By Kaitlin CandelariaBradford Billingsley has a long list of accolades, from recently receiving top honors on the fashion reality show “Project Runway: Threads” to being featured in Seventeen magazine. He is definitely working on making a name for himself. Billingsley is also only 13 years old.Billingsley said he began drawing at age 4. His first sketches featured … [Read more...]
Girl Guide: Vestavia Senior Shares Fashion, Lifestyle Tips on Her Own YouTube Channel
By Emily WilliamsYouTube sensation Meredith Edwards harnessed the entrepreneurial opportunities of online video-blogging and created a career through her YouTube channel Southernbelle606.Edwards, a senior at Vestavia Hills High School, operates a fashion, beauty and lifestyle channel geared towards guiding young women and promoting self-confidence.“I just want to … [Read more...]
Vestavia’s Francie Harris is Auburn’s Miss Homecoming
By Keysha DrexelAuburn University’s homecoming week may have come and gone, but the Vestavia Hills native named Miss Homecoming 2014 isn’t resting on her newly-crowned laurels.Francie Harris, who raised more than $6,000 during Auburn’s homecoming week for a pediatric cancer organization started by another Auburn student and Over the Mountain native, said she is … [Read more...]
UAB Retiree Returns to School as a Student
By Keysha DrexelAt a time when most of his peers are content to slow down and reflect on their lives, a Vestavia Hills man is proving that learning is a lifelong adventure that never stops.David Roberts IV, 70, retired from teaching philosophy and ethics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2001, but that doesn’t mean he’s still not a familiar face on … [Read more...]
Teen Trendsetters: Young Designers Shine in Rising Star Challenge
By Keysha DrexelThe Over the Mountain area was well represented at this year's Birmingham Fashion Week with several local budding designers making it to the final night of a competition in which they had to make garments using unconventional materials.Several of the 40 finalists in the 2014 Rising Design Star Challenge were from Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Hoover, … [Read more...]