Post by Bethany on Aug 14, 2016 11:06:58 GMT -5
Full name: Layla Rose.
Meaning of name: People often get confused with Rose being her middle name, but it is her surname. Her surname is of Scottish origin, but the name travels so far back that Layla doesn't know any Scottish people in her family. Layla means 'dark beauty' and that's why her parents chose to give her that name.
Nicknames: Layls, Lay, Smiler
Birth date: born at exactly midnight on 1st January, the fireworks celebrate her birthday.
Age: Layla is 20 but she tends to get mistaken for being younger. This is down to how childlike she can be and her height.
Orientation: Layla chooses not to define herself, but if she HAD to, she would class herself as bisexual. But she hates labels and feels that love is love and it shouldn't make the slightest bit of difference whether you love male/female.
Height and weight: 5'2 and 127lbs. She doesn't really care about either of these things.
Body type: Layla is very slender but has curves in what most people class as 'all the right places'. Her hips are very large and her breasts are what she thinks the perfect side. She classes herself as an hourglass shape, even though she is slightly larger on the bottom. She often uses the slogan 'thick thighs save lives' and is very happy with her body.
Complexion: Layla has a lot of freckles, especially over her nose and her cheeks. She personally loves them and thinks they complement her skin tone.
Tattoos/Piercings: She has no tattoos, but a couple of piercings. She has her septum pierced and her lobes pierced. She also has both nipples pierced, not that anybody gets to see them.
Hair: Her hair is a shade of chocolate brown and is naturally very curly and can be quite frizzy. When she isn't leaving it natural, which is very rare, she has it weaved as it is easy for her to maintain. She rarely straightens her hair as it takes hours and she can't be bothered to do it. Plus, she loves her natural curls and is very proud of them.
Clothing Style: Layla is very outgoing in the clothing she wears. She loves bright colours, outrageous patterns and just to generally do fashion outside of the box! She loves creativity and will never settle for wearing something 'boring'. She makes a lot of her own clothes, and this is why she was accepted into Metric as a Fashion Design student. She was taught from a young age that doing your own thing is cool. She doesn't want to spend her life living in the shadows of somebody else. It's cool to wear fun patterns and to be creative! Who cares if your shoes aren't Louboutins? Having fun and being comfortable is Layla's main goal.
Jewellery and Accessories: Accessories and jewellery are a must for Layla. She loves to add more features to her outfits by using jewellery, usually oversized necklaces or bangles. She loves to dress her hair up too and is often seen with huge, brightly coloured flowers scattered all over her curls. All the flowers she wears are either handmade by Layla or actual real flowers. Anything that makes her stand out more is a must have to Layla.
Makeup Style: The only makeup Layla wears is eye makeup and lipstick. She doesn't like the feeling of foundation on her skin, but she doesn't feel like she needs it, anyway. She likes to wear very bold eye makeup, whether that be very dark eyeliner or super bright eyeshadow. Whatever compliments her outfit best, she will wear. Her go-to lipstick colour is a brown/nude shade and she wears this almost every day.
Long Term Goals: Layla wants to work as a fashion designer and hopes someday her name will be recognisable all over the fashion industry. She hopes to change the face of fashion, meaning that not only 6 foot tall, 70lb girls can work professionally. She believes that both women and men should be able to rock fashion no matter what shape or size they are.
Immediate Goals: At the moment, she hopes to pass all of her exams and is currently selling pieces of clothing and accessories she has made online. She will never make more than one of the same piece as she feels that everybody should be individual and unique. She mainly sells skirts and headbands, but she will make other items on request.
How?: By studying at Metric, Layla hopes that she will progress further with her talents in creating outfits and learn more about the theory of fashion design. She is struggling with making the plain pieces at the moment, but she understands that she needs to be able to make anything, even though it may not be to her taste or style.
Positive Personality Traits: Creative. Artistic. Happy. Loud. Brave. Determined. Strong. Adventurous. Bold. Confident. Fun. Honest. Hardworking.
Negative Personality Traits: Stubborn. Obsessive. Messy. Outspoken. Childish. Foolish. Indulgent. Boisterous. Clumsy.
likes:
bright colours. patterned fabrics. people who think outside the box. binge watching tv shows. the beach.
autumn. jewellery. the rain. candles. fresh bedding. puppies. Disney movies. the smell of matches.
the sound of branches and leaves under her feet. being outdoors. making forts out of blankets.
fairy lights. black and white movies. people who aren't afraid to do their own thing. charity shops.
dislikes:
judgemental people. fried food. running. homophobic people. the texture of rice pudding. blisters
from sewing for too long. exams. scary movies. polystyrene. people grinding their teeth.
the term 'no offence'. bad internet connection. the circus and clowns. humid weather (it sends her hair crazy).
