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The Fashionably Late by Aishly Tromp
Aishly Tromp is a 26 year old volunteering as much as
girl born and raised in Aru-
ba. Growing up she always
knew she wanted to pursue
her passion for fashion, and
she thought the best place
for this was, where other
than New York City. So she
researched and applied,
and found a major called
Fashion Marketing. She re-
calls her experience in New
York as a culture shock but
also loving the culture mix
that there was to be found
all over the city. “You meet
people from all over the
world”, she explains. It’s a
unique enery living there,
you get inspired every day.
Highlighting that her favor-
ite things were shopping,
the trends, fashion and that
everything is so fast paced.
So being back on the island
that is the one thing that
she had to adjust to and
bring herself back on island
time where everything is a
little more relaxed.
After interning at a PR com-
pany in New York and also
rience blog that she cur-
she could at fashion week rently runs and shares with
that takes place twice a people from all over the
year in New York, she grew world, like Asia and Eu-
and learned so much in the rope, as well as the Carib-
industry. She got involved bean. She shares trends, as
as much as she could, even well as her own personal
with other events as well. style and outfit posts. She
Networking is definitely key. recently also got an op-
“What you see on TV during portunity to style for the
fashion week is just 10 times Exclusivo Magazine pho-
more chaotic” she adds. toshoots and also help out
After recently returning to with their social media. She
the island she is now us- would like to keep using
ing all her experience and The Fashionably Late blog
knowledge, currently work- to keep the fashion going
ing as assistant manager at in the fashion community
Kate Spade. Kate Spade of Aruba. “Aruba has the
recently opened as of last potential to be an island
year in the Renaissance known for its fashion”, she
Mall here in Aruba. Aishly says. She advices anyone
knows the brand very well who is passionate for such
from New York. Since work- a career, that it is not all
ing in retail stores in New glamour all the time. It can
York, which are at a more be a very competitive and
fast pace than Aruba, she aggresive world to work
finds a good balance in her in. You have to be able to
work here as well as keep- work long hours and multi-
ing up with her blog called task. It’s a fast paced indus-
The Fashionably Late. try that is always changing,
The Fashionably Late is an and you have to keep up
up and coming, fun expe- with the fashion trends that
change just as quickly. But
if you have the love for it,
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it will all be worth it at the to new opportunities if they
end of the day. As for her
future plans, she would like
to continue working here
in Aruba, but is also open
arise internationally. She
would like to keep expand-
ing her blog, be involved in
more fashion related things
other than just marketing.
Do more styling as well as
collaborating with other
people who are also join-
ing or are already in the
industry such as youtube
channels, which is also
trending now. She would
like to go more into e-com-
merce as well. And as for
her current plans for stay-
ing here in Aruba she adds:
“I think it’s a community
where we should all get
together and collaborate
and put Aruba’s name out
there that we are fashion
people”. Last but not least,
she would ultimately like
to be her own boss by the
time she is 40, but until then
her hard work continues to
be driven by her passion.
Don’t forget to check
out her blog The-Fashion-
ablyLate.blogspot.com
and instagram AISHLY_
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