Magic Mirage

Specialties

Magic Mirage is a one-​on-​one professional shopping service designed to make your life easier and your style flawless. From the gifts you buy to the clothes you wear, every choice you make is a reflection of your own personal brand. Living up to your brand means keeping up with its demands on your time and energy.

Magic Mirage offers you a trusted relationship with an experienced purchasing professional with more than six years of research-​based consultation, expertise and client satisfaction experience. Magic Mirage President Melanie Howard, personal shopper and fashion stylist, built her repertoire working with noteworthy fashion retailers such as Nordstrom, J. Crew, DKNY, Cole Haan, Victoria’s Secret and Banana Republic, a Gap Brand.

At Magic Mirage, personal shopping is seen as a total experience that not only brings you peace of mind but understands what’s on your mind. Their «learn more — do more» concept is designed to fit you like a glove. Get immersed. Or, sit back and let the deliveries roll in. Magic Mirage — the shopping oasis you’ve been dreaming of!

History

Established in 2010.

In 2010, Melanie created Magic Mirage LLC. She spent the first two years of her company helping to brand varieties of artists. Together through social media forums, radio shows, YouTube pages and blogs, Melanie helped display the works of many American artists, including singers, writers, painters, sculptors and performers, proving her noteworthiness in branding her clientele well.

But through it all, Melanie has more often gotten notice for her style and her keen ability to whip up a superb outfit. Melanie represents classic style with a modern edge mixed with her southern lifestyle and NY roots.

Noteworthy experience includes (but not limited to): Visual Merchandising Internship: Donna Karan (DKNY) (NYC); Buying Administrative Internships: Cole Hahn (NYC); Personal Shopper: J. Crew (SC); Manager: Hampden Clothing (SC); Visual Merchandising Specialist: Banana Republic (GA); Logistics Associate: Nordstrom (GA); Sales — Men’s Furnishings and Suiting: Nordstrom (GA).

Meet the Business Owner

Melanie H.

Business Owner

Born in N.Y.C. on July fifteenth, Melanie Amber V. Howard journeyed from NYC, to New Jersey, South Carolina, to Virginia, then Georgia, and through those times has brought with her a passion for art, held tightly in her desire to see the world through it’s eyes. A daughter to two NYC natives, a journalist from Manhattan and an engineer from Brooklyn, Melanie discovered her inherited artistic abilities, generous communication skills, and undeniable tech savvy at a very early age. At the age of 8 she received her first art award, the first time Melanie performed on a stage was at the age of three, and her first time on TV when she was five.

Ms. Howard is also a very skilled dancer. Studying ballet from 1986 – 1996, modern, tap hiphop, and was a competitive cheerleader in High School (1997– 2001). Melanie has taken her performing arts education with her from elementary school through college. She’s served in stage production roles such a; Actor, Costume Designer, Stage Manager, Set