Fashion, Life and Me ♥

Soo... I'm looking back over the past two years and I have REALLY changed. I would say drastically in some ways, like my hair cut, and in less obvious ways, like how much I trust people.

But I've been re-inventing myself for years! From when I used to live in Lewisham and I was all ghetto, to when I moved to St. Catherine's and was dubbed 'White Girl', then adopting one of my least favourites 'Bimbo' (with reference to my Caucasian like and light headed behaviour) was given to me last year, which I have to say led to me doing a series of things.

I can honestly say re-inventing yourself is probably one of the hardest things to do, because you basically change your life, the way you approach it and how others approach you.

I have this friend who's been meaning to change her style since LAST YEAR! She's always saying "Maria you need to help me change my dress sense. We should go shopping..." and the usual. LOOL I find this particular example funny, because she's my friend and she has a clear idea of what she wants to look like, but she can't seem to take the step to changing.

What people don't realise is 'YOU ARE YOUR OWN INVENTION'
When you look in the mirror, the image that is in front of you was not given to you, but in fact you invented it yourself.
From the way you do your hair, to the way you tie your laces, everything you do is something you have chosen to do, creating who you are.
So people shouldn't feel stuck in a mould they can't get out of, because if the mould was made by you, you can easily choose to strip it down!

A nice quick example is when I used to have long hair, I was called 'bimbo' and 'airhead' on a regular basis and I think my hair style had a lot to do with it, because when I finally cut my hair (which is a WHOLE other topic in its self) people never uttered those two words to me again.
Looking back like 3 weeks ago (loool I know, not that long ago) I dunno how the hell I had long hair, it's just not me at all, it gave the impression of some kind of ultra-feminine chick that I was not (If you see my room...).

I was originally gonna call this post 'If I can do it, you can do it too', but then I wanted to make it less about myself and more about you. I just had enough of people still trying to fit into the mould, for fear that if they do they'll lose their friends or be pushing away their 'given' identity or even would forget their identity all together.

A perfect example of someone I know who re-invented themselves was someone called Sandra who re-invented herself and didn't care what people thought, which was quite the opposite in Secondary School. Yet she perseveres, even when people stare at her for wearing black lipstick or mistake her for a lesbian (loool sorry Sandra I find that hilarious)... because to her, she is who she is and no on else defines that.





I'm just tired of seeing people who want to change stifled by their own minds or by the minds of those around them!

A smart girl called Maia (who helped me preview this. THANKS) once said to me: don't live up to or even let people label you, you are the way you've decided to be for a reason, and it works.

Over and out ♥

Ciao!

This weekend I decided to keep sewing and to buy some more sewing patterns.
Little did I know that I would be emptying out my bank account!
I started by hitting Deptford market and buying some lining for some clothes; I then went to Rolls & Rems in Lewisham to buy some sewing patters, as I'm not so great at cutting patterns yet; I then went to to the fabric shop down the road in front of the 21 bus stop, which sells the same as Rolls & Rems, but for just a fraction of the price... you know me, cheapskate that I am
So then I think about all that I bought... and the thing is I still need to buy some more as what I bought is not sufficient enough to make a collection.

But I saw some girls in Rolls & Rems who looked the same age as me, who spent a good £200 on material and I just thought to myself "either your rich, or a broke ass negro"
See the likely hood is they are just as broke as me, or probably even more so (if that's possible).
What people don't realise is that being an up and coming designer is like spending all you have with hope that money will appear out of no where.
For example take the label PPQ and it's designer Amy Molyneaux and manager person Percy Parker (cute name right!).
They went from having a tiny business to a massive one... then having their flagship fashion house shut down in Mayfair. They now have an online store and are still going from strength to strength in the London Fashion Weeks.
Some people think it's all easy to be a designer and to generate money... most designers go through bankruptcy at least once in their lifespan.



Several designers and designer labels have gone through numerous boom and bust fazes, even Burberry after it acquired a 'CHAV' label for it's brown gingham print.

Fashion aint all glitz and glam as people think, many designers and even models eating hand-to-mouth (maybe not so much eating for the models), trying to make a living.

Though I know it's hard to make it in this world, I guess you could always take a risk to say 'at least I tried', than lying in your deathbed wishing you took that course, applied for that job or even asked that person for their number.

Like that old lady said in Coming To America "Come on Hunny! Take a Chance!"

This is dedicated to all the hard-working designers out their trying to make it-your time will soon come :)

Ciao Now ♥

Hello all!
I've missed you quite a bit!
Well I was wondering a few weeks back why it was becoming soo hard to be unique and individual nowadays, without having people poke and prod you as if your an extra-terrestrial. Well the truth is peepz, hardly anyone is original any more, I wish I could even say... I was but the truth is I'm as fashion forward as any other fashion magazine or blogger around.

Being unique is to REALLY stand out, not just partially

The reason why it's become soo hard to be unique is because we are all becoming media categorised, we only know what the media teaches us. For example all the hot 'new' looks out this season have been out TIME AGO. Take minimalism, yea sure it's hot, but that was from the late 90's.

Weird thing is I kinda knew minimalism would make a comeback :s

 Then take the floral 60's, we kinda tried to claim it as our own... boy did we beg. Even take the whole 'Vintage' look, it's all clothes from the past that has just been worn again... Because, honestly, we can't think of anything else. And this means music, TV shows, hairstyles, art, dance and every other possible media influenced subject.


It kinda scares me that being 'unique' is soo contrived nowadays, because then that means we're just gonna keep repeating the record until sooner or later the record player blows up



Ciao <3
hope I didn't upset you too much :'(
I know I'm upset loool

So, for many year 12's  yesterday, it was their first day and of course they dressed to impress... So not only did I randomly pick people off the street but I also picked my lovely friend and designer Tosin and also her friends from Townley Grammar... Who said smart girls aren't fashion conscious!

What I love about their outfits is that they barely tried and look smart but simple, I especially love the worker boots with the outfit, it was a brave thing to do, but she worked it.
Then let's just say they really began to like the paparazzi....

loool... the fake M&S laugh