Why Create This Blog

I have loved fashion my whole life. I read Vogue and Harpers Bazaar cover to cover and then would  try to guess what designers made what clothes in other magazines or try to guess the designers strangers wore on Beacon Street or Newbury Street in Boston. I loved fashion because of the stories, the whimsy, the beauty, the bright colors, and interesting silhouettes. I didn’t come from a lot but I could open a magazine and there was someone beautiful in something interesting — I was transfixed and enamored and I wanted to emulate these confident and quirkily dressed women.

I had two major idols growing up, Coco Chanel and Jane Eyre. Both were powerful women but not because of their looks but because of their intelligence, style, and grace. No matter what they looked like they shined and succeeded. Even as a child I hated the way I looked, my weird hair, my large nose, everything. I am a mix of my mother (Vietnamese) and my father (Irish and German) and for some reason all I ever wanted was to be blond, blue eyed, or European like Ingrid Bergman or Marilyn Monroe from the old movies my dad and I would sit and watch.

So, why tell you all this? Because fashion — the desire to be creative and express oneself with clothes is for everyone, no matter your look, height, size, ethnicity, gender, whatever! Each day I will wear what I love, usually found on consignment or vintage and talk about why I love it, where it all came from, and share more stories of my love for fashion!