Talk About A Clothes Relationship..........

Ever felt like you lost a part of yourself? because I've been there and I feel ya.

I'm not sure what this says of me by admitting this, but.... I lost the hat of my life yesterday. It was the first thing I bought in Ireland on my Spring break trip last year--handmade and simply me. I saw it and new we would start a great relationship together, and that we did. When that hat covered my head, it brought out a certain part of me and made me feel a certain way. Our relationship was unique and made me feel unique. For we are all unique. That uniqueness feels as though it is lost. And maybe it is, or maybe I'm crazy and make a big deal out of things. But that hat made me feel a certain way because it was a one of a kind. Only that hat could ever make me feel that way.

Just like with people. Certain people make me feel certain ways and vice versa. Turning a relationship into something unique and cherish-able. Relationships become a part of me, because there is always a give and take, it is shared. That is the same relationship I have with my clothes.

I've learned something from this, something I've also learned from Orange is the New Black (lols). That like a mandala, everything is temporary. You've just got to make the best of it. And when it's all gone, you know you can say it was worth it and be grateful for what it was and how it made you feel. That is the perspective I take on losing my hat. Although it felt like a part of me was lost, it is not because it happened to me. I experienced it and I did make the best of the time me and that hat shared. That hat will always remember me and I always remember him. Now the next person who finds it, will be able to have the same experience I had wearing it.

All I can do is cherish the moments I had with that hat. Same with the most memorable moments I have and had with the most memorable people I have met. And now I have an inspiration to recreate that hat and finally start sewing!

The loss of this hat has given me inspiration to create! Sometimes finding inspiration in your biggest losses is exactly what you need to find a new part of you!

In loving memory of the hat of my life.

Revamping The Middle Ground

Meeting in the middle.

The middle is the balance. We look for this balance in every aspect of our lives.

I've had a lot of trouble with this lately. I haven't met my surroundings in the middle. From my work place, to school, to social aspects. My balance be all out of whack. But that's about to change.

To find balance, you have to find perspective--a positive perspective, that stays true and genuine to who you are and the things you wish to accomplish.

Guess what helps me most to find that balance??????

CLOTHES. FASHION. ART. EXPRESSION.

(Ya already know).

Fashion encompasses all cultures on every level. From your mood, to personality, to career, to environment, to religion, to beliefs, to activities, and so on.

Not everyone encompasses all of this in their clothes, others express these cultures about themselves through other outlets.

As for me though, Fashion is the perfect communication tool because it encompasses almost everything about myself by using one tool... Clothes/fashion.

Which is why I need a revamping. A revamping of myself and my values. I've been in funk for awhile, but I am slowly figuring out me again, me and my personal culture, beliefs, and values.

I'm going to have a more polished look of my lately, 'hippishness' I guess you could say. I do have belief that "Love and Peace are Eternal." (Thank you John Lennon, my spirit animal) but I'm more than that. I value my education and the knowledge I have gained and experienced here Slippery Rock University. I also value my PR/Marketing job at the library even though it hasn't gone too well so far. But in respect to having that job, I value being professional. Which I've lost sight of a lot lately. Professionalism is a respect. I respect that I have for myself and others.

My new look will be my new perspective. My culture I have created. I'll be posing pictures here of my own personal culture journey and on my twitter @LexC_93. Let me know if you're feelin' what I am portraying as my culture. Feedback is totes welcomed! I would love that. People reconfirm a lot for me. That way I know other perspectives are understanding me as well.

Keep it you, and express it whatever way you enjoy!

Btdubs

Side note--just feel the need to express...

I shall be blogging at least once a week from now on. I know it!

Thank yous : )

Life.

Life. Life. Life. ART.

This past week, I've realized a lot.

One-Fashion is so much more important to me than I ever thought it could be.
Two-Life is an art. There is a rhythm. A dance, a creation. When the rhythm is gone art becomes dark. (My art was dark for awhile)
Three-I miss doing my fashion ish <3333333

So how does any of this connect with fashion?

At least for me, fashion and clothes are a way of savoring the little universe that lives inside me. As if to preserve my fantasy world. When I express this internality through my clothes, doing the rest of the world's tasks don't seem as bad. Combining all elements of the universe-the on the surface logic of the world and the logic feelings of myself and my world.

I forgot how important this was to me and how it's helped me thrive.

I've been lost. Lost between my world and this world. Fashion builds that bridge for me. Making me longer lost--instead connected.

The Clothes Connection.

This is why I believe so passionately in the freedom of expression. Personally in fashion and clothes, but any art of expression for that matter. Make life your art, your dance, your painting. Build your own bridge to this world and the universe that lives inside of you. That is how we live. We express in between the laws of the universe that help us keep a rhythm. We need the things we need to do, but we also need our expressions to complete the dance and art of life.

LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH EXPRESSION.