Stevie

Une Petite Biographie

      

     Stevie Laurice Rauls, founder of CHLOU, has crafted and designed her life around the pretty little pictures and ideas she’s seen in her head since early childhood. Creativity, curiosity, and expression have been the weight of her heart since she was young. Stevie spent her adolescent years competitively dancing, naively thinking her talent would bring her a thriving career as a professional dancer, and she would live happily ever after. Slapped in the face by bills and reality, Stevie realized shortly after graduating high school that dreams didn’t pay rent and life had a tab.

      Intended as temporary while she “figured out what she wanted to do”, Stevie began what she didn’t realize would be a career in the food and beverage service industry. Briefly taking pause from restaurant work, Stevie rapidly acquired a Degree in Crime Scene Investigation and a Certification in Police Administration, proving to herself that she could, in fact, rack up student loan debt like the best of them. Her attempt at getting “a real job” quickly proved that she was meant to stay right where she was. She was devastated. But as time went on, she realized that “what she wanted to do” was have fun. Stevie’s insatiable hunger for self-actualization has brought her here, to CHLOU, to share some of the deepest parts of herself and her journey to find peace and relatability with other like-minded individuals.

      A “flower child”, her father endearingly calls her, she has always dramatically fluttered through life and love expressing herself artistically. Her hobbies have always centered around interior design, telling stories, and spattering paint on canvas, calling it art. She also finds joy in drawing thought provoking imagery and making herself laugh. Stevie finds peace in meditation, nature, and physical fitness. She is most at ease in a bikini, holding a glass of wine. She adores meeting new people and having interesting conversations. There is not much that the woman won’t say or do as long as she is not hurting anyone. Stevie loves to love and makes a sport out of not taking herself too seriously. She intends to spend her life doing exactly that in everything that is to come.