In January we had a visiting speaker called Tori West come in and talk to us about her life as a freelancer, and her magazine ‘Bricks’. Tori is making her way in the fashion industry in a pastel pink haze. Founder of BRICKS Magazine turned zine publisher, Tori creates a super stylish platform for fashion, art and music. Balancing the demands of ‘real life’ and continuing to create and collaborate.
BRICKS started as a 64-page project as part of her final year of university. As part of her dissertation, she wrote a business plan on how she would keep it afloat. “I kept it going because I fell in love with how many interesting creatives I was meeting, most of the people I’ve worked alongside it are good friends of mine”. According to Tori West the project provides her with a sense of purpose, she wants to give young people a voice who don’t necessarily have the platform themselves to share it.
She was incredibly inspiring with her honest stories about the creative industry and the struggles she’s faced while creating the magazine or working with others. Seeing a young successful creative make it in what she wanted to do gave me and I’m sure my peers the motivation to follow our path in our projects.
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