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Post by Amelie Beatrice Charbonneau on Mar 9, 2012 19:02:48 GMT -5
IC Character Name: Amelie Beatrice Charbonneau (Affectionately called ABC by her parents)
Nationality: Monegasque (Native of Monaco)
Gender: Female
Birthday: 01/08
Age: 23
Education: A Bachelor's degree at International Fashion Academy (IFA) in Fashion
Occupation: Fashion Designer she owns a line of stores known as "Instincts". She also use to be a child actress but gave that up for Fashion. She has lines of stores open all over the world, with her families influence and her natural skills at designing clothes she had no trouble starting off, it was rough at first but she proved she was up for any challenge thrown at her.
Family: Henry Charbonneau- Father; A tall and large man, he's very jolly and gentle and usually seen with an oblivious smile on his face, but don't let that fool you. For the most part he can act like an idiot, but he's perfectly capable of being serious. He likes to live like each day is his last and has a very unique way of looking at things. He grew up in Marseilles, France. He's a photographer, mostly taking pictures of models and such but on his free time he likes going about and snapping pictures at random things for his own personal collection.
Colette Charbonneau- Mother; Colette is a very pretty woman, but not too long ago she use to be a model so that isn't surprising. She grew up with wealth, and inherited her families estate seeing as her brother was cut out of it after an incident. Amelie resembles her quite a bit, but instead of having her mother's sparkly brown eyes she has her father's deep blue ones. Colette could be called laid-back but serious, when she wants something she goes after it relentlessly. She's easily annoyed, especially by people like her husband but somehow found she was hooked on him. She use to be a model, but recently retired and opts to cheer her daughter on.
Hometown: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Starting Town: Dublin, Ireland
Brief History: Amelie Beatrice Charbonneau was born to a photographer by the name if Henry Charbonneau, a tall man from France who a gentle giant, he had a kind spirit and was usually smiling in an almost oblivious manner, and to a woman by the name of Colette Charbonneau, a runway model with a lot of spunk to her. She was very out-going and opinionated, and at first did not get along with Henry at all because of his care-free nature. But eventually he managed to swoon her. After three years of marriage the couple decided to have a child, and Colette had Amelie nine months later.
Amelie was always rather mature and intelligent child, she was smart and it certainly showed. She got bored with simple things easily, and had a passion for reading books most kids her age couldn't. Also, her passion for fashion was obvious from a young age, She liked cutting up clothes and table clothes and making clothes for her dolls and barbie dolls. She'd usually get rightfully scold for ruining something, but she couldn't help it. Creative ideas swirled about her head.
The blonde's parents didn't exactly understand why she was so deeply interested in fashion, Amelie had always been a smart child, she could easily excel at something more complex, but she told them she wasn't interested in anything else. They really didn't believe she'd go far with her fantasies of owning a fashion store, or that she'd have models wearing her designs strutting down the runway, but she wasn't discouraged when they tired to tell her things might not work out like she planned, at that she should have fun seeing as she was young and didn't have to worry about complex things yet. She didn't think she was too young to be planning out her future, she was sure it'd help in the long run. Besides, she found it fun.
Amelie found Elementary School and even Middle School a breeze for the most part, she'd always study for tests and pay attention in class, and on top of that she's always been intelligent and didn't have trouble paying attention. She enjoyed school, she enjoyed the whole concept of learning and improving her education. The only thing she didn't like so much was Biology, but after being forced to dissect a frog she had sour feelings for the class.
Going into college, Amelie couldn't be more excited. Her dreams of being a fashion designer shot off and she did indeed prove her parents wrong, she opened up her first store in Monaco and soon after word got around that her clothes were unique and fashionable (word spread fast when you were wealthy and your family had connections), she became popular and her clothes began appearing in magazines and such. She couldn't be more happier, and she got her Bachelor's degree.
