Either highly sentimental or difficult to style or something I'm "collecting" (hoarding), I attempt to make outfits out of my least wearable pieces, and come out with some of my favorite looks ever.
Thank you for being so funny and honest and relatable and creative. I hope the meds land right sooner rather than later and that one night you leave the house in that cat suit 😘
Love this post so much, the looks, the words, the stories, the joy and healing that can come from play and passion. Thank you for sharing it with us and I’m totally taking away a lot of ideas as well as hope and grace from it.
Greetings - your description of spiraling in anxiety was spot on - the feeling of doom that coats one's insides, the thick suffocating dread, and perpetual shame, all are enough to make one believe they are going to simultaneously crack all at once and in painful slow motion. I've been having the same experience the last three weeks, from sun-up to sun-down. Medication and hydroxyzine are now helping me step back from the constant feeling of hanging from the edge of a cliff, and I truly and sincerely hope for your success in your medication, and in the continuing salvation that is your creativity. Thank you for posting about this experience and how you've coped, it has indeed been very helpful and encouraging to take action in the wasteland, to keep moving mind, body, and spirit, to move towards love and kindness.
“Playing dress up, treating myself with kindness in trying to create beauty and using my brain in the most fun way I can (at the end of the day, I love two things besides my family: clothes, and words) I lost the feeling that I had lost my way.”
I did something similar recently after a breakup; styled a week’s worth of outfits using pieces that I hadn’t been wearing (but loved) bc they felt “too much.” It was exactly what I needed to get back to myself (plus, they were really good outfits!! Hehe).
This one is so good! Thank you for verbalizing the whole “leaning into the weirdness” of an item concept. On some level my brain understood this is the way to go, but I’ve been so stuck in the 2010s way of thinking that I needed to hear this/see this in action!
Oh what a fabulous post. Honest, vulnerable and the fun moments with the most fashion-y fashion. The pieces that make your heart sing. The peplum pants are fantastic and deserve a moment out!
that Givenchy coat is so, so good--I can't believe you hesitate to wear it! It looks like something Megan Draper would have worn, and I don't mean that in a costumey way. What decade is that coat from? And those Lacroix pants! styled so well both ways. Loved this post.
Just wonderful! This hit on soooo many fronts…hoarding, anxiety, playing dress up…this is what I want to see/ read about!! Much appreciated & hope you are feeling some relief🙌🏼.
I love this idea! I’m going to sift through my closet to see how I can make this long, silky, Grecian-looking bronze-colored dress I’ve worn once doable for other occasions than wearing it at home to lift my spirits
Thank you for being so funny and honest and relatable and creative. I hope the meds land right sooner rather than later and that one night you leave the house in that cat suit 😘
Love this post so much, the looks, the words, the stories, the joy and healing that can come from play and passion. Thank you for sharing it with us and I’m totally taking away a lot of ideas as well as hope and grace from it.
Greetings - your description of spiraling in anxiety was spot on - the feeling of doom that coats one's insides, the thick suffocating dread, and perpetual shame, all are enough to make one believe they are going to simultaneously crack all at once and in painful slow motion. I've been having the same experience the last three weeks, from sun-up to sun-down. Medication and hydroxyzine are now helping me step back from the constant feeling of hanging from the edge of a cliff, and I truly and sincerely hope for your success in your medication, and in the continuing salvation that is your creativity. Thank you for posting about this experience and how you've coped, it has indeed been very helpful and encouraging to take action in the wasteland, to keep moving mind, body, and spirit, to move towards love and kindness.
Thank you for sharing ❤️ I loved this bit:
“Playing dress up, treating myself with kindness in trying to create beauty and using my brain in the most fun way I can (at the end of the day, I love two things besides my family: clothes, and words) I lost the feeling that I had lost my way.”
I did something similar recently after a breakup; styled a week’s worth of outfits using pieces that I hadn’t been wearing (but loved) bc they felt “too much.” It was exactly what I needed to get back to myself (plus, they were really good outfits!! Hehe).
Love this! Thanks for articulating - so well - how good dressing up makes you feel. XO
Beautiful pieces; well-styled. I always love a reminder of that perfect Dries + Lacroix show. And as someone also struggling, your lede resonated.
Superb post, words and pics 💘
This one is so good! Thank you for verbalizing the whole “leaning into the weirdness” of an item concept. On some level my brain understood this is the way to go, but I’ve been so stuck in the 2010s way of thinking that I needed to hear this/see this in action!
Oh what a fabulous post. Honest, vulnerable and the fun moments with the most fashion-y fashion. The pieces that make your heart sing. The peplum pants are fantastic and deserve a moment out!
Absolutely crushing it, Laurel! Relatable, helpful, cool. You really are that (hot, rich, lazy) bitch. Feeling inspired xoxo
that Givenchy coat is so, so good--I can't believe you hesitate to wear it! It looks like something Megan Draper would have worn, and I don't mean that in a costumey way. What decade is that coat from? And those Lacroix pants! styled so well both ways. Loved this post.
Just wonderful! This hit on soooo many fronts…hoarding, anxiety, playing dress up…this is what I want to see/ read about!! Much appreciated & hope you are feeling some relief🙌🏼.
I love this idea! I’m going to sift through my closet to see how I can make this long, silky, Grecian-looking bronze-colored dress I’ve worn once doable for other occasions than wearing it at home to lift my spirits