Let Fashion Be Your Guide

I am really excited to get my hands on the latest issue of Vogue Italia— regardless of whether I will actually understand any of the text.  Many people are already aware that this issue features all Black models acknowledging that Black models are too often discriminated against in the fashion industry.  After reading MSNBC’s article discussing the edition, which stressed the importance of more Black people working in fashion to help change the face of the industry, it tied back to another article I read in the Express this morning about breaking into the fashion industry, specifically from a DC perspective.

 

I know several people who are serious fashionistas and fashionistos who chose not to pursue a career in fashion for a variety of reasons, but mainly because they feared it was too competitive.

 

The most important thing I pulled from these two articles was best stated in a quote I found in the Express, “Don’t talk yourself out of it. You don’t need a business or a fashion degree,’ says Parkerson. Her sentiment rings true in her store’s motto: ‘It’s never too late to change.”  Too often, we grow up, reality hits us, and we forget that dreams can come true.  I used to think the key to success was belief, but after not believing in many of the things I have accomplished, I have learned that what is most important is not giving up. 

 

I am also guilty of giving up on one, two… or ten dreams, but today I have been reminded that you can’t fail if you don’t give up, so if you want something go after it and don’t stop ‘til it’s yours!

Obama’s Cover of The New Yorker Magazine

I mean, really, granted the cover is not funny, but it really isn’t worth all the media attention that it is receiving either.  Rumors of Obama have been circulating for months that claimed he had Muslim ties.  Anyone with half a brain knows that they’re false.

 

 

It all goes back to a media theory known as “Third-Person Effect.”  (You should look it up; very interesting stuff.)  Everyone wants to believe that they’re somehow smarter than the average person, and no else could possibly see through The New Yorker’s mastermind scheme to keep Obama out of the oval office. 

 

 

People relax.  I hardly think this magazine cover is going to sway any voters to see Obama in a new light, but if anything, it should make people realize how silly all these rumors are in the first place.