Amelie has traveled around the world, but only to places like America, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, showing off her designs in fashion shows and such, she's very confident she'll only grow stronger in the years to come. Most of her stores are across Monaco and France, but the numbers are growing else where so she's not crest fallen at all. She may be young, but she is confident and determined to keep striving forward no matter what. Besides her parents do support her completely after she proved herself, and help her with anything she needs help with. That's the best encouragement she could ask for!
Amelie loves her family, after almost sinking herself in debt due to her gambling problem and having them help her financially until she got back on her feet, she couldn't ask for a better family. Of course she's lying to them as of late, she told them she'd stop gambling in return for their help, but less than a month after their help she threw herself right back into gambling.
Personality: Because Amelie is a very confident and proud young woman, she tends to come off as a very self-centered and pompous person to those who do not know her all to well. Her confidence in herself is grand, she believes she's capable of doing anything she puts her mind to sincerely and won't be told otherwise. She's very smart, and because of that she tends to correct others often if they are painfully wrong about something, and that makes her seem like a rude or pompous person, but she can't help it. If you call the sky green, of course she's going to tell you it's actually blue. Answers to things that are obviously wrong (at least to here) will be corrected if she's around, it's like a reflex. The blonde can act quite snotty and spoiled when things don't go her way or when she doesn't get what she wants, but it's not just because she was raised in wealth. She is use to being able to succeed in things she does, and it's irritating when she's tried but just can't the lever completely. Bruises her pride a bit, but she gets over it. The blonde is a mature person for the most part, thus she doesn't take well to immature actions or others throwing fits like four year old's over a little spilled milk. Get up, brush off your clothes, and get going.
Those who have taken the time to get to know the blonde would know that Amelie is a very social girl, calling her a social butterfly would even be an understatement. She fines talking to others very enjoyable, getting to know different people and learning about their different characteristics is somethings she likes. No one is alike, everyone is difference that is what she looks for in others; the difference. She loves talking to strangers and friends, and if you allow her to she will chat your ears off. She doesn't cut others off, but if you allow it she'll keep a conversation going and going and going. She's rather out going, and despite the fact she tends to get anxiety about certain things she's normally up for anything, as long as it isn't too crazy or dangerous. She cannot pass up someone who needs help, she has a kind heart and is always willing to help someone with bags or what not, she'd want someone to help her if she was struggling! She doesn't want to come off as a snob (even though she does come off as that at times) who's too good to help those who are not at her level in society, thus she's always willing to help.
Amelie is a very determined young woman, she set her mind on becoming a fashion designer and she did just that, she stayed in school and studied so she'd be able to manage a business, the peer pressure of others wanting her to go to parties and such was strong, but she was far too determined to make her dream come true and thus stayed behind her desk and studied until she graduated. It was a challenge to start her own fashion business, but she over came the struggled and now owns a line all over the world. She's strong willed so her opinions on things are not easily swayed, she stands by what she says. She is not someone you can guilt into doing something, and she is not a people-pleaser. If she says no, that's the end of the story. She won't sigh in defeat and agree to something, it's not in her. If she started doing that eventually she'd be walked all over and that isn't something she'd look forward to happening. She's very independent, and with that being said she doesn't exactly like it when others take it upon themselves to help her with things she didn't ask them to help with. It irritates her, and it can cause problems. She likes doing things herself, but only because she doesn't think anyone can do as good as a job as her. Thus she likes doing things herself.
Now, despite the fact Amelie is usually in good spirits she can become quite irritable. She doesn't like being surrounded by idiots. it's bothersome to her, and highly distracting with the way most idiots (note that "idiots", in her opinion, are those who are annoying her) can't take hints that they're being bothersome. As well as she doesn't like being asked the question over and over again, she doesn't like others calling her new line of clothes "repeats" of a couple years ago and such, it gets her skin boiling. And then she can just be irritable if she's woke up in a bad mood, but she warns other when she's having a bad day and it is their fault if they don't take heed of her warning. When someone has really angered her, she resorts to giving them the silent treatment until she has cooled off. She is known to hold grudges when it comes to serious manner, but is usually able to forgive and forget if she gets a sincere apology. When she is the one who has angered someone, she swallows her pride and apologizes, but it's rather obvious her pride is giving her trouble in doing so.
