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sunshineandviolets · 9 months

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tagging my ocs as dolls

y'all should've seen this coming tbh (under read more cause its a lot)

Rekha as Barbie (girlboss, top of the world, she's everything)

Raini as Bratz (passion for fashion, a diva )

Mai as Monster High (freaky, a lil weird, ghoul at heart)

Shanaya as Ever After High (believer in destiny, finding her story)

Crystal as Rainbow High (embracing her weirdness through art & design)

Nilam as Shadow High (alternative / dark aesthetic, opposite to xyrs sister)

Chandrika as Star Darlings (astrology kid lmao)

Asher as Polly Pocket (is tiny, chewable clothes, loves adventure)

Shivani as Project MC2 (Science enthusiast girly but make it cute)

Karthik as My Little Pony (friendship is magic, colourful persona)

Safiya as Littlest Pet Shop (Animal lover, also small)

Tulsi as Enchantimals (lives with nature, animal lover #2)

Rowan as Bratzillas (glam witchy girly )

Bliss as American Girl (history nerd, deep in the past)

Jasmine as Porcelain Dolls (underrated, fragile and handle with care)

Arielle as Lalaloopsy (taking old rags and sewing to create new fashions and loved items)

Aster as Hairdorables (loves to experiment with her hair, trying new styles)

Divya as Wild Hearts Crew (very punky, skater & artsy kid)

Reiko as My Scene (baby barbie girl)

Ananya as LOL OMG Surprise (older sister, dealing with unwanted surprises lmao )

Aditya as DC Superhero Girls (Savior complex, wanting to be seen as a hero)

Isabella as Hello Kitty (a cat person, cute and adorbs)

Autumn as Slyvanian Families (chill, calm vibes - loves the little creatures)

AJ as Pinkie Cooper (dog lover and pigtails girly, wishes to travel to explore the world more.)

Nicola as Mermaze Mermaids, Winter Waves (ice princess, lover for music)

Aleisha as Winx Club (normal girl ends up with new powers, fighting bad people )

Noah as Strawberry Shortcake (sweet dude who likes to bake)

Akira as Integrity Toys Dolls (elegant, expensive tastes, put together)

Cerise as Monster High Skullectors (dark aesthetic, horror vibes)

Minerva as Na Na Surprise (small, fuzzy, wild animal themed)

Kalin as Magic Mixies Dolls (whimsical magic vibes)

Naomi as Betty Spaghetty (messy side ponytail, long & lanky)

Rahul as Disney Dolls (literal disney prince vibes tbh)

Meera as Disney ILY 4 Ever (Disney fan, embroiders and customises outfits to suit her personality/interests.

Logan as Paper Dolls (always changing looks, new face, new name depends on the time & place)

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luxerille · 10 months

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bratz wtb ٩(^‿^)۶

i want to start collecting bratz again so putting wtb on the interwebs forever so i don’t lose it!! i used to have the most insane collection when i was a kid + i gave all my bratz to a girl on my road who didn’t really have toys and now i’m an adult i rly miss them and i want to gradually get my grails back ^_^

2002

Xpress It! - Meygan, Jade (Original or Repro)

Clothing wtbs: funk n glow meygan coat, xpress it cloe red top, Flaunt it jade silver trousers and boots

Fashion pack: party perfection

2003

Slumber Party - Jade

Style it - Yasmin

Sweetheart meygan

Clothing wtbs: funk n glow Yasmin skirt, Dana coat, cloe coat. Strut it Meygan top, Sasha top, Yasmin jeans. Style it Sasha skirt. Wintertime wonderland legwarmers

Fashion pack: makin the grade

2004

Flashback Fever - Jade, Fianna

Funk out - jade

✨ Tokyo A Go Go - ALL GIRLS

Nighty Nite - Jade, Yasmin

Twins roxxi and phoebe

Wildlife safari - meygan, cloe, Nevra, Yasmin

2005

Campfire / Winter Adventure - Dana, Phoebe, cloe

Dynamite - Nevra, Meygan’s glasses, Cloe’s bag

✨ Midnight Dance - Fianna, Meygan (Yasmin bag and cape)

Pretty N Punk - Cloe

Ooh La La - ALL

✨ Treasures - Yasmin, Roxxi, Jade (cloe chest)

Hollywood Style - Dana

Live in concert - all (Yasmin got)

Twins nona and tess

Twins Valentina and oriana

Wanted meygan

// pretty n punk phone booth

2006

Costume Party - Lela (dark makeup) Yasmin ( White Dress )

✨ Princess - ALL GIRLS

Sweet Dreams - ALL GIRLS

Wicked Twiins Ciara and Diona

2007

Pampered Pups - Yasmin

2008

Costume Party 3rd Edition - pouty princess Cloe

Wild Wild West third edition meygan

2009

Cowgirlz yasmin, jade

Passion 4 fashion Dresden and sabina

Wildlife cloe, yasmin

2011

Masquerade By Bratz Brielle

Sleepover third edition cloe

2012

Totally Tattoo’d - ALL GIRLS

Trend It! Vinessa

?? Ice Champions Maribel

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kentonramsey · 3 years

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What Do Fashion & Gaming Have In Common? It Turns Out, Quite A Lot

Model Jasmine Asia has been an avid gamer since she was a child growing up in London as the daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants. Although she now gravitates toward games like Call Of Duty, Asia’s love of gaming first grew out of fashion games like Bratz’s early aughts video games: “I’d always be running faster to unlock chic outfits.” Now a professional model, Asia sees her job as related to why she’s always loved gaming: “I never want to look like myself,” said Asia. “I want to become an out-of-this-world character every time.”

