We recently connected with Alexis Noble and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Alexis, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

Growing up I always felt like the oddball of the family and friends. I always wanted to be different from the rest. I never could put a word to it at an early age but I knew whatever was trending I went against it. I remember in school wearing things outside the normal although I had designer pieces such as Polo, nike, and Tommy it was most likely thrifted. Thrifting has been a big part of me since I was a toddler. Living in Joliet, thrifting, garage sales, hammy downs were my wardrobe but it never looked like it. As I got older and even when my mom could afford new things I still wanted to thrift. I would even mix the thrift pieces with the new ones. Nobody wouldn’t even know. That eventually grew into my love for fashion, styling, and wanting to sew. I used to upcycle jeans, skirts, and sweatshirts. I remember coming to school with bleach jeans and everyone looking at me crazy, but a month later was paying me to do their own because it was now in the music videos. Dressing up was my biggest reason for even wanting to go to school, I knew then that if I went to college it had to be for fashion. The Art Institute of Dallas was the school I dreamed of but my mom thought otherwise. So I attended Hinds Community and got my associates in Fashion Merchandising. It wasn’t until maybe my 3rd year in the program I realized that the things I always had an interest in made me creative. While school of my knowledge grew and my passion for styling also grew. Being in Mississippi there weren’t many examples of a fashion stylist and I had to do outside research on how to get this started for myself. At the time my classmate had a camera and we began to link on some of the models and I will style them. So we would choose people we knew or social media (the old instagram) and ask if we take photos of them. I began to start collecting piles of clothes from thrifting and bomb Im styling and shooting every week. In the midst of this all my memory gets a bit blurry. Fast forward this same classmate realizes I’m getting good at this photograph shit and I’m like damn I can style. So we start investing in backdrops, lights, stands etc to where we are no longer shooting just outside but inside. He had a home and I remember very clearly his roomate dmed me and stated “if you go shoot here you need to be putting money on the light bill”, the next day I began to search for a building to shoot in. I was so hungry for it and didn’t want to mess up my momentum I had from shooting. It was my drug and I was addicted. This was about 2018-2019. I’m out of college, I’m about 23 and working a full time job at Dillards. I was making changes but not enough to pay rent for a place. So he and I put money in for a place that we called Vibe Studio. We had no idea what we were into but we knew it felt great. My love for fashion grew and then I just started getting off whatever was in my head and that grew to creative directing, to set designing, and then director videos and fast forward im here as a multidisciplinary artist. To sum all of this up my lack of resources cause me to use what I had and have to make what I want. My imagination was wild. I dreamed big and knew I had to go to work to show the world what and who I was. Fashion saved me, creating saved me and I’m forever grateful for my talent because not only did I grow, the people around me did also.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your background and context?

My name is Alexis Noble and I’m from MS. I don’t think I’m in the industry fully but others may say differently. The reason for saying that is because I produced a lot of my own work and created my own opportunities. I was very consistent for the first 3 years of becoming an actual stylist. That is basically investing in my craft and styling consistently. The service that I offer as of now is creative direction. Creative direction is coming up with the creative concept that the client is trying to get across to their audience. I have done music videos, commercials, and work with music artist, and retail brands. The problem I have run into the most is people understanding how much this service costs and why it costs this much. When inquiring about creative direction I like to consult with the client to get to know what vision they are wanting along with what is their budget. If they aren’t able to afford that idea I would advise a cheaper option to get that vision done or have to come back when they are able to afford. When a client is sure they want to go forward with my service I package them with what I have come up with in order to move forward with contracting a team to make sure it is done according to the concept I created. I don’t know what others are doing for me to know what sets me apart but I do know I get the job done effectively and correctly. I am very proud of making this far and allowing myself to continue to learn and grow. I would like to tell whomever is reading this that you can do anything that God strengthens you to do and to keep working on what your dream or purpose is.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being creative?

What’s most rewarding to me is life. I don’t know where I would be if I couldnt create.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I think they can purchase, share, and keep creativity encouraged in these times because it’s hard out here for us.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://alexisnoble.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/alexisnobl.e?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexisnoble1

Image Credits
Ryan Gary captured image in pink dress Head shot with bantu knots Justin Hardiman.