since it’s snakeskin and all. I know it’s a tricky print to wear but to be frank, this was actually my first choice when I saw the Altuzzara x Target look book and immediately phone my sister because I wanted to have it. I love animal prints but I wanted to give all that a spin and wear a snake skin print… for a change. My goal was to make it tasteful and classy and well, if you know me, I am always up for a challenge.
I was looking through my archive of outfits from 2011-2013 and my my, how things have changed. I used to be all about studs and grommets and going for the rocker chick vibe (which I think I still am, I just don’t dress that part anymore). Now I am embracing the entire work wear mode, which personally, I hope you don’t get tired of since you will be seeing more of it in posts to come. I would like to think that my readers and followers would evolve and grow with me and I am at that stage in my life that I am doing noble work for something I really believe in and I am fulfilled. Of course, I’ll take on that role with style and sass which I always do with everything anyway.Nietzsche once said, “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well as the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; the cease to be mind.” You see, when you have the power to be accountable not just for yourself but for the society in which you live in, you might as well choose to do the right thing and change lives to be better. I always thought growing up would be weird but if you allow it to happen, you discover so many things about yourself. There are so many layers to each person and I think that opening oneself to new possibilities and potential uncovers them one by one. To integrate that with this outfit, just as the snake, we shed skin and the moulting occurs when we outgrow the old things we used to think were so important. This process of change may overwhelm us and it may impair how we see things which can lead us astray. One is most vulnerable during this process but we are aggressive enough to not get swayed by the pulls and pushes, we uncover a uniquely new layer to us that we never knew about. Allow yourself to remove things you have outgrown and open yourself to embrace the change.
Photos by: Celyn Jaravata