Meet Emily, Founder of Verity Varee'
Crown of Beauty: What inspired you to begin Verity Vareé?
Emily: Oh my goodness, so many things. I've always loved fashion. From the time I was a little girl, I payed close attention to the fashion industry and its influence on our culture. As I grew older, I fell in love with the various aspects of the fashion industry, i.e. makeup artistry, modeling, styling, location scouting, wardrobe, and magazines chock-full of beautiful images. I used to make collages all the time, kept journals, wrote about trends I noticed, and still have a childlike obsession with glitter. When I was 16, I began modeling professionally and was thrown into all the glamour, stress, and endless excitement that the fashion world had to offer. I loved it. Learning the art of modeling, continuing on to become a makeup artist, then dreaming of styling my own sets, gave me ideas of starting a magazine/blog of my adventures. It was sometime in the middle of my modeling/acting career that I began to feel an emptiness. I couldn't explain it. It was as if all I'd ever dreamed of felt hollow and tiresome. My dreams became demands in my own head. No longer was I doing what I loved, I was doing what I had to do to survive in a world where someone else determined my beauty. I'd known from the beginning that the fashion industry was not always an uplifting place, and I went into it with that mindset, seeking to be an example of truth and health to others, but it was easier said than done. I started to feel like a bag of bones with no purpose, or support. I took a short break from professional modeling and started to ask myself some honest, hard questions like, "What is beauty? Do I believe I am beautiful? Does my story matter? Do other women feel this way?" The answers to those questions are what inspired me to create Verity Vareé.
redefining
the face of beauty
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