Talks With Kiera

Hello, you're listening to WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina University Student Radio Station. The host, Zakira Green, is joined by special guests Tiffany Hayes and Peter. They discuss their majors and goals for college. They also talk about what they love about college and their pride in being affiliated with Coastal Carolina University. They introduce their club, Envy Fashion, and explain how they came up with the name. They discuss their favorite fashion brands, designers, and photographers. Stay tuned for more fashion questions after the break. Hello, you're listening to WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina University Student Radio Station. And I am your host, Zakira Green. And today, I'm here with two special guests. First one, Tiffany Hayes. Second one. Peter, what's up? Okay. So, we're going to start our social medias first starting with mine. You can follow me on IG as Zakira Green, TikTok as well. My YouTube is camera baby with three Ys. Now, starting with first name. Oh, my Instagram is T-I-F-F-4-N-I, Tiffany. And mine is W-T-H-M-E-K-H-I. All right. So, we have Tiffany and we have Peter here. So, for today's topic, it's about college clubs and they have a club called Envy Fashion, right? Envy Fashion. So, before we talk about Envy Fashion, you're probably wondering who are we talking to? Who are the people that, you know, who are we listening to right now? So, I'm going to have them introduce themselves first starting with Tiffany, you're a major and you're a minor, if so. And where are you from? Okay. Like she said, my name is Tiffany. My major is graphic design, no minor. And I'm from Beaufort, South Carolina. Okay. And I'm Peter. I'm a graphic design major from Charleston, South Carolina with a double minor in film production and photography. All right. Great, great, great. All right. So, whenever I ask a question, you have to remember the first one who answers it. So, we're going to go this way. So, what is one goal you have for your time in college? I'm really looking to expand my outlook on what being a graphic design major can do for me. I'm not really sure what I want to do after college, but there's been a lot of opportunities that have came out of me being a graphic design major and being involved with the school. So, I'm just looking to expand on that. Oh, sounds good. Sounds good. All right. So, we'll be back with our icebreaker and we'll let Peter introduce himself about his goals that he has for after college. Y'all stay tuned after the break with WCCU Radio. Y'all don't want to go anywhere. Hello. You're listening to WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina University Radio Station. I am your host, Kira Green, and today I'm here with two special guests. Tiffany. And Peter. Yes, they are with Envy Fashion, and so I brought them on the show to interview them about this new club we have. So, first, Tiffany did before the break, we did like a little icebreaker. She introduced herself, her major, minor, and then I asked her about the goal that she had for after college. Now it's Peter's turn. Go ahead, Peter. So, my goal for after college is really dive straight into film, whether that starts off with an internship or going straight into it. I want to help with behind the scenes like filming and getting everything together to where it helps with actual film. All right. That sounds good. Good, good, good. All right. What are three things you discovered that you loved since coming to college? Okay. First of all, I like the community of college. Like my freshman year, I wasn't really getting out there, but sophomore year, I put myself out there, like starting with orientation. Yes. And I got a lot of opportunities and made a lot of friends out of that. What else? I don't know. I like being around, well, I'm an Edwards student. I like being around all the art students, all of that, being around creative minds like mine. Yes. And probably third and final is just the college experience overall, repping Coastal and stuff like that. Yes, yes. Edwards College students do their best. Now, repeat. Can you repeat the question? What are three things you discovered that you loved since coming to college? Okay. So, I'd say like being more creative. Ever since I came to college, I sparked my creativity more. Yes. So, I really like that. I would also say the community. I met a lot of different people with different backgrounds, and I actually got to know them. And it really opened my mind to like meeting new people and experiencing different things. And I would say the third thing would have to be just being around on campus, like getting involved around with clubs and organizations on campus. Yes, yes, being involved. And I would follow what you said, yes, by just getting involved. And I would say, yeah, meeting new people. That's what I really love about college, you know, because they say this. We made the college friends maybe lifetime friends throughout the college. So, we're going to see about that. All right. Y'all ready to dive into these questions? Yes, ma'am. Let's dive into it. So, that was a little icebreaker I wanted to introduce to y'all. Y'all want to know, who am I listening to? Who am I listening to? Who is speaking? So, that's what we do on Talks with Kira. We like to know who we're talking to, just a little icebreaker to get to know who are the people we're listening to, okay? Now, first