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As many of you know, I've worked in fashion for fifteen years and no matter how much I believe yoga "saved" me, I still feel connected to the industry that molded me into who I am today. And whether we choose to believe it or not, fashion influences how we choose to reveal ourselves to the world every day.
My favorite scene from the 'The Devil Wears Prada' is when Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) reminds her assistant, Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) the influence fashion has on all of us: "This... stuff? Oh... OK. I see, you think this
has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh
I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're
trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care
about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that
sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's
actually cerulean. You're also blindly unaware of the fact that in 2002,
Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think
it was Yves St. Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military
jackets? And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight
different designers. Then it filtered down through the department
stores and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where
you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue
represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of
comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from
the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was
selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff."
Miranda Priestly, thank you for that deeply insightful explanation of the cycle of fashion.
Although these days I prefer to study the cycle of yoga, I still can't resist peeking into the world that brings me comfort, especially when the Fall season rolls around. So when I opened my daily Bloglovin' email and read that Garance Dore (the ultimate fashion blogger) will be writing a monthly column in Vogue Paris, I was over-the-moon with happiness.
See Garance began writing her blog about fashion, six years ago. Her undeniable talent as an illustrator, fashion writer and photographer, made her a front row regular during Fashion Week. A few years earlier, she was approached by Vogue Paris with a job offer, but didn't feel the timing was right (talk about good intuition). This time, when Emmanuelle Alt (new Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris) invited her for coffee, only to offer her the perfect job, she couldn't believe her patience paid off. Being offered to write your own column in Vogue Paris is a dream for any freelance writer, but being asked to keep your authentic voice and not "try to be "Vogue"' is beyond huge.
I dedicate this post to Garance because she represents anyone who struggles to realize their dream (like me). Her path wasn't smooth and easy. It took almost a decade of pounding Fashion Week pavement, to get the rare street shot, that would set her blog apart from the rest. And though she continued to dream big, never losing hope, that her 'moment' would come, and then, Voila! As her first column graces the pages of the September issue of Vogue Paris, I get butterflies knowing that a once BIG dream, is now reality. It's comforting to see that anything is possible when you combine hard work, perseverance, and timing. Suddenly, my dreams of one day teaching yoga to a large crowd, being featured in Yoga Journal, meeting Louise Hay, and writing a self-help book, don't seem so far fetched.
Every BIG dreamer knows that all great things are possible, but it feels really amazing when we
see such dreams come to life. I hope hearing BIG news about a dream being realized encourages you to keep going, keep trying, keep praying, keep visualizing, keep believing in YOU and all the things you're possible of achieving.
For inspiration by Garance Dore, visit her blog: www.garancedore.fr/en/2012/08/27/vogue-paris/
