Every question, every word…🥹 Philosophical, Existential, and yet personal, down to earth and empowering. That’s why I read you Laura. The clothes are the perfect illustration 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🫂🫂🫂
So many things to screenshot 🥹🥹🥹 To remind myself. 🙏
A good question indeed! I honestly don't watch fashion shows or read fashion trend report, I just don't have the time right now. Also, I found it's hard not to be influenced when seeing all these stuff surrounding us. As much as we see other influencers on how they dress these days, it can get very tempted to be a follower.
We all have a style of our own based on how or where, and who influenced us growing up. That's our foundation of style. The stronger our foundation is, the more likely we get inspired instead of influenced. When we truly know who we are, we are no longer bonded by what the outside world is doing!
Yes! It also comes with age and observing the results of previous experimentations—an understanding of how certain clothes/styles felt in our bodies. There is a lot of insight there.
I love reading this and seeing it through your eyes. For me personally I don’t necessarily follow trends or what the influencers are wearing. I love Bohemian and it’s finding pieces and combining them so they feel like me. I can see how social media and the hype of it all can make people gravitate to something that may not even be there style just based on everyone else is wearing it. I get a lot of DM’s from woman telling me they don’t have style and although some may find that hard to believe it does happen. That’s where they see and mimic or blatantly copy someone’s style. I think we all take a little hint of something from all the things that cross our paths. It’s how we interpret it that makes it our own.
Yes!!! I love how you do YOU even when bohemian is not trending. And now that it’s trending again (chloé!) you keep wearing it and don't care if the rest of the world is also doing it. I really love how authentic it all feels for you. I am not a bohemian, i feel like I am an amalgam of many things. a pastiche so to speak. I think it’s the case with immigrants who have to integrate many parts of themselves. Thabk you for being so generous Eva, and giving us all that inspiration ❤️
Very interesting what you write. I think it's a process, being influenced, imitating, personalizing. By imitating a look of someone else, I can explore if it is something for me. It's a way to stretch my boundaries, experiment. Make the unconscious, conscious. Play with it until it feels me. And if it's not me, just move on.
Definitely a process. And a result of observing how certain things went for us during such process. Identifying patterns and things that made us feel like ourselves and whyyyyyy. The why is important too.
So happy to have stumbled upon this— words to perfectly describe the allure of vision boarding and searching for niche items on eBay at 2am.
I find myself feeling ‘shallow’ for scrutinizing over these details that bring me so much satisfaction, but I think you hit the nail on the head. When we see someone bravely embodying their personhood through fashion, we remember that we too have agency to show up authentically, differently. Learning what fabrics, shapes, and silhouettes feel like us is a separate joy and an art form!
Every question, every word…🥹 Philosophical, Existential, and yet personal, down to earth and empowering. That’s why I read you Laura. The clothes are the perfect illustration 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🫂🫂🫂
So many things to screenshot 🥹🥹🥹 To remind myself. 🙏
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I believe if you can control your emotions you are being inspired if not you are being influenced.
I have been thinking about this ever since you wrote it on friday. Restraint is key.
Beautifully written and so many good questions!
All I have is questions 🫠😅 not many answers
A good question indeed! I honestly don't watch fashion shows or read fashion trend report, I just don't have the time right now. Also, I found it's hard not to be influenced when seeing all these stuff surrounding us. As much as we see other influencers on how they dress these days, it can get very tempted to be a follower.
We all have a style of our own based on how or where, and who influenced us growing up. That's our foundation of style. The stronger our foundation is, the more likely we get inspired instead of influenced. When we truly know who we are, we are no longer bonded by what the outside world is doing!
Yes! It also comes with age and observing the results of previous experimentations—an understanding of how certain clothes/styles felt in our bodies. There is a lot of insight there.
Thank you for reading❤️
🥹🥹🥹 you’re an amazing woman. I’m so happy to have connected with you via IG and this platform. Keep inspiring all of us!
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I love reading this and seeing it through your eyes. For me personally I don’t necessarily follow trends or what the influencers are wearing. I love Bohemian and it’s finding pieces and combining them so they feel like me. I can see how social media and the hype of it all can make people gravitate to something that may not even be there style just based on everyone else is wearing it. I get a lot of DM’s from woman telling me they don’t have style and although some may find that hard to believe it does happen. That’s where they see and mimic or blatantly copy someone’s style. I think we all take a little hint of something from all the things that cross our paths. It’s how we interpret it that makes it our own.
Yes!!! I love how you do YOU even when bohemian is not trending. And now that it’s trending again (chloé!) you keep wearing it and don't care if the rest of the world is also doing it. I really love how authentic it all feels for you. I am not a bohemian, i feel like I am an amalgam of many things. a pastiche so to speak. I think it’s the case with immigrants who have to integrate many parts of themselves. Thabk you for being so generous Eva, and giving us all that inspiration ❤️
Very interesting what you write. I think it's a process, being influenced, imitating, personalizing. By imitating a look of someone else, I can explore if it is something for me. It's a way to stretch my boundaries, experiment. Make the unconscious, conscious. Play with it until it feels me. And if it's not me, just move on.
Definitely a process. And a result of observing how certain things went for us during such process. Identifying patterns and things that made us feel like ourselves and whyyyyyy. The why is important too.
Thank you for being here ❤️
So happy to have stumbled upon this— words to perfectly describe the allure of vision boarding and searching for niche items on eBay at 2am.
I find myself feeling ‘shallow’ for scrutinizing over these details that bring me so much satisfaction, but I think you hit the nail on the head. When we see someone bravely embodying their personhood through fashion, we remember that we too have agency to show up authentically, differently. Learning what fabrics, shapes, and silhouettes feel like us is a separate joy and an art form!