question, okay. What makes you proud to be affiliated with this college? Going into Coastal freshman year, I was probably, like, really afraid of coming into a PWI as a black woman. But after joining Coastal, there's a lot of communities that don't restrict to PWI. Like, there's a lot of different ethnicities and opportunities for people of different cultures to get involved. And I just love how, even though there's not too many of us compared to the other population, like, we make it work. We stand out. That's what I'm saying. Yes. Like, you know, that's what it was for me to a PWI. But you know what? It looks good on my resume when we graduate. We went to a PWI, honey. So, you know, I just think that's good. We're in college. We're trying. And at the end of the day, college is college. It's what you make it. You know, no matter where you go, it's what you make it. It ain't for everybody. It ain't for everybody. But it's what you make it, right? Go ahead, Peter. Say it again now. What makes you proud to be affiliated with this college, Coastal Carolina? I feel as if there's always something to do. Like, at Coastal, there's always something that you can be a part of or something that you can find yourself to do at college. Especially throughout the week, there will be pop-up events where you can learn different things. And that's what I like about Coastal. I thank Hal for that with the events and everything. Yes, honey. I thank Hal for that because I like, like, different events, pop-up events, like, just things to do just to make the school fun, you know? All right. Now, the question everybody wants to know. Are y'all ready? All right. For the next question, what made y'all come up with your new club name? What inspired y'all to come up with the name Envy Fashion? Are you going to take it, Peter? I don't really know. It just popped. Like, we just wanted something that could stand out and also that grabs people's attention because it's not a fashion club on campus. So, like, we can only just start here. And I feel as if Envy just pops out. We went back and forth with names and all that. But, like, when we got to Envy, it was just like it rolls off the tongue. It gives that fashion-y vibe. It just gives the vibe of what we're trying to pull in with Envy Fashion Society. Envy Fashion. What y'all think Envy means? What y'all think Envy means? How would y'all describe Envy? I don't know. Envy, the way that I look at it, the way I think of Envy is more so like they envious. My fashion, my look inspires them. Is that our quote? That's our quote. Like, they envious. That's what I thought. I thought that's what the name meant. Like, you know, Envy don't always got to be a bad thing. Like, oh, they jealous. It doesn't always have to be that. You can, well, actually, hold on. Hold on. Let me think about it. It depends. You know, a lot of people with Envy, Envy can mean like, oh, they jealous. It can mean a lot of things. But I also felt like y'all made this name Envy as, oh, we're fashion trendsetters. You know, we're different. We don't, I like different. People always want to follow the, what people got on Instagram. Be your own self. You know, fashion is art. Envy, the desire to have that quality. All right, next. What are y'all favorite fashion brands and who do y'all follow in the fashion industry? Okay, so one of the designers that I just, like, came across, his name is Aaron Preston. He's basically like a black streetwear designer. I guess you could call it contemporary, too. But I love streetwear. Like, everybody knows I'm a streetwear junkie. So anything streetwear, anything black on, that's me. And she be, she looks good, y'all. Thank you. Thank you. Say the I here again. Shout it out one more time. P-I-S-S-F-4-N-I. Yeah, go follow that. Thank you. She be looking good with that streetwear. Go ahead, Peter. I'm going to say the same thing, streetwear. But the people I really look up to is Rihanna, A$AP Rocky. They really stand out. So it's like, it's very diverse. Yeah, yeah, okay, okay. All right. So who are y'all favorite designers or photographers? Oh, I kind of involved that with my last question. But I do like Aaron Preston's. Y'all should go look it up. Look it up. It's so cute. But, yeah, I like Aaron Preston's work. Okay. And as far as photographers, do you have one? Well, I really don't know. I don't really have a photographer. Okay. My friend's a photographer. Oh, really? Let me pull up his Instagram. Isn't it iSpyKind? Yeah, iSpyKind. Okay, yeah. Go follow that. Because, you know, that's my passion, too. Like, you know, the pictures. Who's taking the pictures? You know, capturing the pictures. He's our photographer, so look out for that. Okay. All right. So we are about to run out of time, but y'all make sure y'all stay tuned after the break because I got some more good, juicy fashion questions for NB Club, honey. So make sure y'all go follow their IG while we're on commercial break. Shout-outs out. Peter, we already did hers. So shout-outs out again. W-T-H-M-I-K-I-N-E-K-H-I. Yes, yes. For the ones who are just not tuning in, go ahead and go. You want to also not only know who you're listening to, you want to see who am I listening to, baby. Baby, because they look good. All right. So y'all go ahead and go get your popcorn and everything because we will be back after the break, okay? Bye-bye. Hello. You're listening to WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina University Student