Today we’d like to introduce you to Breuntonice Hickson.
Breuntonice, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I started Perisianne Shannae’ my sophomore year in college. Originally, I was only creating fashion but I grew to love photography so I added it to the brand. As cliché as it sounds, getting my brand to where it is today truly took hard work, believing in myself and staying healthy. I thank God for my great support system and repeat clients because they also definitely helped in bringing my brand to where it is now.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
When I first started my brand, everything was going exactly the way I wanted it but then everything took a complete turn. At the end of my sophomore year, I started feeling weird and just not well. When it was time to enroll in school again, I decided to take a semester off to figure out what was wrong. By the time January rolled around, my symptoms started to get worse and I started developing new symptoms. In April 2014, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. This came as a complete shock and I developed some depression. I completely put everything on hold until I figured out how to live with this illness. Once I got an understanding for my illness, I enrolled back in school to finish my degree. This was one of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life because I was constantly in pain. I thought it would have been easier to just stop but my support system kept pushing me to continue and finish. During the spring semester of my junior year, upon further testing I found out that I had Crohn’s Disease instead. I again started developing depression but this time I was determined not to let it beat me. In May 2017, I graduated college and revived my brand. Since then, I have been working to build my brand to where it is today.
Please tell us about Perisianne Shannae’.
Perisianne Shannae’ is a brand that specializes in fashion and photography. I do custom design work and “on location” photography. Although my brand a fairly new, my goal is to become better and more creative with each design and photo shoot that I do. I pride myself of developing one-on-one personal connections with my clients and always learning and trying new things. I vowed that once I started my brand that my clients’ visions would always be met. By doing this, I have built trust with my clients so that I can keep my brand going. I never knew a company that combined both fashion and photography into one, so the uniqueness of that is what sets me apart from others.
If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
If I had to start over and do things differently, I would have started my charity project that I have been wanting to do since I was in high school, which involves completely designing and making a custom prom dress for a senior girl that is less fortunate. Within the next year, I plan to start setting that foundation of that charity work.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.perisianneshannae.com
- Email: perisianneshannae@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perisianne_shannae/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/perisianneshannae/
Image Credit:
Perisianne Shannae’, Kyns Lens Photography, Minerva House
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