Her Story
About Graciela
Graciela Molina serves as a lead stylist in New York, NY, where she leads teams across retail, editorial, and other fashion and wardrobe projects. With more than 15 years in the field, she entered the industry through various retail positions, where she connected with creatives and began collaborating on projects that eventually led to paid work as an assistant in celebrity styling. Her responsibilities include visual merchandising, client consultations, outreach to designers and brands, content creation, and writing for her Substack while staying informed on fashion news and the business side of the industry. Notable achievements include serving as a prominent ambassador for the brand Tibby for five years, which helped build her following and client base, as well as her work in celebrity styling that allowed her to work behind entertainment and encapsulate personas. She credits mentors such as stylist Marcus Paul and Elaine Chang, president of TIVI, for their guidance. Outside of her professional work, Molina enjoys jewelry making and photography as hobbies.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Graciela
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Follow your gut. I think that was something that really kind of helped me through my experience and it was you know I didn't really understand who I wanted to be or what my standard of myself was but my gut always told me to get into this room to say yes to try it out to put yourself out there and you know it led me here and you know I'm so like grateful for that. I would say follow your gut.
02What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Accepting positions that weren't paying but let me into a room to network. Sometimes especially in a generation in which social media is kind of showcasing what your career should be and there's a lot of young people who are not taking advantage of those positions because they're seeing monetary compensation as the most important thing and sometimes just taking a job just to have a project and a title under you so that you can present it at your next interview is so much more important than a few bucks here and there if you have the time and the resources. Learn from others ask questions just absorb as much as you can if it's the room that you wanna be in.
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