A few traits about Amelie would be the fact she gets anxiety very easily, she's usually worrying about her business because of one thing or another even when she doesn't need to be worrying. She loves her family dearly, she's very family oriented thus when a crisis goes on in her family she gets sick to her stomach because of anxiety. The blonde also has a strong love for gambling, but how far her love for it goes is unknown because she is good at not letting others know about her like for it. She is a very good gambler, luck usually is shinning down on her, but when it isn't it's really not shinning down on her. She loves card games, she knows every single card game known to man, and can play them all. She may be rusty at some, but she can at least say she knows the jest of it. Amelie is known to talk like an old man, but not in the sense that probably comes to mind. Her conversations tend to resemble that of an old mans, she likes telling irrelevant stories in detail and such, as if she's eighty years old and reliving her days while she was twenty when she is just in her early twenties.
Appearance: Amelie is a very short girl for her age, she's petite, very petite. She's twenty-three yet stands at a height of 4'11"-5'0" and that's all, she's always been small though and for the longest of times looked around fourteen despite the fact she was nineteen. She has a mature body, but she's just small. She could be compared to a pixie, she's tiny in a rather adorable way, but she personally hates her height. If she could change one thing about herself, that would most certainly be it. She weight around one hundred and sixteen pounds give or take a few, and is healthy. She's pale, but not in an unhealthy way or anything. She doesn't much time out in the sun, and she's normally wearing a coat thus concealing her skin.
Amelie has very pretty hair, it's healthy and a lovely shade of golden blonde, the locks are wavy and soft to the touch. She takes pride in her hair, and thus takes extremely good care of it, she does care about her looks seeing as she's a woman and on top of that a fashion designer, so she doesn't want to look throed off. Normally she has her hair in a loose braid pulled to the left of her head so the braid hangs off her shoulder. The braid is held at the bottom with a hair tie which is either red, black, blue, violet, or white. Normally it's red, but she has been seen with different colored hair ties and bows in her hair. Speaking of which, in the top of the braid she has a bow in it, the color always matches her hair tie and the same as the tie is usually red. Her bangs are held to the left side of her head with bobby two or three bobby pins. When her hair is not in a braid, it falls to just above her waist line.
Amelie's eyes are the color of her fathers, a lovely shade of aqua blue, her eyes have a serious no-nonsense look to them, surrounded by thick eye lashes. Her eye brows are defined and have just the right amount of thickness, whether or not she plucks them are unknown, she'd never tell so there's no point in asking. Despite the fact she can wear contacts, she opts to wear glasses instead. Her eye sight is pretty bad, but she doesn't mind glasses at all. She actually likes them very much. She wears rectangle glasses that have dark brown rimming around them except at the top, the top is just the lens.
One thing most others don't know about her is the fact she has a small mole somewhere on her chest. A random fact is that she's known to dye her hair dark brown and when she has dyed her hair brunette she wears brown colored contacts as well, but currently she's sticking to her natural hair color; blonde.
Fashion Style: Amelie's style could be called vintage, she doesn't dress in today's bold and eye-catching clothes, but she's not that fond of showing off skin so that isn't surprising. The one thing others know she loves is coats and boots; she always has those two items on no matter what. It doesn't matter what color or style boots or coat, she has one with her. The most noticeable coat is a double breasted pink trench-like coat.
Amelie likes wearing outfits like these:This, This, This, This and This.
And is mostly seen in this outfit.
Goals:
- For Instincts To Become The Most Popular Line of Clothing: Amelie wants her fashion stores to be the most popular store in the world, she'd love to see everyone in the magazines and TV wearing her brand, and she'd love it even more to see people walking down the street in her shirts or pants, the thought makes her feel bubbly.
- To Become an Actress: Amelie use to be a child actress, she was tiny and looked younger than she actually would and thus could memorize lines and play a young role. She's a very good actress, and despite the fact she gave that life up for fashion she would like to get back into acting one day, but right now she's focused on Instincts.
