If You're New Here
Let me take a minute to give a little rundown of where this little blog came from. I love clothes, like….a lot. I’ve loved clothes, looking at them, talking about them, wearing them and buying them for literally as long as I could remember. My parents used to joke with me that when I was little they had to take all the clothes out of my room and leave out one outfit per night because I would take so long choosing my outfit for the day. True story, this may be happening with Kenzie here soon. She’s as indecisive about her OOTD as I am.
The love of fashion, Vogue, runway shows and everything in between never escaped me. I found myself when I was 24 all the way in Los Angeles, attending the Fashion Institute and pursuing a lifelong dream. While attending school I worked some really crazy dream jobs. I managed a retail store in Beverly Hills and dressed celebrities, WHAT. I met some of the most interesting people, doing some of the most amazing things. I scored an interview at Monique Lhuillier, one of the best bridal gown designers in the world, and I was floored. I got the job and it was, honestly, a dream come true. I got to work on the most beautiful gowns, with some of the most talented people in the fashion industry. Some days I honestly couldn’t believe it.
Then, life got a little crazy.
I won’t go into too much detail here because I will probably save this whole story for another post cause it’s just a lot. My dad had been in the hospital waiting to have heart surgery, he finally had the surgery and it went great. I don’t think I’d ever been more relieved to receive a phone call in my life. The next day I went to work and I was finally not stressed about my dad. I walked to Starbucks with my coworkers like I did almost daily and didn’t bring my phone. I got back to my desk and had a bunch of missed calls from Nathan. I got him on the phone and he had to break the news to me that my dad had passed. He’d had a pulmonary embolism and basically died immediately. Oh, and I was 22 weeks pregnant with Colton at the time.
I walked out of my dream job that day and never went back. I moved back to Atlanta to be with my mom and never looked back. After things calmed down and 2 kids later I was desperately missing my time in the fashion industry. I had a crazy idea to start a blog and just kind of ran with it. I had no idea what I was doing and let’s be honest, I still don’t. I’m constantly fumbling around with where to go with this thing. I will say I’ve had some of the most supportive people “follow” me and it’s been so refreshing to realize that sometimes the internet isn’t such a bad place.
All that to say, I’m glad you’re here. I’m glad that some of you have been around since January 2018 and that you’ve been cheering for me since. Thanks for your love, support and friendships.
xoxo