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After spending a year teaching English in Paris at the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, Hunter Claire spent the next four years earning her French and Politics degree at the University of Edinburgh and the Institute D’études Politiques in Lyon. She took her love of communication learned through her five years in Europe back to her hometown and into the nonprofit world, working with Arts In Healthcare, Women for Tennessee’s Future and Vision Philanthropy. She also co-founded and developed an event and social media presence called Fashion Happening Nashville (FHN) which spotlights local fashion, accessory and design. Through FHN, she has helped to create and produce a variety of fashion events in Nashville.
Hunter Claire spent three years honing her events and communication skills at Big Machine Label Group in their Creative Department. She moved on to become the Nashville Fashion Alliance's (NFA) Director Of Opportunity, applying her previous knowledge of event and nonprofit work and her love of local and sustainable fashion to the organization. She directed the NFA's first-annual NFA Honors, a fundraising event that honors fashion industry advocates and entrepreneurs through a public and peer voted awards ceremony. See the following links for details; WWD, Nfocus, Nashville Arts Magazine, Native and eTextile Communications.
After starting her own freelancing events and communications business in January of 2018, Hunter Claire worked as the Special Projects Director for The Callaway and helped with the VIP party and opening of RH Nashville, The Gallery at Green Hills, executing the Domino Magazine x Keep Shop pop up and the Brownlee Fashion Show and Store Grand Opening in addition to a variety of events, local to Nashville.
She currently acts as the Cities Without Houses Nashville Liaison for Soho House and works with local businesses to create curated and impactful events while also serving as the Experience Manager for NATIVE, running 4-6 events per month for the magazine.
Hunter Claire spends her free time spotlighting the local fashion community through Fashion Happening Nashville's social media accounts and her occasional street style blog, Rouge Rogue.