WHERE WHIMSY MEETS HIGH FASHION
On Tuesday, our president made bold claims of his administration's desire to end the opioid crisis that has plagued our nation for generations. A number of bills sit on the congress floor waiting to pass ranging from the MAT Act (S.445 - 117th Congress 2021-2022; the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021) to the Opioid [...]
Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States across all age groups. A total of 44,193 suicides occur each year, or 121 suicides per day. Substance use is a risk factor for both suicide attempts and death by suicide. Compared with the general population, individuals with alcohol dependence and persons who [...]
The last four years have shown everyone who they can trust, and who they cannot. Who is a good person and who is not. And has set front and center the great divide of our country. From the other side of this keyboard it feels overwhelming to even fathom trying to go about fixing all [...]
This post is probably going to be a bit of whiplash. My last post was in December and was filled with hope for the new decade. However, 2020 has proved to be the "this is fine" meme x10. 2020 has been filled with challenges, a global pandemic, rampant police brutality, a hit to my income, [...]
So first off, I am sorry for being absent from my blog for the past few weeks. It has been a whirlwind, to say the least. A few weeks ago, a very close friend of mine commissioned me to make a yukata (a spring kimono usually made with a cotton material). I was honored, and [...]
I recently had a client ask me why I needed them to sign a contract and cover the cost of materials before I would begin working on their garment. The reason is simple: if the client can't afford to pay you for the garment you are about to create for them before you begin working [...]
As many of you know, this February was my first Fashion Week presenting as a designer proper. Gone are the days, at least for now, of serving as a design assistant under the umbrella of someone else’s vision. The experience as a whole was filled with more stress than my days spent as an assistant [...]
You may have heard of her from her role on MTV’s Catfish, or have seen her through her collaboration with NLYON Magazine, Urszula Makowska is an influencer with a cause. Makowska recently hosted and organized an event called #BloggersGiveBack just in time for the holidays! We sat down and got the skimm on the event [...]