My First...

Welcome to my blog!!! This is my first entry so I decided to discuss myself (my back round, what my blog will pertain to, things that interest me and things that I despise.

I am a 21 year old college graduate that lives in Maryland on the outskirts of Washington,DC (the nation's capital). Fall 2005 I moved to Chicago and attended IADT(International Academy of Design and Technology) where my major was Fashion Design and I just recently moved back to the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area in September. Since graduating and moving back home I have not been very active in ANYTHING, I left my designing alone, I have a part-time job but I only work maybe one day a week so a majority of my week is spent at home or running errands for others. I thought that once I moved back home I would have a decent job (being that I am a college graduate) and I would be able to work on developing my line in the evenings and on the weekends but finding a decent job has been a hell of a task and after going through these past three months I'm beginning to think that maybe college was not the best idea. All of the job offers I have received have been in retail making roughly minimum wage which I believe is unacceptable for someone my age and with my educational back round so I am hanging on to my current part time job.

Being that the whole working for someone else for little to no money is not working for me I have been feeling like a slacker which is not a very good feeling, I mean I have been sitting at home for the past two weeks making little or no progress...the only positive is that I have been able to clean up and organize and I have had a chance to think. So this morning...well yesterday morning (Sunday) I got up and attended church with my mother, the topic was "There is a light at the end of the tunnel!" and as soon as I heard the message I knew there was a reason that I got of bed this morning, I needed to hear this sermon. Before attending the service God had been talking to me and leading me in the direction of creating my own line but he had not gave me the okay until this morning in church...that was when God blessed me with the okay. Now I see that these first three months were preparing me for long road that I have ahead of me but I am ready to endure all that I have to in order to get where I would like to be and establish a career for myself.

Whenever I am out and about I make it my business to observe every one's attire because I am from a area of the country where everyone wears whatever is in style or is current but the trends in our area are usually different from other parts of the country. For example we have a lot of urban designers in the area so that is what is considered stylish for us, you will not see a lot of people wearing Rocawear, Guess, Baby Phat, or FUBU...it is just not considered fashionable. The select few that do don these brands are considered "bammas"(it is a slang term from the area used to describe someone that has no style, taste, or class). So like I said I usually check out every one's outfit not only to see what they are wearing but to see how they are wearing it and to see if someone is wearing anything that I would consider high end...I don't do this to be judgmental or shallow but to see if anyone keeps up with the latest designers and trends as I attempt to. A lot of times in doing my once overs I notice outfits and accessories that really catch my attention which is good because that means that the wearer set out to get attention, put some thought into their outfit, or has an exceptional sense of style which is good. Then there are others who I see during my once over and they have either over done the outfit so it looks like they tried too hard or they tried to be innovative and wear the article of clothing in a manner other than what it was intended for which is not all entirely bad sometimes...but it can be.

Now I know what you are thinking..."Since she looking at everybody else outfit she better be fly (area slang)...let me be the first to tell you that I am not, at least I don't think so. My take on my personal style is that I know how to dress depending on what reaction I am going for, example: if I am going to a club and I want to meet a lot of potentials (men) then I know I am going to have to be breathtaking which means I have to hit them where it hurts. I know that men are attracted to different parts on the female body such as lips, eyes, legs, breasts, butts, long hair, pretty face, stomachs (usually flat ones), hands (soft ones) and feet...I know of the ten most desired features I have seven to six (depending on who you ask) so those are the features that I will play up. So to complete my example I want to be breath taking and I know I have bigger breasts and nice long thick longs so I will wear a shirt dress with a deep scoop neck and pumps so I can add an extra four inches to my six foot frame. This way my best assets are highlighted and I am tall enough that when I enter my destination everyone will be able to see me.

I am not fly just merely stylish and fashionable in my own way which I believe is the best way to be, when you wear things that are trendy and very popular you run a very high risk of looking like a lot of people or going some where and running into someone with the same outfit as you. The people that I consider the most stylish are the ones who do not shop where everyone else does, the ones who can get dressed so effortlessly but yet it looks as thought they spent hours upon hours scouring their closet looking for something to wear. They own designer labels but are never covered in designer labels from head to toe and they never wear any labels that scream the creators name, they know that simple outfits should be matched with expensive shoes and accessories and vice versa. Stylish people know that the items that you should never skimp are shoes, bags, and coats or jackets, they appreciate appreciate sales and outlet stores (Off 5Th Saks, Neiman Marcus Last Call, and Nordstrom Rack) and they appreciate consignment shops and thrift stores.

Well that is enough about me and my perception of style for right now...comeback later on today to see what I am raving about.