- Disappear a While and Travel the World: It's kind of lame, but Amelie has always dreamed about cutting off contact from everyone and just going on a world tour by herself, traveling to every country, island, whatever at least once. The world is a vast place, and she wants to see it all.
Secret: Amelie Beatrice Charbonneau is addicted to gambling. She has a bad addiction, she can't give up gambling away. But she thinks it's okay, she normally wins. And she can afford it, so what's wrong with having a little fun? She refuses to look at the ifs, she ignores the facts she almost lost everything once, she just can't give gambling up. She's tried, but went right back to. She'll gamble at casinos (she does most her gambling there). race tracks, sports games, whatever she can.
Other:
- Amelie has a killer Poker Face, she can mask her emotions easily and not give anything away, and it works wonders when she's gambling.
- Amelie could be called an old woman, she acts like one at times. She carries candy in her purse and is known to dress like an old lady when she's in her apartment.
- Amelie owns a fluffy white cat and loves her more than anything, she named the cat Melody and calls her Mel for short. She wouldn't leave the country without her precious Mel.
RP Sample: A small sigh escaped the short blonde woman's lips as she looked over an outfit that was placed on her desk, it was just a sketch but already she could see so many things that should be done different. The shirt had too much design, with the pants drawn it should be a simpler shirt, and certainly didn't need any ruffles at the sleeve. Ruffled at the breasts, maybe, but not the sleeves. She leaned back in her chair, a hot cup of coffee in her hands as she looked it over a few more times, and then her piercing blue eyes met that of the sketch artist. "This won't do at all, make the shirt simpler. The design clashes with the style of wording, and the color is too dark. If these jeans are this dark of a blue, the shirt should be a lighter shade of orange. Otherwise it makes my eyes bleed." Amelie said coolly, a blank expression on her face.
The woman in front of her stiffened a moment, clenching her fists slightly. "Oui, mercie beaucoup." She said, the thank you sound forced but Amelie didn't comment on it. Instead, she leaned closer to her desk. "Mademoiselle, I do love the pants. Good job." Amelie said after a moment, and that seemed to perk up the other woman a bit. She nodded, and then left her boss' office. Once the other was gone and the door shut fully, the blonde let out a louder sigh and before sipping her coffee, looking at the countless pile of paper on her desk. Hardly of it was paperwork, she was diligent and did her work instead of letting it pile up. Most of it was just sketches of clothes shes for Springs fashion show, she couldn't wait for it but found she was having difficulty designing the dresses. Dresses in spring were mandatory basically, it wasn't cold and thus girls and women wanted to show off more skin for God knows why.
None the less, Amelia Charbonneau was intent on finishing the new line of clothing and making her clothes stand out the most, not with fancy designs or anything, just for the beauty simple things could make. She wasn't one for unnecessary jewelry and such, she kept her works simple but fashionable with a vintage twist thrown to them, and it was working for her. And she had a good underling, sure she didn't exactly draw up outfits that went well together, but Amelia often could pull one shirt from one sketch and match it up with a different sketches skirt, she was trying to teach her underling the basics of color blending but it was a slow process.
Still, Amelie couldn't be happier. She was in the industry she loved and wouldn't change a thing. She was able to create amazing knew clothes and sell them, see them on models, it was an amazing feeling!
OOC Name: Ame Age: Seventeen (12/16/94) Contact Info: PM's or Chatango (RoyalPokerFace) Website: Narp. Other: Nothing I can think of!
Just as you take my hand Just as you write my number down Just as the drinks arrive Just as they play your favourite song As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you've had too much Come back in focus again
The walls abandon shape They've got a Cheshire cat grin All blurring into one This place is on a mission Before the night owl Before the animal noises Closed circuit cameras Before you're comatose
Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes The beat goes round and round The beat goes round and round I never really got there I just pretended that I had What's the point of instruments Words are a sawed off shotgun
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Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes Just as you take the mic Just as you dance, dance, dance
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