![]() We should be showing the truth to the world, so that we can all relate to one another a little bit more. I wondered why people were hiding what’s real. It’s simply not my fault!Īfter my videos started taking off, I decided to brand them as my “REALISTIC clothing hauls.” I did this because I noticed that so many other people on social media would post clothing hauls that were just the clothes that “looked good” on them, but never showed the items that “looked bad” on them. I thought maybe it was time to stop blaming myself for the way that the fashion industry operates. I had the realization that maybe it was time to laugh instead of cry about the items that didn’t fit my body. From this experiment, I started to realize that there were actually items out there that fit my body. It was in late Summer 2020 when I started to go to stores, buy seven to 10 items at each store and wait to try them on until I was in front of my camera. TikTok became a part of my life shortly after. My life took the biggest turn ever this past year, though, when I was let go from my job. I told myself that I could always turn back to fashion if I ever had a change of heart. Following that, I did partnership marketing in the music industry. Everyone sitting in the audience was skinny and put together beautifully in head-to-toe designer, and I felt like an outsider.Īfter that, I decided to pivot my entire career path and ended up working my first year out of college in public relations at Bravo. Still, I’ll never forget the day during my fashion internship when I setting up for a huge high-end fashion show, and I called my mom after and told her I didn’t think I wanted to continue to build a career in fashion because I just didn’t fit in. My dad works in the fashion industry, I’ve interned in the fashion industry and I took classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology for three years and loved it. The thing is, just because I didn’t shop growing up doesn’t mean that I didn’t always love fashion. I had always struggled with being a size 10/12, so the fact I had become a 14/16 really made me believe it was now impossible to look and feel cute in clothing. At the time, I already felt like there were no good clothing options available to me at my size, so I never made the effort to seek out a new wardrobe that might fit me better. These aren’t just childhood memories for me, though, because I continued to feel this way until I was 25 years old.Īround April 2020, my weight really caught up with me, and I found that I couldn’t fit into any of my jeans or pants anymore. My aversion to shopping made me never want to make an effort to buy new clothes, so I would continuously wear clothing that I had grown out of and that I didn’t feel comfortable in. I always thought, isn’t shopping supposed to be a fun activity? But for me, it was a nightmare. When I did go, I’d cry at the end of every visit to the store. ![]() When I was growing up, my mom would beg me to go shopping with her and I would throw a tantrum about it every time. Follow her on TikTok and Instagram for more. Remi Bader is an In The Know fashion contributor. ![]()
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