nce upon a time, I was a huge fan of The Ninja Turtles (still a big fan) and while watching the movie, I realized for the first time, New York City was actually a real city, I always thought of it, up until that moment, as unreachable and surreal as Gotham City, but it was at that instant, at a very young age, I decided there was no other place in the world I rather be and by the age of twenty one I officially became a 'Newyorkino'. New York city streets quickly became my school, and I paved my way into the fashion industry.
Welcome to a magazine blog created with the intention of sharing the journey of becoming a filmmaker and launching a media company with you and all of the incredible artists met along the way. Above it all, welcome to the world of the ultimate New Yorker...
Becoming a Fashion Stylist...
The city led me to Victoria Bartlett, an iconic fashion stylist and designer, the first person to open 'fashion doors' to me, a true inspiration, and my internship at her studio somehow landed me a job at a modeling agency over a year later, working as a booker and model's coach. It was while working at this agency where I got the opportunity to meet so many fashion industry people, from models, photographers, to designers and PR agents. It was in this place where I heard I had a talent I was not aware of for the first time. Sailey Williams, a fashion photographer and creative director extraordinaire, was the first person to tell me I had a talent for fashion, after I assisted a then aspiring model friend at her agency photoshoot. Our chemistry in the studio was magical, and he invited me to become the fashion editor at his online magazine project XEX Magazine.
For years we gave live to fashion, art, design and bizarre content, this was a creative place where I learned so much from brilliant talented colleagues of the caliber of Chad Groom from The Style Monsters, my bestie and talented photographer Amber De Vos, and one of my favorite industry people Mike Ruiz to name a few. And so my journey as a freelance fashion stylist began and gave me a chance to form ww.Inoisell Miranda.com , my portfolio.
I think I have always been a fashion stylist, ever since I can remember people always had something to do with what I wore, how I wore it or for some reason, I was always asked for attire advice. I just never knew it was a profession until I moved to New York.
Get the party started...
By now, I have styled, directed and/or produced hundreds of photoshoots. I have the privilege of working with countless incredibly talented photographers, directors, producers, models, make up artists, hair dressers and designers and so many others. Please refer to my personal website for a full look at my portfolio.
The road to UAL
It was not until I was booked to assist a Miami costume designer in a Latin American television show for Telemundo, NBC Latino, that everything changed for me. The minute I walked down the television studio staircase I realized I have found a new type of home. A television studio. I got my first taste of the television industry.
I flew to Barcelona, Spain right after that, to study costume design in a Spanish academy to be able to learn more about the world of television, but a call from a friend and latin American producer Cesar Camacho brought me back to New York and after styling numerous campaigns and music videos, I became the fashion director at Emporia Studio.
I began to feel as if I was in the right path, but going on the wrong lane. I realized, there was more to my ambition than styling wardrobe in photoshoots and videos, and my curiosity for the television and film industries became stronger than ever.
Being in a creative studio allowed me to play around with my talents, I directed and produced fashion shows, Television pilots, campaigns, music videos, and it became quite clear to me that I needed to make some changes to the way my career was going. After living in Spain while I was working on my new costume design certification, I discovered a new curiosity for Europe and how everything worked in that part of the world. A new type of hunger for knowledge became unbearable, and my research led me to discover the second best art university in the world, The University Of The Arts London. While at Emporia Studio, I had an epiphany, I wanted to become a filmmaker, and once again I found myself in a situation where it was time to take radical decisions for the sake of an extraordinary outcome.
I applied to UAL and was accepted by virtue of my portfolio, I sold my apartment and everything left was placed in a storage unit and I moved to London to become a full time student in the bachelor's degree 'Television and Live Events' program. My good friend and producer Cesar Camacho was quite excited when I shared with him I was launching myself as The New York-INO, a storyteller and filmmaker, he helped me put together a photoshoot and party with some of my best New York friends and colleagues to celebrate the new adventure. I wanted to take the essence of everything that shaped me professionally in this wonderful city and capsule it in a media company that will allow me to embark in a new type entertainment journey.
Some of the projects I was involved with while at Emporia Studios included:
I am currently studying the last year of my degree and I decided to create this magazine blog to share the process with all of you and specially, to invent myself as The New York-INO, the ultimate New York filmmaker.
I want to extend my gratitude and love to every single person that has helped me get to where I am today, it would have not been possible without all of you, everyone in these pictures, and all those missing from them as well, you know who you are. Thank you so much from the bottom of my Latin American heart.
To everyone reading this note, thank you for being interested in my world and I promise you; there is so much more to come...
With much love,
Ino... The New York-INO
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