Bien dans sa peau!

This blog is supposed to be about encouraging self-positive image through fashion and style, and I sincerely hope you learn something from my posts. However, there's something else I have to talk about, something much more important than gaining confidence through the clothes you wear.

You see, I can try and give you tips on how to feel more confident through the clothes you wear but the truth is, feeling good about yourself shouldn't only come from your looks, but also from what's inside of you. Soo many things are much more important than looks and knowing a lot of you, I know that none of you are shallow enough to believe that looks are everything! Because looks will eventually change. One day your body will change, you may put on weight or you may loose weight. Or worse than that, what if one day you're in a terrible accident and you end up loosing an arm or worse even, you burn your face off, then what? If you don't value something more concrete and important than your looks then I can't help but think that your whole view on life may be superficial. And that's what I worry about in this blog and in my life. I don't want any of you to think that I'm superficial or shallow because I really love clothes and fashion. Yes, my passion is clothes and fashion, but not just the purchasing of items that fill my closet - what really fascinates me is the artistic aspect of it. The hours of work and creativity designers put into perfecting clothes for their customers and  fashion photography is what really fascinates me. Feeling good about yourself and being confident comes from self-acceptance. It comes from saying only positive things about yourself when you look at yourself in the mirror and not by scrutinizing your every flaw. Once you've accepted the harsh reality that not everyone will like you or find you attractive, the faster you'll move on in your life in a confident and self-assured way. We need to stop trying to change to fit the stereotypical image of beauty our society is leading our generation to believe. Beauty is about knowing in your heart that you are beautiful, and knowing that the people who care for you and love you are the people who's opinion you should value. The truth is, there will always be haters out there, people who will constantly bring you down, but as soon as you start ignoring them, you'll see that what they think doesn't affect you in any way.

I love the french expression 'bien dans ma peau', which basically means feeling good in your own body, because once you feel good in your own body, your size, color, shape, height, look doesn't matter anymore.