soft Tylie's Knits and dresses are. Not to mention the huge range and eclectic story the collections tell. And at the end of the day, in order to feel my best, I need to be comfortable.
Right now the Mary Sunshine days have a happy balance with the emo ones so I'm mostly seen in the High Slit Maxi Skirt, Low Side tank, booties, some layered jewelry, and my washed lamb leather Tylie Carry On Bag. I find this look is easy and can be worn down south, out west, or anywhere in between.
For me, fashion isn't just about looking good. To feel like my opinion is not only being heard but evoked is something I need fundamentally and was encouraged to seek out. (Which is the best gift my parents ever gave me). Wearing Tylie has done just that for me. Fashion has always been a medium of expression. You can easily tell an era from the attire depicted. I find when I cannot always vocalize my thoughts and feelings clearly, clothes and accessories can do all the talking. Which is a great relief to most of my friends and family I'm sure.
Hilary Moore is a 22 year old former Southern Belle currently calling LA her playground. She enjoys the daily operations of her position whilst cracking jokes to the entire Tylie team. She makes sure to get back to her roots of South Carolina as much as possible. She will never cease to seize her next big adventure.
