Cheryl Wadlington

Cheryl Wadlington

Lauded as one of the nation's premiere fashion and beauty journalists, Cheryl Ann Wadlington is a leading consultant in the field of personal growth. As an accomplished writer, popular television personality and sought-after motivational speaker, she has reached millions of people with her advice and perspective. Wadlington is a co-author and contributing editor of SoulStyle: Black Women Redefining the Color of Fashion (Universe Publishing, 2000). She has also served as a contributing writer to Essence, Savoy, Black Enterprise, Heart & Soul, BET Weekend, London-based New Generation (NG), The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Philadelphia Daily News, and BET.com. In addition, she served on the faculty of the Temple University (School of Communications), teaching fashion writing and as a fashion & beauty editor for BridesNoir magazine. Wadlington launched Evoluer Image Consultants (http://www.evoluerconsultants.com/) after decades of working in the international fashion and beauty industries to address the image needs of today’s females, a group diverse in culture and unique in personality. Establishing Evoluer was a natural evolution for Wadlington, who from 1986 to 1995 owned and operated Life Modeling Workshop International. Her nurturing influence can be seen through her formers clients, which include, NBC’s America’s Got Talent winner Bianca Ryan, neo-soul recording artist Amel Larriex, international model Debra Shaw and off-Broadway and Cosby Show actress Nicole Davenport. Under Wadlington’s creative direction, Evoluer strives to be the premiere accelerator for females who want to maximize her personal or professional image and style. The agency has a cadre of nationally recognized style experts, whose beauty and fashion, make-up, and hair styling credits include: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Tyra Banks and Jill Scott, The Swan, American Idol and Oprah, and a host of national magazines and commercial advertisements. And as the name (Evoluer) implies, “it is time for today’s females to ‘evolve,’ – and experience the type of excellence Evoluer and its team of specialists deliver,” says Wadlington. She has received countless proclamations for her contributions to the fashion and beauty industries and youth development from the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, the Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda and more. She has also received the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Coalition 100 Black Women Madam C.J. Walker Award, as well as the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs’ Professional Achievement Award.Wadlington majored in Advertising and Communications at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Fashion Merchandising at Bauder Fashion College in Atlanta, Ga. She continues to earn her enhance position as a pre-eminent media authority in image and style as a motivational speaker, fashion analyst and journalist.

About Evoluer Evoluer Image Consultants, LLC is an award-winning consulting agency for the upwardly mobile woman and teen girl who want to maximize her personal and professional image and style. We offer useful, friendly, professional, confidential and independent services and advice on any aspect of dress, grooming and personal appearance. Our cadre of hand-picked, highly credentialed image, fashion and beauty professionals will come to your home or office. We show clients how to: Make a winning first impression; Look; good, feel great; Simplify your wardrobe; Save time and money; Interpret "business casual"; Create a professional look; Be a camera-ready professional; and Jump-start a career in the fashion & beauty industries.Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Evoluer Image Consultants launched in 2004, and is owned and operated by Cheryl Ann Wadlington. Ms. Wadlington launched Evoluer in 2004 after decades of working in the international fashion and beauty industries, providing style advice and writing for some of the top fashion publications in the country, including Essence and Heart & Soul magazines.Evoluer's celebrity consultants have serviced: Procter & Gamble Company, Oscar de la Renta, Enyce, Angela Bassett, Eve, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and Destiny's Child. Evoluer was recently the winner of the internationally coveted 2008 Black Web Award for "Best Clothing, Fashion and Style Site." Wadlington was also a 2007 nominee for Pennsylvania's Best 50 Women in Business. Services • Wardrobe Audit• Personal Shopping with our Style Consultants• Personal Development Workshops for Teen Girls• Corporate Seminars (Appropriate Dress for the Workplace)• Fashion & Beauty Seminars• Makeup Instruction Sessions with Celebrity or Professional Makeup Artist (for non-industry female clients)• Makeup Instruction Sessions with Celebrity Makeup Artist (for professional, advanced and beginning makeup artists)• Girls-Night-In Makeup Party with a celebrity artist• Fashion Stylist Boot Camp• Model Boot CampAdditional Services Celebrity and professional makeup artists and image consultants, fashion and hair stylists are available for:• Weddings • Special occasions• Red carpet & media appearances• National ad campaigns,, video, film & television, fashion/beauty editorials• Publicity photos

Posh Goddess Spotlight On Cheryl

To be a successful business woman today means:

"Successful people succeed because they learn from their failures. Still, I define success for myself just by the mere fact that there’s a difference between success and greatness; and I am trying to be great. I don’t allow people to define who I am and who I will become because my possibilities are endless. I tend to think outside of the box as much as I strive to be the consummate polished, informed and gracious professional."

Cheryl's Posh Goddess Word's of Wisdom about doing business in a "so-called" man's world:

"Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain. If opportunity doesn't knock...then build a door!!!! So I am not bothered by the fact that it’s a so called mans world, because to me, nothing is more powerful than the hand that rocks the cradle – it’s a man’s world, under a women’s supervision. As W.E.B. Du Bois once said: "There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained."

Quick Stats

Name Cheryl Ann Wadlington Company Evoluer Image Consultants, LLC Position/Job Title CEO/Creative Director Location Philadelphia, PA Website http://www.evoluerconsultants.com/ Blog Address Cheryl Ann’s Fashion Diary http://www.evoluerconsultants.com/cherylann/