Ziggy
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Location | New York City |
| Introduction | I decide I want to be a lawyer or a designer. I am 9. In HS I sketch outfits in the margins of my class notes. I announce to my parents I am going to be a designer to the stars & buy them a house in Beverly Hills one day. College plans go awry. I end up at a French fashion school in Damascus. 3 long years later, Fashion Design & Pattern Making diploma in hand, I head to LA. I find a job, I get laid off. This Industry blows. Blah blah blah, a year and a half passes. Then -- NYC, here I come! I take every fashion job I can, paid or not; whatever gets my foot in the door. I fight tooth & nail to get to the top... Ive developed a love/hate relationship with this Industry. 7 years in, I design for the largest lifestyle brand in America. I hate my boss and she hates me. In a moment of intense clarity in a day of extreme frenzy, I have an epiphany: If I take HALF the energy, dedication and time Ive put into fashion, & put it into something else, ANYTHING else, I could be doing something so much greater with my life. I give myself a year to figure it out. While I do that, I plan to Live This Life... |