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Ariel Bloomer
Ariel (Pronounced R-E-L) Bloomer is a Swedish born singer-songwriter of the band Icon For Hire. She is also the owner and designer of her fashion line Custom Catastrophes. In addition, she has a weekly podcast called The REL Show which is on Youtube.com, iTunes, and her website http://www.customcatastrophes.com under the videos page.

Musical Career (Icon For Hire)
Icon For Hire was formed in Decatur, IL in 2007. Other than Ariel, the other members are Shawn Jump (Guitar) and Adam Kronshagen (Drums), along with Josh Kincheloe on the bass at live shows. Icon For Hire has two studio albums, Scripted (7/23/2011) and Icon For Hire (10/15/2013). Icon For Hire is often compared to Paramore and other popular female fronted bands, but they are very different. They are considered pop punk, alternative rock, and electronic rock, and in addition, their second album had several songs where Ariel shows her rapping abilities.

Custom Catastrophes
Custom Catastrophes is Ariel's fashion line that she operates through etsy.com. Her pieces include corsets, wrist bands/cuffs, purses, scarves, and her signature "scoodies" (Hooded scarves). She not only designs her fashion pieces, but she also hand makes all of them herself, and each order includes a custom, handwritten note from Ariel.