Modern Vintage: Look the Look

January 9, 2013

Yesterday, I posted a photo shoot/post about the a-symmetry that is life.  I’ve been thinking more and more about the good and the bad in my life, and what it all means. 

There are many things that I love in my life: my business, this blog, my career, my family, my health, my perseverance in all things… But, still there are missing pieces… I need to find a way to overcome the bad to reach that missing piece. I just need to figure out how to do it.

That brings me to this post. Not everyone can wear vintage or find a certain look in their size. My “Modern Vintage: Look the Look” posts are a creative way to interpret the vintage look without actual vintage.  I love being challenged, and these little posts do just that.  Reinterpretation is key. Looking outside the box is imperative. Yes, just like life. (Maybe that’s the key to my missing pieces?)

All Heart (Plus Size)

Velvet Winter (Plus Size)

A-Symmetry (Plus Size)

Beauty & the Beast

January 8, 2013

As this blouse is a-symmetrical, so is everything. Nothing is perfect.  Nothing is quite the same. Life is never one sided. You think that one thing is the perfect end to your chapter, then you turn the page and learn that it’s not what you wanted.

This New Year has shined a little light on where I have come and gone this year. I am truly surprised that I am living a life I never thought would be perfect–but for the most part it is (at least for this point in my life).  I never thought that living back in the city I grew up in, running a vintage business, creating this blog would make me happy. I thought New York and working for some design company was the perfect symmetry to my life. But it wasn’t. Here I am, the happiest I have ever been–in a picture, not too perfect.

I only have to keep reminding myself that beauty can be found in the imperfect. And the seemingly perfect, not so much. Look below the surface and you will find it–beauty and the beast.

I’m Wearing…

Red Silk A-Symmetrical Blouse: The Curvy Elle Shop  <--FOR SALE!

Grey Tank Top:  Old Navy (Plus Size)

Leggings: Hue

Boots: Bait Footwear

Black Quilted Purse:   The Curvy Elle Shop  <--FOR SALE!

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