Things that inspire me to write #59: Cindy Crawford

November 30, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Yes, I will admit it: I used stare at Cindy Crawford’s sand caked bottom regularly–of course, all in the name of getting fit. At fourteen, and pursuing my own modeling career, I was an avid disciple of her Shape Your Body workout. Cindy had thighs, and muscles, and faint but real abdominal muscles. While I took that all that for granted back […]

Things that inspire me to write #66: Linda Evangelista

November 22, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

When I was sixteen I worked as a fashion model, spending months at a time in Asia’s catologue. Back then, I used to follow the careers of women like Linda Evangelista with envious adoration. She was a goddess to me, a model of the highest statue whose success I always believed was based on her killer cat eyes and towering […]

Things that inspire me to write #67: Sans Soucie Clothing

November 21, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

Rich, bright colors, organic lines and textiles which are amazingly soft and rugged at the same time. Looking through my closet this morning in preparing for my big night out at a silent fundraiser auction for Christianne’s lyceum of literature and art, I stumbled upon one of my favorite shirts–a black and maroon nylon top […]

Things that inspire me to write #72: Westerly Hand Made Shoes

November 16, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

This is Renee. When I first met her she was answering phones and making photo copies as an office temp one floor below me. Then she gave it all up and began a career in something different altogether: shoe making. As much as I love to wear them, I’ve never really considered making them. Cobbling is […]

Things that inspire me to write #73: Fluevog Shoes

November 16, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

There are cakes, and then there are double chocolate tuxedo cakes. There is coffee and then there are hazelnuts Americanos. There are shoes, and then there are Fluevogs. Curving lines, flared heels, and funky-licious black trim—whenever I put on my maroon Mini Darlings I can’t decide if I feel like going out for lobster […]

Things that inspire me to write #84: Kate Moss

November 4, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

In a recent Vanity Fair interview Kate Moss recently confessed to all the emotional turmoil and anxiety she suffered during her early modeling career. For someone who has for so long been presented as the epitome of physical perfection, it took a lot courage to admit that in truth, she felt far from that. So […]

the perpetual wannabe…

June 5, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

Now that I’m no longer two, I don’t often get chastised—but I did recently. It happened after I referred to myself as a wannabe writer in an email, to which my friend replied “dude, don’t you think you’re more than that by now?” I don’t. Funny thing is I remember feeling the exact same way […]