According to a recent report from the consulting firm Accenture, the worldwide gaming industry is worth over $300 billion. Games aren’t just products unto themselves, but also provide real estate of which other brands can use for advertising their own non-digital wares, and sometimes even sell digital versions of their clothes. Games like Fortnite have partnered with fashion brands to bring style into their metaverse, offering players the ability to change their avatars’ outfits using high fashion items, style them any way they’d like, and even spend real money on digital clothes.

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Fashion brands like Balenciaga, Gucci, The North Face, and Christian Louboutin are getting involved. Last year, Balenciaga presented its fall winter 2021 collection through “Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow,” a game that accompanied a digital runway. Set in 2031, Afterworld takes its hero through various zones — a store, a desolate street, a forest, a cave — as it journeys to its final challenge to capture a sword that would return its protagonist back to reality. Meanwhile, Gucci has partnered with cult games like Tennis Clash, The Sims, Genies, Roblox, Pokémon Go and Animal Crossing to create items available for digital avatars to wear. In 2019, the Italian brand launched its own game in partnership with Forestry Games; called “Gucci Grip,” the choose-your-own-adventure journey saw a skater advance through various settings by collecting Gucci-branded trinkets and badges. The game earned not only fans’ approval, but industry cred, with a nomination at the 2020 Awwwards, one of the premier competitions for professional web design.

On 20th September, industry heavyweight Epic Games announced that it’s joining forces with Balenciaga and its creative director Demna Gvasalia to create outfits for Fortnite’s 400 million users. The game, which Epic describes as a “world of many experiences,” allows players to choose gaming modes that take them from fighting other players in a battle royale to saving the world and attending virtual concerts starring Ariana Grande and Travis Scott.

And just like in our physical world, style has become a major element of the metaverse. “Fashion is an important cultural element that needs to be part of Fortnite and the metaverse, just like music, sports or entertainment,” said Emily Levy, Senior Manager of Partnerships at Epic Games. “The entire player experience is centred on agency, fantasy, and self-expression while engaging with others.”

The impetus to make real life feel more science fiction is also happening on social media. On TikTok, the #chooseyourcharacter trend has generated over 1 billion views this past year, with users reinterpreting the famous Super Smash Bros sound into scenarios that make their lives look like a game. They’re also dressing for it. In each video, creators use style to present their version of characters, whether in real life, pop culture, or science fiction, building personas in universes like Gossip Girl, Disney movies, and street style aesthetics. While the challenge is not entirely linked to the gaming community, it’s a clear example of how, much like fashion, gaming is about building personas from the ground up.

Julles Hernandez, a Puerto Rico-based stylist and journalist, is hoping to be able to parlay her knowledge and affinity for gaming into a career as a stylist and consultant within gamer crowds. As a kid in Puerto Rico, Hernandez played video games like Call Of Duty and Halo along with fashion games like the MyScene dolls’ computer programs, which Hernandez said first taught her about using style as a means of self-expression. But it wasn’t until she started dating her current boyfriend, also a gamer, that she entered the world of esports. Back in August, she packed her bags to attend the Call Of Duty Championship in Los Angeles to socialise with top-tier gamers, and get them on board for a unique business proposal. What Hernandez wanted to do was not only to style these gamers, but to also position them as influential figures within the fashion space, much like Asia has become.

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Asia has noticed her fashion and gaming worlds blending from the other direction. Asia recently signed to ANTI Models which bills itself as an agency intent on dismantling traditional beauty standards. Her agent was less interested in positioning her as a model than they were as a person well-versed in fashion and gaming. For the past few years, she’s focused on gaming crossover projects with brands such as Pat McGrath and Agent Provocateur. For the latter’s “Fearless Femininity” campaign, Asia appears playing video games while wearing the brand’s lingerie. As somebody who grew up believing that her nerdy interests would never be accepted outside the gaming landscape, the project gives her a sense of purpose that most ad campaigns don’t. “I feel like I am a character and just being connected to gaming heroines as a kid, it’s just natural for me to feel like I can portray them.”

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surveyhoursss · 3 years

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161.