Radio Station. I am your host, La'Kira Green, and today I'm here with two special guests. Tiffany. And Peter. All right. So for the ones who are just not tuning in, we're asking them questions about their club, NB Fashion. So are y'all ready to get back to the questions? Mm-hmm. All right. Now, it's a fashion club. So tell me about your personal style. Okay. So my personal style, everybody that knows me knows I never take off my chain. I'm always chained up. I have bangles, bracelets. I just stay with jewelry, and I try to express myself through my nails, too. I do my nails a lot. So I try to switch it up from time to time and add that to my fashion. Period. All right. Next. For me, I always keep some glasses on me. It's always just going to add to the look, whether it makes it look professional or just stands out. Okay. Okay. All right. So just a little bit of dazzle. All right. So tell me why should the listeners and the people of CCU join this club? How would it be beneficial for them, starting with Tiff? Okay. So NB Fashion Society is a model and fashion club. So I feel like those who want that model outlook as well as fashion should join the club. We see a lot of people on camp, like PTSO. I don't know what curse on here. But y'all know what that means. Basically dressing and looking good. So this is a platform that you can come, express yourself, and be with like-minds that want to dress up and act cool. Yes. So what she was trying to say was they put that fit on, right? Put that fit on. That's what she was saying. Now, Peter? Basically what Tiff said, just adding more of a, like, spotlight to people that put that fit on on campus. Mm-hmm. Like the model and stuff like that. Yes. Yes. Okay. All right. So far as the club and everything, what are the expectations that y'all will seek from y'all's club members? Okay. So I feel like we, as the leaders of the club, those who want to come and join the club, I would want them to feel comfortable with us and feel comfortable with expressing their own personal style. Like it's not about conforming to everybody else and conforming to that sense of style that everybody, you know, wants to be. Like express yourself, express your sense of style, like be who you are because that's what the club is like based off of. Be who you are. Love that. Okay. Yeah. Basically what Tiff says, just be who you are and just put that fit on. All right. Put it on. Put it on the floor. Put it on the floor. That's what I love. Okay. So describe y'all's leadership style. You know, you have to be a great leader or know something about leadership to be able to start a club or run a club, right? So describe your leadership style, Tiff. I would say I'm like an accommodating leader. If issues are brought to me or questions, concerns, or even ideas, like I would want to take those into account. Being that I am one of the leaders of this team, like we should all be able to put our input in together as a team. Right. Agree, agree. I would say I'm a collaborative leader. Okay. Like all of us to work together and bounce off of each other's ideas. So like it's just not stuck to one thing. I want us to all pitch in and actually do something that we actually enjoy loving. Yeah. So you like to, you're more hands-on, like teamwork. Okay. Great. You know, by the way, you know as far as teamwork, we all was orientation leaders in year 23, right? So we learned a lot about leadership. Yes. All three of us learned a lot about leadership in working together. Collaborative, whatever that word is. We did a lot of that collaborative. We did that. Okay. Now, what are some things that you think that challenges people into thinking leadership is difficult? Not everybody is going to agree with you. And some people have issues with dealing with stuff like that. You have to be able to take whatever comes at you and do it in a professional manner that doesn't down you or the person that's coming to you. Like leadership is about, well, it's not always about accommodating. But you know what I mean. Okay. Then on top of that, I feel as if people think that being a leader is hard because it's just breaking from that stereotype of following after somebody else. It's like you just got to be yourself. Like in order for you to become a leader, you have to be yourself and actually get out there and see things for yourself. Yes, that's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. Be yourself. It's not hard to be a leader because everybody want to follow the leader, follow the leader. But you got to be a great listener to be a leader too. You got to be able to listen. It's not all about telling people what to do, do this, do that. You got to be able to listen and hear other people out. So how do you motivate a team? Tip, tip. I like motivating my team by approaching the team as if I'm on their level. Not necessarily straight on their level, but I want them to feel comfortable enough with me to where they don't feel scared to come with me, come to me for an issue or anything like that. I want my team to be comfortable with me, know me as a person and not just as a leader. Okay. I think another thing would be like acknowledging their accomplishments. That's really going to help them and influence them to actually do more and do better. Once they notice that they're being noticed by somebody else. Yes. Okay. All right. So with that being said, how do you deliver feedback? How do I deliver feedback? I would