THE STORY BEHIND THE NAME

NIKKI VS NICOLE

My real name is Nicole, but the people closest to me call me Nikki.

Nikki Vs Nicole started as a way to describe the two sides of my personal style. Over the years, I realized it was bigger than fashion.

It was me.

Nicole is structured. Intentional. The problem solver. The woman who thinks things through, handles business and figures out how to make it happen.

Nikki is the creative. The risk-taker. The woman with the overactive imagination who sees something in her head and has to bring it to life.

For years, I thought those two sides of me needed to exist separately.

Now, I know they don't.

SAME WOMAN. DIFFERENT ENERGY.

  • NIKKI

    The creative. The risk-taker. The one with the overactive imagination.

    Give me fabric, an idea—or sometimes absolutely no plan at all—and I'll figure out what it wants to become.

    Nikki creates.

  • NICOLE

    The strategist. The problem solver. The one who asks the questions, makes the plan and figures out how to get it done.

    Give me a problem and I'm probably already thinking three steps ahead.

    Nicole handles business.

HOW I GOT HERE

NONE OF THIS WAS A STRAIGHT LINE.

I didn't grow up with a blueprint for the life I'm building.

Fashion came from creativity, curiosity, and the need to make what I could see in my head. I earned my degree in Fashion Design and eventually turned that creativity into Nikki Vs Nicole.

Real estate came through a completely different door. I spent years in property management and leasing before becoming a licensed Realtor, learning the business from the inside out.

On paper, Fashion Designer and Realtor might look like two completely different careers.

To me, they make perfect sense.

Both require me to listen. Both require me to solve problems. Both ask me to see possibilities that aren't always obvious yet.

One starts with fabric.

The other might start with four walls.

Either way, I'm figuring out what it could become.