MY FASHiON LOVE STORY BY: GRACE KIRK
It’s not you, it’s my closet space. My first real relationship was with Fashion. Like many stories of young love, we went through our rough patches, we let insecurities and trust issues almost break our bond. But, our story is more than the
pitfalls. To better understand our tumultuous love story, we have to start from the beginning…
As a young girl, Fashion was my form of self-expression. I was inspired by the style icons in my childhood bubble of Disney Channel. Hannah Montana and the entire cast of High School Musical took over my childhood dreams. Their sequin-lined-lifestyles were the influence behind my go-to outfits. My lack of greater Fashion knowledge made me the curator of my own style rules. I dressed myself for school every morning, sporting animal-print pants, Bobby Jack t-shirts, and hot pink jelly sandals with the utmost confidence. I felt warmth in tones of neon, and took every comment on my perfectly curated outfit as a compliment. I treated my grade school’s hall as a runway and my favorite water fountain as the hottest watering hole in the north east block of lockers. There, Fashion and I were unknowingly working together. We were a will-they-won’t-they relationship waiting to finally make things ocial.
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