National Contest sponsored by TheWardrobe.Com



True Stories about how fashion has made a difference in our lives.

These stories celebrate the diversity of people's experiences in wearing, designing and connecting with life through clothing. We want to THANK everyone who came to the party, including the media: Sacramento Bee, Davis Enterprise, Sacramento Magazine, Davis Life Magazine and Davis Media Access...it was a wonderful night! We also want to thank our judges: Sacramento Bee Fashion writer, Leigh Grogan, California jewelry designer, Nathalie Sherman, special occasion designer, Sue Wong and Karen Street, retired Davis High School English Dept. Chair.

Winners have been announced (see posting below)!


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Fashion for Thought

I have been the owner and  buyer for The Wardrobe for the past 22 years and I sometimes refer to myself as a costumer for the everyday.   As a costumer, I have dressed numerous brides and though I have never tied the knot,  I feel like I have been married over a 1,000 times.  It's funny how we can live vicariously through other people's lives.




What is my “fashionation” with fashion?  I love how you can reveal a part of yourself and what is important to you by what your t-shirt says, what color you are wearing, where your clothing is made or even what your clothing is  made of. I love how clothing can tell a story about who you are, where you have been, and where you are going. In fact, clothing can truly tell the truth about an age.



Lucky me that I get to play dress up for a living. There is something very intuitive about what I do and how I do it. I guess style has a lot to do with instinct, according to Bill Blass. I especially love the thrill I get when I help dress somebody for their wedding day.  I'm convinced that being made a small part of somebody's ceremonial  day is why I still do what I do.



How rewarding my work has been over the years to help people feel, look and be their best in the world. What keeps me going is when I  hear people's stories of how great they felt in a dress or even a necklace that was discovered at my store.



So I have created this fashion blog and contest to share some wonderful, sometimes even life altering experiences with a larger, I guess you could even say, world  audience.   Sometimes it is possible in more ways than one to see through clothes . I welcome you to the world of  If Our Clothes Could Talk and I hope you will feel inspired by the many stories that are shared over the next several months.  Perhaps you will even see fashion in new and revealing ways.

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