“See you guys next week!” my professor shouted as our class packed up and stormed out the adjacent doors on a Monday afternoon. My team and I waited outside as students slowly started exiting the building; we were all dressed in relatively casual clothing for an early morning class: sneakers, sweats, messy buns, and hoodies was what the majority of us sported. All of us except our fellow classmate and fashion blogger Kahren Torosyan who strutted out last wearing a chic ensemble with a pair of over-sized black frames covering his face.
​Karl Lagerfeld approved might I add!

​A 20-year-old promising innovator, Kahren Torosyan is more than just a fashion blogger; a second-year communication student at Woodbury University, Torosyan intends to incorporate his education and what he describes as his “hobby” as a fashion blogger collectively. 
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​Before beginning the photoshoot, we all talked about our mutual classes we were taking this semester before beginning with our photoshoot. I thought the photoshoot would be tougher than the interview itself, however, posing for photographs came natural to Kahren. His confidence and personality oozes out of the photographs that my team snapped of him. I had to share my observation, so I told Kahren he was a natural and model-like; he smiled and cheekily replied, “Thanks, I take thousands of pictures professionally during my photo shoots for my fashion blog, so I am used to it by now.”

Strut Between the Lines

We all nodded in agreement; that’s logical, since his blog, Kahren’s Perspective​ and Instagram page is engulfed with his professional photos that his 10.2 thousand growing followers view daily. ​Quite frankly, outside of Kahren’s social media pages and the casual conversations we have had the past three semesters of knowing one another, I never really asked him about his blogging and interests until this interview. We have always been very friendly towards each other and talked about various subjects, but it never crossed my mind to ask him the simple questions of “how did you start blogging?” and “why fashion blogging?” I mean, for the most part, his outfits and organic personality screams, “I love fashion” so it isn’t surprising, but deeper than that, there is more to his story that I learned than my pre-assumptions.

Photo courtesy of @kahrentorosyan on Instagram Photographer@TyMartinn

Photo courtesy of @kahrentorosyan on Instagram Photographer@TyMartinn

"I really like finding inspirations; sometimes I will be behind the camera, I will shoot photos of my friends- it is mainly just putting together mood board kind of things and finding inspiration."

After running around all over Woodbury University’s campus trying to capture the perfect shots of Kahren, we finally got to the interview portion of our endeavor. We needed to find a quiet place since the campus was full of faculty and students mingling, so we constructed the interview at the sound stage room; keeping it as professional as possible, we sat on two interview chairs with professional lighting glowing down on us. Kahren specifically looked like he belonged on that chair, like he was being interviewed for the Gentlemen’s Quarterly (GQ) magazine. 
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​My questions for Kahren were fairly straightforward, I wanted to know everything and anything about his fashion blogging and his aspirations he has in life. We talked about the core and challenges of his blog, his fashion inspirations, his proudest achievements and failures, and his overall personal style. 

​Can you tell our readers about yourself and your blog?
So, my blog is about mainly street-wear and a lot of products like hair care products, skincare products, grooming products- what I like about it is that I get to share about these things but on a larger platform, so for me, I like talking and sharing about things which is why I use the blog to do so; the clothing is more for men, because I do primary only wear guys clothing, but the products I use are unisex, so I guess anyone can really take advice from that. 

What inspired you to start your blog?
Well, I love fashion and I  just wanted a bigger platform than Instagram to write and share more because you can have a bigger platform to post in a greater amount; so I knew having a blog would be the better thing to do because you can’t really do it all on Instagram. I made this blog  by myself and I launched it in November of 2017.

​How do you manage time to run your blog efficiently or professionally?
It is definitely hard because I am a full-time student and have a job, so I don’t post consistently; but I do post as much as I can. What drives more traffic and gets you going is Instagram which my blog is linked too. 

​What would you say that is the greatest satisfaction of being a fashion blogger?
It is just really fun to share; I like everything about it from the clothes to the photography, and even posing sometimes. It is just like you get to do everything in one; and people’s comments that give support and feedback is really positive and I like it a lot.

Photo courtesy of @kahrentorosyan on Instagram

What would you say that is the biggest challenge about fashion blogging?
Just being really active on it- you have to be active on posts and stories; even though I may not post every single day, I do try and get Instagram stories up every single day and updating my highlights and commenting and following other people- engaging with other content will create engagement to your content.
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Photo courtesy of @kahrentorosyan on Instagram

How would you describe your personal style and is a person who is a fashion inspiration to you?
My personal style is really reflective because I’ll wear something from every style you can think of- from street ware, to like more luxury, to 90’s to grunge, to more urban inspired. So definitely a little bit of everything- I like mix and matching everything!

​For inspiration, I don’t find inspirations from celebrities – I find inspiration from more of the people who work in editorial or who are bloggers themselves. Fashion icons like Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick Demarchelier, Anna Wintour. I am more into the industry itself and not what stylists put on celebrities. 

Can you name some of your favorite fashion designers and explain why they are your favorites?
My favorite fashion designer is Tom Ford because he has always been really unique and passionate in what he does, he has never copied or mimicked what any other designer has done- he worked for Gucci and now he has his own brand which is really inspiring and amazing.

What is your greatest failure and what did you learn from that?
I don’t have one specific one, but anytime you want to work with a brand and for whatever reason they don’t give you that opportunity yet; it does not make me feel like a failure, but it makes me feel like I need to work harder. Some brands want to work with you and some brands don’t and when you get that “no” response, its kind of is like that feel of rejection.

​Tell me about your proudest achievement?
Definitely working with some of the brands I have got to work with so far, which is like- Anthony Skin Care, Daniel Wellington, Aesopskincare – you no these are actual brands you can buy from huge department stores- kind of working with brands like them and having them trust me with their products. 
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​What was the most challenging moment?
My most challenging moment was trying to grow into what I am now; I do want to keep growing and keep getting bigger. I am still by no means at a huge professional level. The start is a lot of work, you know when you do a lot of you want people to see it- getting that traffic and engagement was harder.

Photo courtesy of @kahrentorosyan on Instagram Photographer@Lucky_Concepcion

Do you think your communication degree will play a part in this? 
I think so, because definitely working with PR people and brands is a lot of communication. It is not so much more fashion anymore, it is the advertising aspect, the writing portion, the communication portion, so I think it will play a big role.

"Anytime you want to work with a brand and for whatever reason they don’t give you that opportunity yet; it does not make me feel like a failure, but it makes me feel like I need to work harder."

Where would you like to be in blogging 5 years from now?
Five years from now, hopefully doing it professionally and kind of doing more creative direction with it, kind of what I’m doing now but on a more creative level – maybe even assisting other huge brands in creative direction.

What advice would you give to people who want to become bloggers or who want to turn their hobbies into a possible profession like you?
My advice to someone who is just starting blogging, or any career would be to just do it! I know it sounds really cliché but unless you do it, nothing is going to change. No matter what your blog or social media page is going to be about, you just have to write a post about what you want and what appeals to you and everything else will go from there.

"Hopefully in the future when I become big and successful I will have my own team; I know what I envision for my blog to look like, so I feel like other people won’t really get that vision I have...that is why I like doing it on my own."

As a full-time student, Kahren Torosyan balances his blogging and his education simultaneously, however, at a young age he has already carved his prominent future through his love for fashion and his confidence to make it to the top of the fashion blogging world. 

​Check out more of Kahren Torosyan's content here: 
Instagram: @kahrentorosyan 
Website: https://www.kahrensperspective.com/

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