18 | MODA Shoot at Lee Jeans Headquarters

February 27, 2018February 26, 2018 ~ bellalightner ~ Leave a comment

Hello! This is just a real fast post but I wanted to quickly mention what I was doing at Lee Jeans Headquarters this past Sunday! So Lee Jeans is based out of the Kansas City area, Merriam, Kansas to be exact, and I was invited to be a model coach at the MODA Photoshoot. MODA is basically a collaborative group bringing together all sorts of people within the industry to network and create. Check out MODA here. I had a blast working with other models and professionals and can’t wait to attend more!

xx Bella

LEE HQ

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LATE INTRO – WHO AM I? : VIDEO

January 24, 2018January 23, 2018 ~ bellalightner ~ Leave a comment

Hey everyone! For those of you who don’t know me / have never met me before, here I am, on video! Sitting down and talking to the camera is a very difficult thing for me to do. (I’ll keep practicing and hopefully get better!) As a tween, I had a YouTube channel and my classmates found out and I was so embarrassed that I took it down. Now that I am more mature and don’t care what people think, I am trying this whole thing all over again.

My goal as of now is not to become instantly famous, but is to get my name out there with a presence on YouTube. I will continue to post on my blog, bellalightner.com, must expand my content onto this platform as well. I plan on creating lookbooks, vlogs, fun fashion related videos, and just really sitting down and talking type videos. I am really excited to work on some things in this kind of different format and I am hoping for the best with this!

VLOG 3 : EUROPE – IRELAND, ITALY – WINTER 2017/18

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 ~ bellalightner ~ Leave a comment

Hello and thank you for clicking on this video! I recently got back from a trip to Europe with my family. We went to Dublin, Ireland, Milan, Florence, and Rome, Italy. I decided to keep music out of this video because I loved the sounds of the videos too much. I wanted to give a realistic vibe on what I heard when I was there. From church music to honking cars to my family yelling at each other. I had the most amazing time touring around these places and I am so thankful for my family for taking me here on my Christmas vacation from college.

BLOG POSTS FROM THIS TRIP

Dear 2017

December 26, 2017December 25, 2017 ~ bellalightner ~ Leave a comment

Dear 2017,

Thank you for being so amazing and for giving me so many incredible opportunities and experiences.

This year has been THE absolute best year of my life so far. There were times when things got really hard and it was difficult to stay motivated but overall, I would not change anything that happened this year.

In 2017, I covered two seasons of Kansas City Fashion Week as official media and one of those seasons I worked as a stylist – pulling 18 looks for the runway and 2 looks for a window display at the Oak Park Mall in collaboration with the Kansas City Chiefs. I was invited on the first official KCFW cruise as media and a model. In February of this year, I covered a collaborative photoshoot for my blog and my article was published in Kansas City Fashion Collaboratives Magazine. Throughout the year I continued to work part time at Etiquette Boutique as a sales associate and started working part time at MOD On Trend. At Stephens College, I modeled in the 73rd annual fashion show. This Summer, Lee Jeans invited me to attend the music festival Boulevardia in KC as a blogger. Also this summer, I had an internship with Melanie Knopke, previous editor in chief of Simply KC Magazine, where I learned a lot about the industry and got a more up close look on how things really work. Throughout this year I collaborated with brands and designers such as Jord Watches, BootayBag, Rich Apparels, Lee Jeans, and L’Occitane. I also attended other various fashion shows and events such as Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week in Bentonville, AR, Flyover Fashion Fest in Iowa City, IA, Travis Kelce’s “Walk the Walk”, and the Kritiq in Kansas City.

Kansas City Fashion Collaboratives Magazine Shoot

NWA Fashion Week

JORD Watch

KCFW F/W’17 – Media

BootayBag

Stephens College Fashion Show

Flyover Fashion Fest

Rich Apparels Event

Etiquette Boutique x Walk the Walk

Lee Jeans

Lee Jeans x Boulevardia

Summer internship

L’Occitane

Summer internship

KCFW Oak Park Mall Window – Stylist

KCFW S/S’18 – Stylist

KCFW S/S’18 – Media

KCFW S/S’18 – Stylist

L’Occitane

KCFW Cruise

2017 has been incredible and I am so grateful for everything that I have done and every opportunity that I have received. In 2018, my goal is to increase the quality and quantity of my content, rebrand my entire website and aesthetic, work and collaborate with more photographers and brands, attend more fashion related events, and much MUCH more.

Thank you so much to every single person and company I have worked with this year and to everyone who follows me and reads this blog. This has taken over my life and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Happy New Year and stay tuned!

xx Bella

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VLOG 2 : KANSAS CITY FASHION WEEK CRUISE 2017 – MIAMI, KEY WEST, COZUMEL

December 13, 2017 ~ bellalightner ~ 2 Comments

HELLO! Thanks so much for tuning in to my second ever vlog. I am obviously still getting the hang of being comfortable talking to the camera in public which is why I’m so awkward at times but I’ll get better. I am so blessed to have been invited on the first official Kansas City Fashion Week Cruise trip. We had an amazing team and I had so much fun. I am hoping that KCFW does something like this again soon!

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#KCFW Cruise 2017 – Day 1 : MIAMI

November 29, 2017December 5, 2017 ~ bellalightner ~ 1 Comment

I am so excited to announce that I am attending Kansas City Fashion Week’s first every cruise! I am here as a blogger and model with an amazing team of some of the best people I know. This trip is something I have been waiting on for what feels like forever and it’s finally here! I am so happy to be hear and to share my experience as well as some amazing photos! Be sure to check back this week for more daily coverage.

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sweatshirt : AFRM (similar) | jacket : Forever 21 | sunglasses : Diff Eyewear

Today I flew into Miami to meet up with the whole team. We grabbed some lunch and then went to shoot on the beach. We board the cruise ship tomorrow morning after our sunrise shoot.