Ready to Stare owner/designer Alysse Dalessandro was featured on Toast & Talk with Ms. Cream of the Crop on Hot 101. She discussed how she got her start in fashion and how she came to found Some quotes from the interview are: “How silly is to hate what you’ve got when someone out there wants what you’ve got” “There are… View Post
Make Them Stare
Photos by Nayasia Coleman Hair and Makeup By Mary-Morgan Byrd Modeling and Styling by Alysse Dalessandro
Ready to Stare Partners with Youth Empowerment Organization
In late April, Ready to Stare began its partnership with Canada-based youth empowerment organization .  Executive Director of Broadening Horizons, Sara Singh said she was drawn to Ready to Stare when she first learned about the empowerment movement   Singh explained it saying: “We are so excited to be partnering with such an amazing brand to encourage anti-bullying and creative expression… View Post
How Middle School Bullies Inspired My Journey
âHey fat girl, stop trying to look skinny,â he shouted out of his car across a busy three lane Chicago street. People stared and turned around in a fury â Iâm sure they were relieved to find his comments were directed at me. The comment jolted me from the half slumber I was still in as I crossed the street in… View Post
Small Business Advice: Stop Fearing Your Potential
Iâve  known I wanted to be a fashion designer since I was a kid. I toured fashion schools at local universities before I was even in middle school. I took private sewing lessons and I was the youngest student in my painting classes. My parents never told me that I couldnât be a designer. But when it came time to choose a college and a major, I picked a liberal arts college and a major in journalism.
Itâs hard for me to look back and pick an exact time when my dream of designing became a deeply hidden desire. It was a slow and gradual process in which my fears of inadequacy took over my passion and drive to be an artist.
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