Have I ever told you how much I love PINK? I love pink shoes, shirts, bras, jackets, jewelry, pink back packs, hats, bikes, lipsticks, donuts, icing, blankets, suitcases.. and so much more. There are so many different shades and so much fun...
But this wasn't always so! Can you relate this story?
I used to hate PINK!
As a younger teenager hated everything I thought pink stood for.. cheerleaders, kids, woman who cared to much about make up, and things that one didn't take seriously.
If I look even farther back I can see I didn't relate to things the girls did. I was a tomboy.. climbing trees and liking reptiles. I hung out with the boys on the street not the girls who seemed to like dolls and playing house.
My mom was a feminist and wanted the world to take me seriously.. education and brains where what was important. Thus fueling my dislike of girly things of pink as I got older. (I am not putting this teaching down .. I am glad for it.. and it just puts things into context for me)
And then it changed.
I can remember the day.. like it was yesterday. I was 29 or 30... I had fished a photo shoot with a client who had been styled by the incredible color specialist Kailash Sozzani.
I was wearing a black top and white pants. After the shoot, I tentatively said to Kailash "Am I in my colors?? She was incredible kind. She just shook her head no, "you would look great in PINK!"
HA!!! The very color I hated. It was a good moment, I remember laughing out loud, cause it was comical, the one color I hated! In that moment was open to it and open to the change in perspective. In that moment of laughter a flood of resistance of what pink stood for fell away.
I went on to working directly with Kailash and then later with Nathalie Chapron and have had a love affair with pink. I look good in PINK! And now I can't get enough.
I can be smart, strong, and be taking seriously AND wear/love pink.
SO here today I am taking you through a pink exploration. A visual feast for your eyes, to tickle your senses and delight your imagination.
Enjoy
