Angelique
Angelique Michelle is a styling icon. Her passion for fashion grew from watching TV. As a child she grew up watching A Different World, admiring Whitley Gilbert. This fashion infused show caused Angelique to ask questions such as,“ How does she [ Whitley Gilbert ] look so fabulous” and“ How does the cast look so great?” Her inquisitive personality paid off as a child. Angelique was soon informed that there’ s actually a person that dresses the people on TV, selecting their clothes for appearances, movies, film and etc. Seeing fabulous images on TV, really peaked her interest and made her realize what she wanted to do in life, which was to“ dress people to look fabulous on TV.”
Presently Angelique is the President and CEO of ICONIQ, which is a Virtual Styling and Image Consulting company. Over the years she has worked with several celebrities such as Venus & Serena Williams, Gloria Estefan, Dany Garcia and several others. With clients in different parts of the world, Angelic found it hard to be in several places at once and readily available to her clients. This lead to the development of her ICONIQ Style App.
As she explained:
“ The demand from my clients led to the app development. My clients would call me and ask if I’ ve seen for example their Valentino pumps or say‘ hey I’ m in my California house and I can’ t find my … and or‘ hey I just bought this new dress, what shoes should I wear with it?’. At times being so far away and having so many closets to keep track of, I really couldn’ t
44 Fall / Winter 2016 | NURAMagazine. com