Fashion Is my Lover

It started with the necklace!

I once said to my family, I’m don’t do fashion, I do style, My brother      burst out laughing saying that was the most pretentious fashion thing I could say. The fact is it’s true, some would describe me as fashionable, I can be if the fashion suits me but what is more important to me is that the outfit goes together , its coordinated or the clash is complimenting the outfit not at war with it.

So what am I going on about? After nearly a year of no blogging I’m back here thinking  - ‘ok what have I read about making you blog exciting, readable. How do I get a following’.

I‘m thinking:

It’s a full time job - I work full time

I need to create a new collection

I need to market myself differently to get the customers.

So what should I write about, my time at Anna Sui as an intern, no not now maybe soon

The Wizard of Oz – since May this has taken up my time. The opportunity to costume a full musical has been energizing. But that old lover of my life beckons, it whispers, it seduces me back to the fold. Fashion is calling me once again.

So I ‘ve decided to write about Fashion – my lover,

I've ‘googled’ this and found blog sites entitled ‘a fashion love affair’ or 'passion for fashion' or statements such as 'Fashion Is My One Love'.

From as long as I could hold a pencil in my hand, I chose to sit in the corner drawing, designing, putting my creative ideas down on paper. I slept with Cinerella under the pillow, it was the dresses I loved and memorized each one by heart.

It’s always been there, the designs fly about in my head, the cut of a skirt the detail on a collar, its all there crying out to be created. So I entered the world of fashion and the reality was anything but beautiful. The insecurities of the fashionistas, the greed of the manufacturers and monotony of the day robbed me of the joy.

So I went done other paths, styling, costume and teaching, but still Fashion whispered in my soul. I’ve often heard other fashion designers say I love fashion I just don’t like the industry. I know what they mean!

So after my internship at the age of 43 having had 20 years of life experience, I walked away disillusioned, but very satisfied it was off the bucket list, Fashion went into hibernation, but now it is spring, and its woken up. So what will this new season bring?

High Tea me thinks. I’ve had my ramble, I have no answers but I’m looking forward to having that love affair with fashion all over again.