Entry no. 0
the site goes up in less than an hour and my heart is racing. before all of this i was 16 in a new city, attending community college for a general arts degree, unsure if my future mattered in a meaningful way. i spent my downtime obsessively researching all the different things i loved as if i were paid to. I knew that my appreciation for fashion was passionate, but i never thought i’d be confident enough to pursue it professionally. I hadn’t even worked a retail job yet. with no experience and minimal support, i spent the years during the pandemic researching fashion history and it’s relationship with policital culture. i learned about the punk and anti-fashion movements that allowed the casual to become unique through expression. after buying my first sewing machine (a humble janome 2212, the same machine i used up until my second semester in school), i spent days on weeks tearing apart my closet one article at a time, reconstructing entire outfits to match whatever was trending at the time because i refused to spend money to look like everyone else. lol. i grew into someone else. someone more expressive in composure, more confident in their identity. i joined local communities and found likeminded people and finally pushed myself out of my comfort zone; into the void. moving from vegas to miami was a rough transition for me. i had reached a pretty developmental age in my teens and having to restart my life again was detrimental to my mental health. i lived with my grandparents in fort lauderdale, where i would commute to miami everyday for the first 2 semesters of schooling. day by day i became more local and spent more time in the city, with my city friends, doing city things. while this entry isn’t about the friends i made, it's more so about who my friends have helped me become. since then, i’ve become more accomplished as both a student in fashion and in life than I could have ever imagined. the support system i’ve amassed has been the fuel to my fire for the last 2 years and every night i lay to rest im so thankful for how close I’ve come to my dream.
i’m gonna keep the first entry short but i’m just really excited to put this out. this website serves as more than just a place to shop or spend your money. this website is a digital space. This is a place you can come to read updates about my work, future events, learn more about my history, my passion, my previous works and portfolio, etc. This page is a digital extension of myself.
im not unfamiliar with this feeling i get. i must admit, it’s the same feeling i would get in school the night before a new garment is due. knowing i have to let go of what i’ve created and subject it to the judgement of the world. it’s the ultimate vulnerability. Surrendering your art to interpretation is something i’ve come to find a beauty in. there’s truly nothing like it.
