Coco Chanel famously said, “Fashion fades. Only style remains.”
I was that girl in 1st grade who loved to wear dresses to school, wear fancy braids to school, and treat each day like it was Picture Day at school. Of course, that meant I was inevitably made fun of because according to my peers, “no one wears dresses to school. That’s weird.”
I then spent the majority of my time in grade school trying my hardest to blend into the background because drawing any kind of attention to myself through my wardrobe or makeup would inevitably mean the funny stares, whispers behind my back, and raised eyebrows.
That was the hardest lesson I had to unlearn in my life. Who cares how others think of me and my style?
At the risk of sounding like every other millennial out there, I spent the majority of college trying to find myself, first through makeup and then through fashion. Arguably, I am still doing so right now.
I had started, stopped, and restarted this blog so many times. Each time, it failed because my fear of what others might think got in the way. I spent so much time suppressing my creativity and my true self to outside people, aided first by my fear of other people’s opinion and then by the convenience, that I had forgotten what it was to truly be myself.
It wasn’t the allure of a fancier, better dressed lifestyle (with free clothes being sent to you by companies) that made me want to jump back in at full speed without any regard for what others might think. It was my friends who told me they loved my outfits, strangers who told me they loved my makeup, and other random people along the way who made me realize that there are always going to be the people out there who will try to tear me down, but that doesn’t mean I have to let them stop me from expressing myself and showing who I really am.
Fashion trends will come and go, and that isn’t what I am passionate about. What I am passionate about is storytelling. I have always been a writer and a creative mind that always thought of a backstory for everything and everyone. That is what I see style as. My personal style is storytelling through my looks. I don’t have to decide if I am a city girl or a country girl. I don’t have to decide if I like pink or if I like black. Sneakers or heels? I can have both! My style is that I can encompass all the different, traditional archetypes.
In conclusion, I am so excited to share with you all my outfits, beauty looks, and everything I consider a part of my personal style because I genuinely feel so happy knowing that if even one person out there feels inspired to be themselves or try something new because of me, then I have done what I set out to accomplish.
I love you all!
