C’est Moi
I love fashion; I guess you could say it’s a passion of mine. I think it all started in those earlier years, just when I was about three or four – the age where all you want to do is put on ballet slippers and tutus and twirl around your father’s pointer finger. That was me, the little girl who loved performing and dancing – and the little girl who, every other day or so, would rummage through her own closet (and her mother’s) and put together outfits. Yes, that was me, strutting down the hallway I believed to be a runway, posing for the photographer (my mother).
My original intentions had been to become some sort of a designer, preferably in the accessories department. Simply because my one stable obsession (materialistically speaking, of course) in life was bags, and quite possibly because I never had the patience to master the body’s proportions. But I found that where I lacked the ability to transfer my brain’s ideas onto paper accurately, in art form, I was able to do better through writing. And it was through that realization, along with a summer’s worth of poring through ELLE and various blogs I had an epiphany moment: I knew that I wanted to become an editor or director of a fashion magazine. Of course the glamorous life is appealing: traveling the world, living luxuriously, dressing luxuriously, meeting creative geniuses, attending runway shows… The list goes on. Surely my shallow self (I blame it on human nature) yearns for such a life.
But when I am asked why I love fashion so, or dream to be an editor, the aforementioned only accounts for a quarter of my actual reasons. Every girl, at one point or another, has dreamt of working in the fashion industry, the glamorous lifestyle tempting and seeming perfect. But I think this is where I differ from most; my love for history is intertwined with fashion. Fashion is not simply about the latest trends or who was seen wearing what; fashion is a living, breathing form of history, one that develops and grows alongside us. It adapts to what happens in the now – a primary, first-hand source of history that is tangible. The same could be said about art, of course, but art lies behind glass panels in museums. Fashion is lived through. It is the documentation of our lives. During wartime periods, clothing was darker; gloomier and smokey palettes, tweeds and cottons ubiquitous, and designs concise to reflect the scarcity of luxury and the need for practicality. Times of economic boom (a few years back) bred the uninhibited and excessive use of exotics. An accurate reflection on history, indeed.
To put it simply, I love it.
“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably, and they remember the woman.”
-Coco Chanel
xoxo.
ze resume.
- Dujour Magazine: Intern/Contributor; visit [dujourmag.com], where I’ve covered fashion, shopping, and celebrity style!
listening: i like to dance (hot chelle rae) 
I read all this and i believe you are in my head! I ‘d really like to be fashion director!!
Well it sounds like you’re working hard to make it to where you want to be – so I hope you get there and it turns out to be everything you dreamed of. I love your blog!
your incredible
Kimberly, I adore you. I cannot tell you the amount of times this blog has distracted me from PEDLIGS, essays etc. This blog is like chocolate. You should understand why!
omg! i’m just like you (except i’m giving modeling some thought),
i’m definitely loving your blog
I have a feeling I’m going to be visiting this blog alot lol. Art is beautiful isn’t it? It’s all around us.
Have you tried to apply for internships? Sometimes just sending ur CV works.
I’ve worked for fashion mags here in Spain some years and it’s a really tough world, lot of competence and too little money. But American mags must be much better. Don’t give up.
Cheers
Wow, I read this and could’ve sworn I had written it myself!
I always wanted to be a designer, and always posed & ‘modeled’ during my youth, but never had much desire to model. But just recently, I decided to pursue magazine journalism instead of fashion design, and hope to work at a fashion magazine someday. I also admire Nina Garcia a lot; have you read her book? If not, you should – it’s wonderful!
Best of luck with everything, darling! You’re an inspiration to us all and very talented. I have no doubt you’ll succeed in everything you desire to do!
xoxo
From reading your blog,I think you’re well on your way to getting to where you want to be
~Diane
Just an amazing site!
Super-puper site!