Alana Moor describes her childhood years in Coquitlam as being a “rebellious teen with a good heart.” But that pales in comparison to the harrowing tale of her life as a jet-setting fashion stylist whose future took a dark turn, a story she's now sharing as an inspirational speaker. In her youth, Moor said, she ran, played baseball and gold-level soccer, was on the swim team and trained with the Goh Ballet and Danzmode Productions.
She attended Dr. Charles Best and Archbishop Carney regional secondary schools before graduating from Gleneagle Secondary and moving to Montreal to continue her dance studies. But, a few years later, after graduating with honours in fashion design from Humber College in Toronto, the then-27-year-old woman sought to become a stylist and build up her fashion portfolio.
Holding down two or three jobs at a time while trying to climb the industry ladder, Moor met a woman who organized parties for celebrities and asked, by chance, if she could be her stylist. “I saw this opportunity,” Moor recalled in an interview with the Tri-City News on Tuesday, June 4. “I thought, ‘This is my ticket.
’” The woman agreed to Moor’s request, but declined to pay her. Instead, she said, she would take Moor to her VIP events and introduce her as her stylist. For the next year-and-a-half, Moor “hustled.
" She worked the party scene, would leave at around 2 a.m., go to her friend’s store in Toronto at 3:30 a.
m. to source trendy clothes and style her “bo.
