Alexandra Bolster has over 5 years of experience in retail sales, fashion styling, blogging, and trend forecasting. She currently works as a Sales Professional at Bloomingdales in New York City, where she provides excellent customer service and personal styling advice. Prior to this, she held internships at Urban Outfitters, Fashion Snoops, and gained experience as a fashion and lifestyle blogger. Bolster also mentored fashion students at VCU and speaks regularly on her styling, forecasting, and blogging experience. She has a Bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising from VCU and studied abroad in Italy.

1. ALEXANDRA BOLSTER
ASBolster@yahoo.com
(757)619-5871
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EXPERIENCE
Sales Professional
Reiss Bloomingdales New York, NY July 2016-Present
Provides Bloomingdales customers with exceptional customer service and personal shopping advice.
 Understands and embodies the Reiss brand in a way that translates into how to best dress, style, and assist the
customer.
 Consistently exceeds sales goals to help the store succeed in being one of the top Reiss locations.
 Continues to develop a book of clients who will return to the store and shop with the intention of receiving the same
great customer service.
Women’s Ecommerce and Editorial Styling Intern
Urban Outfitters Philadelphia, PA January 2016-May 2016
Assisted ecommerce and editorial styling in the Urban Outfitters Women’s photo studio.
 Utilized creative and organizational skills by assisting stylists on web and editorial photoshoots.
 Assisted the UO Trend Concept team by styling accessories still life boards.
 Developed and styled outfits on model for the accessories portion of the UO ecommerce.
 Researched and presented styling trends for the upcoming season of Women’s ecommerce.
Street Style Intern
Fashion Snoops New York, NY June 2015- August 2015
Worked in the street style, culture, and youth forecasting departments at the company headquarters.
 Conceptualized a minimum of 4 contemporary and relevant trend stories a week to be posted on the Fashion Snoops
forecasting website.
 Photographed street style at New York Men’s Fashion Week and attended fashion shows for creative researching
purposes.
 Kept street style section of the website up to date with current and relevant trend stories.
Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger
NotSoBGC.blogspot.com Richmond, VA January 2014-present
Created the Not So Billionaire Girls Club fashion blog as a platform of documenting personal
style, forecasting research, and personal travel.
 Represented RVA Fashion Week as a Fashion Week blogger to report on Richmond fashion.
 Spoke at the VCU Stiletto club to speak on styling, forecasting, and blogging experience.
 Worked with VCU homecoming and assisted with event planning to represent Richmond talent.
VCU Stiletto Club Merchandising Mentor
VCU Fashion Department Richmond, VA September 2015- January 2015
Mentored young fashion classmates in the areas of styling, forecasting, and blogging.
 Spoke at Stiletto Club meetings about forecasting and styling background.
 Acquired a list of young students to mentor and guide throughout their college career.
Retail Sales Associate
ALDO Shoes Norfolk, VA May 2013- September 2013
Provided excellent sales service for customers in the ALDO shoes retail location.
 Cultivated the visual displays to creatively depict current trends and new ALDO merchandise.
 Developed meaningful relationships with customers by providing excellent service and fashion advice.
EDUCATION
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA September 2012- December 2015
Fashion Merchandising Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) GPA 3.87
Santa Reparata International School of Art Florence, Italy June 2014- July 2014
Italian and Fashion Study Abroad GPA 4.0
INDUSTRY-RELATED SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Microsoft Office
 4 year Dean’s List Student
 Second place winner of Line Development Simulation and recipient of the Cotton Inc. Scholarship
 Attended the following trade shows: Pitti Uomo and Pitti Filati 2014, Capsule 2015, and Liberty 2015