Mother: Eleanor Rose (nee Clarke). 42.
Relationship: Layla and her mother have a very close relationship and Layla classes her as one of her best friends. Eleanor is a teacher in the local primary school and Layla idolises the way she is with children. She has nothing but love and compassion for children and wants nothing more than to teach them how to give back to the world. She believes that all children should be allowed to express themselves from a young age and focuses a lot of creative time in her classroom, hence where Layla got her creativity from.
Father: William Rose. 47.
Relationship: Although the relationship with her father isn’t as close as the one she has with her mom, Layla and William do have a very positive relationship. William is a lot more into academic studies than Eleanor, and he teaches at Salem High School. He always hoped that Layla would follow in his footsteps and be more into the academical studies rather than creative.
Brother: William Rose. 23.
Relationship: William, obviously named after this father, is Layla’s ultimate best friend. He studies at Harvard, taking after his father and being very talented academically. Layla was the first person who Will told he was gay, as he knew he could trust his little sister to keep it a secret until he was ready to tell everybody. Although he is 3 years older than Layla, she has always been overprotective over Will, rather than the other way around.
Eleanor and William had always known they wanted two children and they waited until Will was two before they decided to try for another child. Eleanor knew from the start that she wanted a daughter as she would love to have both a son and daughter and she knew that after this child she didn’t want any more children. They fell pregnant with Layla surprisingly quickly, a lot quicker than they had with William. The pregnancy was pretty easy going, too. Eleanor could tell that she was going to have a girl, everything just felt different this time.
On New Year's Eve the contractions began. She was already overdue, as she was predicted to arrive into the world on Christmas Day. Both Eleanor and William were glad that she was late; it gave Will Junior one last Christmas as an only child and meant that the day wasn’t completely stressful. Layla was born into the world at exactly midnight and the first thing the midwife said was ‘look, the fireworks are celebrating her birthday!’ To this day, Eleanor is amazed that she arrived bang on midnight on New Years Day. Her timing and entrance into the world couldn’t have been more perfect.
Will Junior fell in love with her immediately and couldn’t help but want to be with her 24/7. He was so protective over his baby sister, showing her off to everybody he met but not letting them too close to her. Will was the first word that came out of Layla’s mouth, and he was there to hold her hands for her first steps. When he had to go back to school, he cried every morning when he had to leave her at home. Mr Rose made the decision to let Will stay at home and he would take some time out from work to home school.
When Layla was old enough to start school, William returned. The two would sit together on the bus and they would eat their lunches together. It stayed the same for many years, as Will had a hard time making friends, especially with the boys in his class. They picked on him for being very feminine and several times he had been beaten up at playtime. When Layla found out who it was that had been hurting her brother, she had each boy up against the wall. It was like the tables had turned; Layla was now the one protecting her big brother.
When Layla turned 12, she found her Grandmothers sewing machine in the attic. It was super old and completely covered in dust when she brought it down into her room, but she cleaned it up and got it working again. She saved her pocket money to buy fat quarters and slowly began to learn how to use the machine. She started out slowly, making hair bows and tiny little makeup bags. She began to give them as gifts to her friends and realised how much she actually liked to sew. She began to obsess over different items of clothing, wondering if one day she would ever be able to make them. Her bedroom walls were covered in photos of models, different fabric samples and sewing patterns. For her 13th birthday, she received a brand new sewing machine and her talent continued to grow. She knew that she definitely wanted to work with fashion.
The next couple of years seemed to fly by for Layla. She began high school and made a whole bunch of new friends and her social life began to flourish. She had more parties that she was invited to and parties were a definite reason to make more clothes! She loved that nobody else was wearing the same clothes as her, she felt completely unique. Around this time, she began to experiment more with colourful eye makeup and embraced her natural hair. She didn’t know what it was, but something seemed to click inside of her. She realised how happy and content she was with her life. It was at one of the many parties she went to that she had her first sexual experience with a female. It confused her, but she knew from the start that she didn’t want it to define her. She liked boys and she liked girls, it didn’t really make a difference to her. People were people for their hearts and their soul and their personalities, not their body parts.
When she turned 18 she took her portfolio of the dresses, skirts and trousers she had made, along with some actual garments to an interview for Metric Academy. She had seen the school online and had seen how well students had done when they had left the school/college. She was accepted immediately and she started at the school a month later. Now that she’s in her first year of college, Layla can see how much she has improved in the last two years.
ooc info:
Layla is a massive chatterbox and can lose concentration very easily. As soon as she gets the giggles, they aren't going away.
Her name is a play on one of my favourite books growing up, Lola Rose.
Playby: @kieraplease