Fashion Reporter: Cheryl Bemis

Fashion Reporter: Covers the Austin fashion scene for Fashionably Austin and Fashion Week for Fashionably Connected. Coordinates fashion event coverage for the Fashionably Connected network of local fashion websites.

Fashion Spotlight: Cheryl is 1/2 of the Fashionably Connected team and provides media content, event coordination, and public relations for the company.

Hometown: Austin, TX

Email:Cheryl Bemis

About Cheryl Bemis

Cheryl Bemis has more than 20 years in the fashion business and has been an on-air fashion reporter for radio and television. She has interviewed many fashion industry icons such as Diane Von Furstenburg, Clinton Kelly of What Not To Wear and Tim Gunn of Project Runway. She also covers New York Fashion Week as a videographer and covers the Austin fashion scene for Fashionably Austin.

Fashionably Connected first began with Fashionably Austin, a concept developed by Cheryl Bemis several years ago while a fashion reporter for News 8 in Austin, TX. Cheryl created the weekly television fashion segment, Fashionably 8, for News 8 Austin, which still airs today. During the five years she anchored, produced and edited her fashion segment for News 8, Cheryl gave viewers an insider’s look at local designers and the hottest shopping spots and trends in Austin. During her time at News 8 Austin Cheryl interviewed celebrities and fashion luminaries, such as Diane von Furstenberg, Badgley Mischka, the stars of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Leon Hall from E!’s Fashion Emergency, celebrity hairstylist José Eber, and many other familiar names.

Cheryl was the first on-air personality for News 8 Austin to be recognized for her work by the Austin Chronicle; she was honored with the critic’s pick for “Best Fashion Coverage on Local TV.” She also covered the catwalks at New York’s Fashion Week in a highly praised week-long series for News 8.

Prior to moving to Austin and becoming a fashion reporter for News 8, she was an on-air fashion expert in Dallas, Texas and in Buffalo, New York. She has also co-hosted a local morning radio program, as well as producing numerous fashion videos and commercials. Cheryl currently writes a monthly fashion column for Austin Monthly Magazine where she shares the latest fashion news and events.

With her degree in fashion marketing and more than 20 years in the fashion business, Cheryl has poured her passion into Fashionably Connected. When Fashionably Austin was launched in July 2009 she launced with a debut interview with Clinton Kelly of "What Not To Wear". She quickly followed up her success with video coverage of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York in September of 2009 and the 2010 Fall Collection at Bryant Park during the February 2010 Fashion Week.

Cheryl lives in Austin, TX with her husband and family and is intimately involved in the Austin Fashion scene, attending and reporting on the growing Austin fashion community.

Contact Cheryl to request coverage of fashion events or to create broadcast quality video for commercials or website use.