Tori Nichel - (Former) Fashion Star

Tori Nichele - Image via NBC.com

While I was looking at the cast of the second season of NBC's Fashion Star last night, I noticed a big healthy Afro and the woman it was attached to! Turns out that Tori Nichel is a fashion designer with degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Design Program at Michigan State. While doing a little research, I learned that Tori has worked or designed for a wide range of labels in the fashion industry from Dana Buchman to Kenneth Cole, to Tibi, to Kmart, to her own Summer 2013 dress line available on her own site.

I also found an article capturing Tori's street style. She gave a brief history of her hair there....She has been wearing her hair in her signature Afro for about 9 years, and uses products like Organic Root Stimulator's Olive Oil Moisturizing Lotion to keep her hair moisturized. And while she loves to use color, it seems that she uses makeup that is subtle and very pretty.

Tori describes her style as "tailored eclectic", and while her looks were enough to get her cast on the show, the buyers did not make any offers for her first set of designs. Fortunately she wasn't in danger of elimination, but I hope that Tori's star will start to shine a little brighter next week.

Click here for an image of her first design. You can see the full episode here.

- Update and Spoiler Alert - After Tori's design's failed to garner any sales for the second week in a row, she was nominated for elimination by the coaches, and let go by the buyers. Tori will not be the next Fashion Star.

Week 2 - the Buyers said that her floral look was dated...

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Write by: Unknown - Saturday, March 9, 2013