It's Never Too Late to Vamp Up our Wardrobe

      I remember being able to go anywhere in the world as a child, but not because I was spoiled or just had the money laying around for the perfect moment; the true key to my expansive travel was imagination. Although I'm no longer a child at the beach with Barbie, I still allow my imagination to take me on journeys around the world with aid from my outfits. My imagination never stops flowing due my access to the eclectic people on social media. In order to expand our outfits we must learn from different people around the world by way of social media to prevent our style from being plain-jane.

      Over the years I have found the best mood kill in the world is fishing for a compliment, but no one catching on because they've seen the same bait for about a year (which is about as long as a fashion trend takes to be worn by the average person). Therefore, I make it a routine to check Instagram every morning in order to stay caught up with the trends in Tokyo, New York, Paris, and England. Just recently, because of what I had seen on social media, I picked up, what would have been, just a boring T-shirt dress and turned it into something my peers gawked over just by simply taking inspiration from a picture and adding my own flair. That day I got more than just a few pat-on-the-back compliments, with out a lot of work I was able to accomplish, what I call, the "neck-snapper," which is that dramatic look people give a person when he looks stunning.

       Unfortunately in today's society the only way to be noticed is by being loud, being smart, or creating a couple of neck-snappers. Many people, like myself, neither have the brains of a mathematician nor the voice box of a megaphone, therefore looking flawless is about our only option. Thanks to YouTube, Instagram, and retail store's online look books, making this happen, literally over night, isn't impossible. Many people have the assumption that the only way to prevent others from mistaking our name as Jane, we have to buy a whole new wardrobe, when in reality if we turn to social media they give us great examples of how to spice up our worn out wardrobe. For example, in the video below , who many of us have never met, is able to teach us how to transform garments we already have in ways that will make others wonder about us and where we got our clothes from.

       All in all it's pretty amazing that we are able to get influence from pretty much anywhere in the world by utilizing social media. From a fashion perspective, social media really multiplies our wardrobe from as ordinary as we'd like to just as breath taking as we desire.

Assumptions aren't Always Accurate

   What does it take to be a model? Many people would answer this questions with these three words:

   Skinny
   Pretty
   Tall

   Unfortunately for models, no matter how hard we try to avoid it, we have bias when talking about certain situations that we are unfamiliar with, therefore we commonly describe models as "lanky toothpicks with pretty faces." In reality, modeling has now evolved into a more inclusive industry therefore agencies are looking for someone who differs from modeling stereotypes.
   
     So many people, including myself, say their height disqualifies them from being a model, but this isn't quite true. Today''s model employers realize that their product is more credible with a face closer to the average person. Due to this realization, if I were to decide to switch from dressing the model to being the model, the fact that I'm only five feet and one inch wouldn't be an automatic dream killer because their are some companies who are anyone who can look the look even if they're just faking it. Although this may be the case, being a petite model is more of a challenge because length has always meant SEXY, FIERCE, and GRACEFUL even to this day. Because of companies desire to have length, petite models have to perfect the art and look just as tall as their five-foot nine coworker. Although petite models are put at a slight disadvantage, the end result boils down to skill rather than stereotype. This amazing break through in the modeling industry doesn't just top there.

      Due to the development of the modeling industry, the perfect smile, for some companies, has turned to one with a statement. In other words, companies are looking for that compelling gap that sits right between our two pearly white front teeth. A great example of someone who has broken through the stereotype with her own "pretty," contradicting the perfect smile, is Georgia May Jagger. Through Jagger businesses are telling the world imperfections make you beautiful and wanted in the modeling industry. This is very similar to H&M's direct display of flawed perfection when they placed "...two size 6 and size 10 mannequins, dressed in sexy lingerie..." in their store, so the next time we go to the store we should keep our eyes wide open to catch a first-hand glimpse of a company evolving in the way they hire models.