say, yeah, like how do you deliver feedback? That's a hard one. Peter, you want to take it? Come on, Peter. You got it. I would just try to approach the situation the best I can. Agreed. You can't go into it like hardheaded and stern and messy. So it's like you got to approach the situation steadily. Yes, because what I said, you want to be a leader, but you can't listen. Listen, listen, listen, listen. You're not always right. People be trying to get these leadership roles and thinking they right and nobody else is right. You got to listen, honey. Sit down. Let me tell you something else about feedback. Just because some of them people think they're older than us, they know everything. Let's talk about the older generation. They know everything. Exactly. It's just like close-minded. So you got to listen to be a leader. You got to hear other people's perspectives. You're not always right. Now, how do you delegate tasks? I feel like delegating tasks should be based off of the skills that you see in your team as well as the skills that they think they have. So you shouldn't just go ahead and throw somebody in a place where they know they can't handle that situation or they don't think they're as strong in that field. They can choose and pick, and they know their strengths, and you should know their strengths as well, and they should be able to go with their strengths. All right. Next. Hey, Jeff already said everything. Yeah. That's really it. All right. So what are some events and activities we will be looking forward to doing in Envy Fashions Club? I'll name like two that we came up with that I feel like are some of the strongest ones. We want to do a fashion show that highlights both models and entrepreneurs. So those on campus, if y'all have your own fashions that y'all are putting out, y'all own stuff, we want to see that and showcase it in our shows. As well as aspiring models, you'll be able to see what the real casting experience is like with modeling, come in to a real model casting call, stuff like that, practice your walk, all that, and we'll be taking in models and fashion designers to put on the show. Great, great, great. Y'all heard enough. We got more questions for them, okay? Great, great, great. Hello. You're listening to WCCU Radio, Coastal Carolina University Student Radio Station. I am your host, Akira Green. Today we are back with two special guests. Tiffany. And Peter. All right. Back to the questions. Now, tip, tip, tip. How do you define fashion? I define fashion as expressing yourself through what you got on. Like you can look at a person and tell what type of person they are just by how they're dressed. Like that's how you look on the outside, you're going to feel it on the inside. So that's fashion. Okay, all right. Basically like what they said is just like how you express yourself with your clothing and how you go about it because like usually some people would be very nitpicky on what people wear at Coastal. But like if you feel comfortable and you know that you look good in what you're in, I think that's what you define fashion as. Yeah, it's really just art, you know? It's art. How you want to switch your art up, how you want to display your art, you know? All right. So do you have any hobbies related to the fashion industry? And tell me about them, Tiff. Okay, like I said, I like to express myself with my nails. So I do my nails a lot. Yes. And they look real fashionable. I also have a sewing machine. Sometimes I go thrifting. Thrifting is a real good hobby to pick up. If you want to get into fashion, thrifting is the first place to start. Yes. And, you know, recycle those clothes, go with my sewing machine, fix it up, you know? Okay. Wow, okay, okay. What I usually do is just like draw up a little outfit. I'm usually, I'm not hands on. A drawer. Yeah, I'm not hands on like Tiff with a sewing machine. But, like, I like to draw outfits and sooner or later will become a fashion model, like a fashion designer. Oh, yes. Okay, period. So I can tell y'all have the passion for fashion. Exactly. That's what I like. So, you know, now I'm taking a theater because I'm a theater writer. So we're taking like a costuming class. Would y'all be interested in taking that? Y'all should because we are learning how to sew. We're learning how to stitch. We're learning how to do sketches as well, like you were saying, Peter. So that would be something y'all should think about taking because that right there is the class we do it all. We do it all. Okay. Okay. So how do you accept criticism? Again, like with the feedback, how do you, yeah, about the same thing. How would you, how do you accept it? Just take criticism as a form of somebody trying to help you better. Like not all criticism is somebody trying to attack you. Yeah. Just take it with a grain of salt and just try to improve on yourself. Mm-hmm. Okay. Exactly. Like I usually try to be open-minded when I'm getting criticism. So especially like with Envy, I'm trying to get as much criticism as I can. Yeah. So we know what to do and what people would want to see. Mm-hmm. Because like I said, it's not a fashion club or a lot of fashion things going around on campus. So like I feel that this is the way to start. Right. Okay. So how will y'all set goals for this club? If so, how will y'all set goals for the members of the club? We already have some goals in mind that we want to, you know, expand our outlook on campus. We want everybody to feel