Interview with ♥hoℓℓywood‼

Today's interview is with ♥hoℓℓywood‼, who we first discovered when she placed 1st in our Fashion & Music contest last November. Though only 14-years old, hollywood definitely has a knack for styling! You'll also find many of her sets feature Polaroid pictures, which creates a vintage feel in her collages.


Here are some of her sets:

of all who took the journey and managed to endure - by ♥hoℓℓywood‼ on Polyvore.com

Violet Hill - by ♥hoℓℓywood‼ on Polyvore.com

Green Light - by ♥hoℓℓywood‼ on Polyvore.com

Tell us about yourself.

My name is Holly and I'm fourteen years three months and seventeen days old. I live in a very boring suburb of Chicago where I attend a very boring junior high school as an eighth grader. Someday I hope to attend Harvard and become a cardiac surgeon, but until then, I'm stuck living my very boring life. I enjoy a variety of activities, from golf to miniature golf. Just kidding, haha. My main interests are fashion (obviously), theater and math. I'm just a little dork :]

Describe your sense of style/fashion.

My style is definitely very girly. I love skirts and ruffles and anything frilly, and I love the color pink! I would also say that my style is very simple, and definitely really preppy. I love accessories, especially necklaces and belts, except I outgrew all of my belts so my pants are always falling down!

How did you discover Polyvore?

I used to be obsessed with Yahoo! Answers. I was a top contributor in the fashion and accessories category, so Polyvore was a website that come up often.

Tell us a little about what you use Polyvore for and why.

Without Polyvore, I don't know how I would survive! Fashion is such an important part of my life. When I can't get on Polyvore, I'm usually doodling outfits in the margins of my notebook, except I can't draw at all so they always look horrible! On Polyvore, I don't need to be a good artist to make a cute outfit! Plus, I can get so much inspiration from the other members.

Describe your set creation process. Where do you get inspiration
for your sets? How do you pick a theme? How do you find your items?

I usually pick a random top or dress from my items, and the whole outfit will just come together. I'll just think, "This would look amazing with..." and I look for an item that somewhat matches the image in my mind.. My biggest source of inspiration is music. I almost always have a song stuck in my head, so my sets usually revolve around whatever song I'm thinking of at that moment. On the rare occasion that I do not have a song stuck in my head, I usually look at Polaroids for ideas. I absolutely love Polaroids!

What are your 3 favorite sets of the ones you've made?

Ack, that's very hard for me to answer!
I would have to say 41. because I love the color of the top and the awesome ruffles on the skirt!

41. - by ♥hoℓℓywood‼ on Polyvore.com

beneath her smile is a frown is also one of my favorites because it came together so perfectly.

beneath her smile is a frown. - by ♥hoℓℓywood‼ on Polyvore.com

And how exciting. because it has gonzo in it, who is clearly amazing.

how exciting. - by ♥hoℓℓywood‼ on Polyvore.com

Got any feature requests for the Polyvore team?

I would love to be able to put a set in a collection while publishing a set, and a rotating tool but other then that, Polyvore is absolutely perfect :]