"Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind...a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static." (Oleg Cassini)
I quote the words of French-born American fashion designer Oleg Cassini (1913-2006) as a fitting start to this blog. For I am aiming for this to be a place where fashion is more than just another pretty face...so to speak. For fashion is something that can't really be described. It comes from all around us and yet it sends us into a spiral of questions resembling closely "which came first, the chicken or the egg". It is frequently changing and reemerging and disappearing. It's a beast that can never be seen or caught, but who we know is out there.
Which is why it fascinates us. It's why people are frequently writing about it, dedicating their lives to it, or merely reading about it in magazines. It's something that no matter how hard you try you cannot escape. For fashion in its most simplest terms is merely the clothing we wear, and unless you happen to be a nudist (no offense to anyone who is a nudist) you're going to be wearing clothes.
As I begin this I'm not exactly sure what I will use this for. Perhaps for feedback on my own designs or just for simple conversation about fashion news or whatnot. But I can promise that this will be a place to come for anyone who wants to dip their toes into fashion but are afraid as well as for those who are already confident in their clothing.
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