Everyone living on earth is beautiful.
Finding beauty in a broken world can be a tonic for the hard time you’re going through.
Smearing on a new shade of lipstick won’t bring about world peace.
Yet I find myself wearing lipstick on Zoom meetings. This makes all the difference in how I feel.
Now that 3 bags of clothes are gone (I can see my bedroom rug again!) I feel like my load has been lightened.
Fashion is where you find it. I take inspiration from books.
My latest haul from a trip to Barnes & Noble were two books: Anatomy
of Style and How To Not Wear Black.
The first book features famous models and actresses and talks about their
style preferences. With photos of the women in their standard outfits.
My favorite models featured were Kate Moss and Liya Kebede.
I find this book to be like taffy: sweet candy yet hard to chew. Your
confidence could nosedive seeing the photos of these attractive women.
Too for inspiration I recommend the first book by Scott Schuman The
Sartorialist. In the book he features photos taken on the street of often
ordinary people dressed in distinctive digs.
This book was published circa 12 years ago. It stands up to the test of time.
I own easily over 15 clothes and style and makeup books. You need to have a
hobby to cheer you up when your city has gone into lockdown. Reading the books gives me joy.
Being able to find beauty in this broken world is nothing to be ashamed of.
Everyone living on earth is beautiful.
Define beauty.
I’m happiest wearing my world indigo hoodie black trainer pants and sneakers
to make a run to the deli.
“You look adorable” the woman behind the counter tells me.
I’ll take adorable over sexy.
I’ll take blogging to the beat of a different drum.
We can’t all have Liya Kebede’s cheekbones.
Yet we can take inspiration from how she dresses and from her humanitarian business ethic.
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