It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been hibernating and decided to take a short break from Facebook, sketching, blogging and all things fashion. I literally placed a "DO NOT DISTURB" profile pic on FB. Once Paris fashion week ended and I had my fill of all things fabulous and forthcoming for fall, I slowed my roll.
[Burping with fashion indigestion]
By no means am I back in full force, but merely peaking my head out of the cave and seeing if I like what I see out there. Did the groundhog see it's shadow? What the deuce? Maybe I’m a little depressed or stressed?
On one hand the corporate job is demanding and my boss can be a challenge. I have a surprise presentation due early next week in front of Senior Management and I’m nervous. On the other hand the factory wants a production order very soon and I am nowhere close to being able to afford that right now.
To top it all off, I went to a mix and mingle recently and a business mentor basically told me that my handbag prices are too high. In my mind this is what I replied "Ahh durrrhh, they don't look cheap and I didn't just whip up a square piece of leather with straps and give it to you now, did I?
In one statement, she shook my bedrock and all the fundamentals that I held on to thus far. She said to me "It's easy to design a beautiful $1,200 handbag, but difficult to design a beautiful $50 one. Now that is your challenge". After that, I went on life support____/\___/\___/\____
So buried in Power Point and Excel getting ready for both my boss and the factory, I have been a little stressed and decided that putting on a pretty dress and heels usually makes the rain go away. And it helped. My little dress is quite snappy and it gave me a shot of vitamin B, short in the front, long in the back and tight to PERFECTION.
While my mini photo-shoot didn’t solve my impending challenges, it gave me hope, made me feel powerful. Like I could grab the world in my hands & make it mine. And whether you recognize that or not, fashion can have that impact both on the wearer and the observer. I feel like a super-hero in this dress, like a member of the "Justice League" even. If you're lost or rolling your eyes at that reference, then piss off you pissy wanker.
My PowerPoint is done. Now I'm swallowing my pride & taking a big gulp, slowly revising the pricing on my line sheet. And it's difficult because I have worked SO VERY HARD on my concepts and I feel they are worth every penny. But this is inherently a business and I am inherently a businessman.
LESSON: The difference between you and every other douche bag is how you approach your challenges. Either you can face them, conquer them and ask for more. Or curl up in the fetal position and play possum. I’m still learning this.
To top it all off, I went to a mix and mingle recently and a business mentor basically told me that my handbag prices are too high. In my mind this is what I replied "Ahh durrrhh, they don't look cheap and I didn't just whip up a square piece of leather with straps and give it to you now, did I?
In one statement, she shook my bedrock and all the fundamentals that I held on to thus far. She said to me "It's easy to design a beautiful $1,200 handbag, but difficult to design a beautiful $50 one. Now that is your challenge". After that, I went on life support____/\___/\___/\____
So buried in Power Point and Excel getting ready for both my boss and the factory, I have been a little stressed and decided that putting on a pretty dress and heels usually makes the rain go away. And it helped. My little dress is quite snappy and it gave me a shot of vitamin B, short in the front, long in the back and tight to PERFECTION.
While my mini photo-shoot didn’t solve my impending challenges, it gave me hope, made me feel powerful. Like I could grab the world in my hands & make it mine. And whether you recognize that or not, fashion can have that impact both on the wearer and the observer. I feel like a super-hero in this dress, like a member of the "Justice League" even. If you're lost or rolling your eyes at that reference, then piss off you pissy wanker.
My PowerPoint is done. Now I'm swallowing my pride & taking a big gulp, slowly revising the pricing on my line sheet. And it's difficult because I have worked SO VERY HARD on my concepts and I feel they are worth every penny. But this is inherently a business and I am inherently a businessman.
LESSON: The difference between you and every other douche bag is how you approach your challenges. Either you can face them, conquer them and ask for more. Or curl up in the fetal position and play possum. I’m still learning this.
