Since Beyonce proclaimed herself Sasha Fierce, women have openly began adopting alter-ego’s and sharing them with the world.  Since Junior High School, my alter ego was Sasha – Sasha was fearless, feisty and determined.  She could leap tall buildings, crash and burn and rise again to keep pressing towards a new day and a bigger dream.  Well when I realized that Beyonce also had a ‘Sasha’ the game changed and somehow I could no longer share the same name.  While expressing my dismay to my stylist Jason Sky – he immediately went to work as only a fashion maven can and Lola was born!

"Lola"

But Lola could not really live until I could share her with the world.  That is where my dear friend and Artist Aaron Potts came into the picture.  He understood exactly how she fueled my creativity and passion for love.  He knew that she gave me courage beyond my circumstances and re-affirmed my belief in creative expression through the launch of the Diann Valentine Invitation Collection.  He understood that it was Lola that would help me change the wedding industry from a cookie-cutter perspective to one that gives women in love the freedom to be themselves – especially on their wedding days.  Aaron Potts breathed a fresh life into Lola in this sassy and beautifully illustrated fashion sketch that now lives every day on the Diann Valentine website.  Please have a look at her…she is quite spunky!

And as for Aaron Potts, he continues to fill the world with amazing illustrations of fashionable women through his greeting card collection Aaron Potts NYC…

Aaron Potts NYC - Wedding Belle

Aaron Potts NYC - Rainbow Carine

Aaron Potts NYC - Metro Mommy

So do tell, what inspires you to ‘werk it’ like there is no tomorrow?

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