Growing up, fashion was always my thing. It was the story of who I was….
…. and then I became a mom and my mindset shifted.
I kept styling after Jack was born but once COVID hit and Sophia arrived… I craved a pause to re-evaluate if the company I built for over 10 years and the identity I held in it felt like me anymore.
So I started running through questions like:
Did I really like fashion? Or did I get swept up in the cultural idea young girls are sold?
Do the clothes even matter to me? Or is it about something deeper?
If not fashion… then what in the world am I going to do?
All of these answers led me to decide: it’s time to let this go.
And I did… my company. my career. (what felt like at the time) a piece of me.
I tried something new. Leaned into a new side of myself I hadn’t met yet. And learned so many new things.
I’ve spent these last 5 years excavating to find who I am: Intentionality and creativity definitely making up that core.
And I feel like what I “left behind” nearly 5 years ago may have just been put on a shelf… waiting to be sparked back to life again…. in a new way.
As I’ve been working on becoming more playful, remembering the parts of me that used to light me up and trying to bring that into the present, that spark was ignited again…. when I saw the Devil Wears Prada 2 is coming out.
…. I know- not what you were expecting to read.
But this movie was GOLD to me growing up. An inside look into the industry I was working towards.
So sure it’s nostalgic…
but it also feels like more… considering I stayed up wayyyy too late last night devouring short after short of the infamous cast filming these new scenes on the streets of New York.
So the question that’s been rattling around in my brain all day is: how do you reintegrate an old piece of your identity into your new way of being?
Not sure how I plan to do this yet- but I’m excited to play with that side of my being again.
