I loved reading this! I used to work as a stylist and did a bit of styling/consulting for a fast fashion company. I remember once looking around the room filled with people from various departments— production, design, marketing — and I realized that not a single person present actually liked the clothes we were making, no one thought they were beautiful. So much time and resources, and for what! No love! That was the beginning of the end of my fashion career lol
For a few years now I’ve been sewing my own clothes which is a wonderful exercise in contemplation. Making and wearing beautiful things does feel like an affirmation of life as a gift! It increases my awareness of God, my own dignity and the dignity of others, to be dressed in a way that honors Creation. I want this for everyone!!
"What good clothing ought to do is instruct the wearer in the beauty of his own personhood, inviting him into the conversation that the designer began, in order to “make visible what not everybody sees.” I love this!
I loved reading this! I used to work as a stylist and did a bit of styling/consulting for a fast fashion company. I remember once looking around the room filled with people from various departments— production, design, marketing — and I realized that not a single person present actually liked the clothes we were making, no one thought they were beautiful. So much time and resources, and for what! No love! That was the beginning of the end of my fashion career lol
For a few years now I’ve been sewing my own clothes which is a wonderful exercise in contemplation. Making and wearing beautiful things does feel like an affirmation of life as a gift! It increases my awareness of God, my own dignity and the dignity of others, to be dressed in a way that honors Creation. I want this for everyone!!
"What good clothing ought to do is instruct the wearer in the beauty of his own personhood, inviting him into the conversation that the designer began, in order to “make visible what not everybody sees.” I love this!
Thank you!
Wow! Loved this so much. Thank you. 🙏 The pursuit of beauty and the appreciation of the medium in humanizing love is everything.
Thank you Sarah!