included. It's all about inclusivity. So we want to reach out to everybody. And kind of going off of what we just said, we expect everybody to come with an open mind, accept criticism, because being in the fashion industry, as a lot of people know, it is about criticism. So you'll have to have that thick skin, especially with modeling. If you want to get into modeling, you have to be able to take criticism. Right. All right. I love how you answered that tip tip. All right. P.D., P.D.? What was the question? So Peter, how do you accept criticism? Oh. I thought I answered it. Oh, yeah. The criticism is how would you set goals for this club? Oh, the goals? Yeah. Basically what Tiff said, I just want everybody to come and feel welcome and be themselves. Yeah. We just want everybody to just enjoy fashion and modeling as a whole. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Too serious. All right. How would y'all plan to keep yourself motivated and avoid being burned out as a leader of this group? Well, honestly, I'm hoping that the people that join this club motivate us to do more and get better, because just us as the eBoard, we motivate each other so much. Even with the little things we've already done to start up Envy, we just feed off of each other and the motivation builds as we go on. We're just excited to get Envy out there and excited to have members and do what we got to do. Feed off each other's energy. Love how you answered. Okay. I don't think I could really be burned out, because I'm actually doing something that I enjoy. Yes. There you go. I would constantly keep going for it and actually expecting more out of it. But like as Tiff said, we want people, we want y'all to be there for us and expect more from us. So that's what's really going to motivate us and keep us going with Envy Fashion Society. Okay. All right. So with that being said, how will you plan to cultivate a motivation mindset? So how will you motivate yourself? I motivate myself outside of Envy by just looking at the fashion industry, trying to pull from whatever I see from outside of the club to later bring back to the club with new ideas and stuff like that. Seeing stuff that could be done that we haven't done yet is just a motivation for us to get there and get it done. And we're going to be the ones to do it. So that's the motivation. Yes. Okay. For me, it would basically be just a creative aspect. I just want to see a lot more creativity on campus. So I try to look at other campuses or other schools or things online that I can bring to the club and also the campus as well. Okay. Great. So how effectively do you work with others? Are you like – I know he said he was hands-on. Do you work good with others or are you more sort of I'll do this and then come back? Bringing back that all three of us were orientation leaders. I feel like we're just so used to working with each other, working with a big group of people. Now it just comes naturally to us. And being that we already had that experience with leadership and we're still going on with that leadership aspect, I just feel like we already have those little things in place that we'll be able to take on leading a group. Okay. All right. And yeah, he said he's more of a hands-on. Yeah. Okay. All right. So what specific skills or experiences do y'all have that make y'all good for this leadership role other than orientation leader? Oh. She said other? Other than. Oh. And you know, it can be anything outside of college, you know? Say you probably worked at a fast food restaurant, you know, working as a team. I didn't. You could have talked about styling. Yeah, yeah. Sometimes people come to me asking for fashion advice. I love doing that and helping people out with that. And also, being an art major, you're constantly working with people and working next to people with creative minds. So that's already instilled in us. Yeah, that's what I was just about to say. It's just like that artistic and creativity like ability is just there. So it's like. Yeah. That's like one of the best qualities to have, especially with like a fashion club. Okay. All right. So we are running out of time, but we'll answer a few more questions after the break. Anything else you want to say before we go? Follow us. Yeah, follow us. At Envy Fashion Society. Mm-hmm. And stay tuned. All right. So stay tuned after the break. We're going to answer a few more questions. Okay? All right. Hello. You're listening to WCCU Radio Coastal Carolina University Student Radio Station. I am your host, Kimberly Green, and today I'm here with two special guests. Tiffany. And Peter. All right. So we are back. We are back. Now, describe your favorite work piece design you've ever created. Tiffany. Okay. So last year, we had, well, I was in my first art studio class, and we had this dot project where you had to punch out holes from pieces of like, what was it, Peter? Like hard stock? Yeah. Or like color swatches. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And we had to put it together to make one piece. And the experience of that, how long it took, and the dedication we put into it, having it come out to look like something, that, it was really fulfilling. Okay. Right? Right. I would say the same thing. It really, like, made me acknowledge, like, why am I a graphic design major? Oh, right. So the project. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. 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