Meet Trailblazer Lauryn Bray

Today we’d like to introduce you to Lauryn Bray.

She is a Wardrobe Stylist & Writer behind Styled By Ryn, Based in Fort Worth, Texas. With 5+ years of styling experience, she truly thrives on helping humans of all shapes, sizes, ages and styles discover their confidence and beauty of their everyday wardrobe. Her goal is to always empower, encourage and help clients feel confident and LOVE their wardrobe and image. She enjoys taking all the stress out of shopping and pairing outfits together & creates a wonderful and fun experience for each unique client through wardrobe styling. Having true confidence changes your life, and she is honored to help others gain confidence through their wardrobe, image and personal style by empowering them to love what they wear.

Lauryn, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I’m a Christ follower, so how I got started as a wardrobe stylist is my Heavenly Father’s doing. It was His idea. I was totally reluctant at first. I am self-taught. And I thought I didn’t know what I was doing, but slowly but surely I began to gain knowledge, truly falling in love with the art. I realized that some just have style and others simply do not. Take Iris Apfel, she’s glorious at how she dresses. So, whether or not I was trained in school, shouldn’t matter. At least that’s how I see it now. So to say it was the Lord’s doing is a total understatement, as I didn’t want to. I was happy with being a jewelry maker. However once I trusted Him, I began to love it. It has been such a learning experience, it keeps me on my toes, as it should since fashion is ever evolving. Just the fact that I don’t feel like I am working when I am with a client, should say something. You know the saying “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life?” That says it all!

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
No. It has definitely not been a smooth journey. But, I believe that you need to always keep learning – if you stop learning, you’ve either hit a brick wall or you’re dead. Learning and making mistakes are two things I would say to do. It’s inevitable that you’re going to make a mistake or two, and you need to learn from it. With time and lessons learned, you can really sharpen your skill. After 6 years of being a wardrobe stylist, I am still learning how to obtain lasting clients, not just one hit wonders. And I just started styling editorial photo shoots and as that too is/was a learning curve. But part of the process and progress, is to learn and experience new things. Try or learn something new, It’s worth it.

Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about StyledByRyn – what should we know?
Well, I’m a wardrobe stylist and writer. I am the middle man per se, I go between you, your personality and your wardrobe. Helping to ignite a spark in you. I help you feel confident in the clothes you wear. Empowering humans to love the clothes they wear is my ultimate goal.

Do you feel like there was something about the experiences you had growing up that played an outsized role in setting you up for success later in life?
Yes! Since I was a child, I have always loved to go shopping & creating outfits. I can’t say all of my outfits I created were successful, but I also believe you should always have fun with your closet. Shopping/styling/writing & being an entrepreneur is in my blood. My grandmother owned a salon called the snooty fox, waaaay before I was was born. and my Mother worked at a magazine publisher at one time and at another time was a personal shopper. She also trained me up in the way I should go, which was shopping along side her when I was growing up. And mentioning the countless hours that I have watched What Not To Wear. I Loved that show! Learning from Stacy London and Clinton Kelly was probably one of the best things I could have done while growing up, given that I became a wardrobe stylist too. The styling tips on how a garment should fit on the body and the wisdom of how you shouldn’t wear a mini skirt past the age of 35 will stick with me for a lifetime.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.styledbyryn.com
• Phone: 817-422-4456
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/StyledByRyn
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/StyledByRyn
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/rynbray

Image Credit:
Kimberly Danielle Portraits

First photograph/headshot By: Sarah Anna Hansen
https://www.dallas-portrait.com/

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