FAQ

Women come to New York for the two L’s: labels & love.

-Carrie Bradshaw

Some people look up to Batman, Superman, Barbie, etc … for me, I look up to Carrie Bradshaw. This is one of my favorite quotes from her, when she was referring to New York Fashion Week in one of the many Sex & The City episodes that I’ve binge watched. She has always inspired me for many reasons, but a couple things that have always stuck out to me is her sense of style and the way she genuinely loves and cares for her friends.

Two things that I am most passionate about in life have always been fashion and loving others. So … it only seemed fitting to name my blog after two of my biggest passions. When I heard this Carrie Bradshaw quote on a late Tuesday night many years ago, it just clicked. Love ‘n’ labels was the perfect twist for my own “column” (if we’re speaking in Carrie’s terms). Once I heard it, it just felt right -- and the rest is history!

There are so many things about style and fashion that I love – waaaay too many to list. However, my favorite parts of the fashion industry (technically speaking) are styling and designing. My passion is wardrobe styling, and I love that this industry allows my creative juices to flow freely. Through this blog, I aim to relate to all sides of the industry and get others’ creativity flowing as well.

I’ve always believed that the world’s sidewalks can, in fact, become our “catwalks”, and all women should feel totally confident and rock their looks every single day on the runways that God has placed right here for us. Who says we have to live in Manhattan to rock the most current trends?! I say we do it right where we are!

If I had to narrow it down to just one main thing that I love about fashion & style: It makes us bold, it makes us who we are, it speaks for itself.   (…okay so that’s kinda 3 things in one but you get the point!)

I’m 26. My birthday is August 25th!

I’m 5’7”. Also, for sizing reference, I’m usually a size small to medium in tops, a 25/26 in bottoms, and a small in dresses. Hope this helps!

Yes! If I have ever shared a product or review with you, I either have the links saved to my blog (just search what you are looking for in the SEARCH box near the top of the screen) or I have it linked up on my page in the free LIKEtoKNOW.it app! If you still can’t find what you are looking for, feel free to email me directly at peyton@lovenlabels.com and I’ll be happy to help you find what you need!  🙂

We met at the University of Tennessee in 2011. TJ actually cheered at UT as well, and we met at a college cheer camp where he was teaching. I was attending the camp to get some extra tips before trying out for the first time prior to my freshman year. After the camp was over, I went up to TJ and asked for his number so that I could get him to help me with coed stunting – however, we had no intentions of ever dating at the time. We began stunting together and were actually just friends for an ENTIRE year, and over time, we became more than that. In September of 2012, we went on our first, official date and have been totally inseparable ever since!

June 25, 2016. BEST DAY EVER. Marriage is the best journey ever, and we fall more in love every single day. I honestly couldn’t have picked a better life partner. He’s my person. Go HERE to see our wedding video highlight film by Milestone Pictures to see a small glimpse of our oh so very special day!

Challenging, rewarding, dream-fulfilling, hard, eye-opening, fun, exciting, tough, etc, etc, etc …

Overall, it was a great learning experience that led me to some of my very best friends, my amazing husband & some really AWESOME memories traveling around the entire SEC. I learned so much about myself (and others) more than ever, during those 4 years of cheering. Growing up in east Tennessee, seeing THE Tennessee cheerleaders around town at UT games, and competitively cheering since the age of 5, made “becoming a UT cheerleader” my ultimate dream growing up.

Being a 5′ 7″ girl when most of the D1 colleges have 5-foot even (or shorter) cheerleaders was a little intimidating at first, but I knew if I wanted it bad enough that I would have to work harder than ever so that I could make the team. Long story short, I prepared for years before my first tryout, ended up getting so sick with mono the week right before tryouts my freshman year (cried in my mama’s arms afraid of not being able to even go to the evaluations), but in the end, went to tryout and made this lifelong dream finally come true. I had never been more excited at the time, and I couldn’t have done it without the massive amount of support I had from so many family members, friends and coaches. My four years of being a Tennessee cheerleader were some of the most fun years of my life. GO VOLS Y’ALL!

He is a software developer/engineer at Amazon Corporate! He’s probably the most ambitious person that I have ever met in my life.

I’ve been asked this question COUNTLESS times in my life, and it hurts me a little bit every time (since I’m such a huge Peyton Manning fan) but … no, I’m actually not! I was born in August of 1993 right before Peyton Manning began playing football at UT. When I was born, he wasn’t as popular yet (but clearly, he was well on his way), and my mom actually heard the name ‘Peyton’ off of a movie and loved it.

However, I did get the privilege to meet Peyton Manning while cheering at UT and the first thing he asked me when I told him we shared the same name … “Peyton with an E or with an A?” 😉  He was totally awesome, and I hope that, one day, he will be back home to Neyland in the future to coach some Vol football. This town would go wild!