Do you like the same things as me?

cinnamon tea

chai lattes

smoothies

books

the smell of old books

lasagna

ravioli

mac and cheese

brownies

sushi

hot chocolate

pie

bananas

strawberries

Do you like to do the same things as me?

run

dance

worship

write in calligraphy

write in a diary/journal

write letters

write stories or just write in general

put outfits together

wear bright colors

wear make-up

take selfies

draw

read

paint

decorate

use social media

post on a forum site

play online games

sit in nature

be outdoors

swim

go camping

sleep under the stars

stargaze

watch fireflies

drink tea

have a long, deep conversation with a friend

take pictures

daydream about a better world

Do you hate the same things as me?

injustice

abuse

bullying

crime

jealousy

religious people--the ones who think they're better than you and try to shove their views down your throat

pickles

burgers

relish

chili

beans

mushrooms

olives

people hating on millennials

Christians being persecuted

racism

people who think they're better than you

jerks

bitches

being sick

cramps

Pepsi

coffee

Coke

being forced to sit still for a long period of time

when it's too cold to go outside

when it's too hot to go outside

people who don't care about others and just want money

Are you....

spiritual?

creative?

kind?

joyful?

loving?

lovable?

beautiful?

adventurous?

spontaneous?

passionate?

artistic?

bored?

crushing on someone?

wishing your life were different?

wishing your life were better?

wishing you had someone to talk to?

a woman?

a girl at heart?

a risk-taker?

caring?

careful?

generous?

forgiving?

disorganized?

energetic?

mysterious?

introverted?

gifted?

imaginative?

Have you ever had....

ADHD?

cramps?

acne?

braces?

glasses?

contacts?

endometriosis?

asthma?

allergies?

bronchitis?

the flu?

a cold?

your tonsils taken out?

a broken toe?

a broken heart?

a friend turn against you?

a parent disown you?

a parent abuse you?

a pastor mistreat you?

a youth pastor mistreat you?

a teacher bully you?

a craving for chocolate?

a craving for cheese?

a need for a hug?

a scar?

a sprained ankle?

long hair?

short hair?

wanderlust?

Do you listen to the same music artists as me?

Christina Grimmie

Avril Lavigne

Paramore

Kari Jobe

Meredith Andrews

Hillsong

Bethel

Casting Crowns

Taylor Swift

Shane & Shane

Phillips, Craig, and Dean

Third Day

Cascada

Misty Edwards

Do you like the same games as me?

Scrabble

Scattegories

Pictionary

YoWorld (formerly YoVille)

Candy Crush Saga

Bingo

Truth or Dare

Never Have I Ever

Family Fued

photo scavenger hunts

Solitaire

Mahjong Titans

word games

Memory

Do you like the same books as me? (These are all books I highly recommend!)

Anne of Green Gables--L.M. Montgomery

The Daughters of the Moon series--Lynne Ewing

Let's Get Lost--Adi Alsaid

The Memory of Light--Francisco X. Stork

Lies We Tell Ourselves--Robin Talley

To All the Boys I've Loved Before--Jenny Han

The Spirit of the Rainforest--Mark Andrew Ritchie

Soundless-- Richelle Mead

The Probability of Miracles--Wendy Wunder

Dreams of Joy--Lisa See

China Dolls--Lisa See

The Notebook--Nicholas Sparks

The Supernatural Ways of Royalty--Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton

The Final Quest--Rick Joyner

Did you like the same things as me when you were a kid?

Mary-Kate and Ashley

Disney movies

Disney channel

Nickelodeon

Barbies

Generation Girl dolls

American Girl

Bratz dolls

Magic Attic Club

Nancy Drew Notebooks

Sweet Valley High books

Judy Blume books

All That

The Amanda Show

Lisa Frank

Beanie Babies

Skip-It

jumprope

Four Square

legos

pogs

stuffed animals

Kid Cuisine meals

Happy Meals

American Girl Magazine

Girl's Life magazine

Yahtzee

S Club 7

A*Teens

Do you get complimented on the same things as me?

your smile

your singing voice

your handwriting

your artistic talent

your fashion sense

your creative writing

your passion

your joy

your kindness

your energy

your sweetness

your gentleness

your athletic ability

your faith

Have you been called the same things as me?

unique

a free spirit

a risk-taker

gentle

a really good friend

special

kind

an example of passion

creative

beautiful

gifted

shy

perfect

cool

Do you dislike the same things as me?

big dogs (like really big)

big spiders and snakes

dark chocolate

earl grey tea

ketchup

mosquitoes

close-minded people

impatience

math--I forgot to add that to hate---I HATE MATH!

washing your hair

taking showers

realizing you need to do the dishes

how you feel after you eat chocolate

headaches

Do you own the same things as me?

dreamcatcher necklace

Bible

infinity scarf that you knit

running shoes

fringe boots

crocs

designer purse

feather earrings

something from Natural Life

Lisa Frank wall calendar

watch

bulletin board

paints and canvas

devotional

knee socks

sweatpants

yoga pants

fuzzy pajama pants

pajamas with Snoopy on them

earrings that you made of clay

yearbooks

a headband

an antique desk

a bed with drawers

fake flowers in your room

an end table that you painted

a planner

winter boots

a winter coat

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supershopone · 3 years

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emileehembrow-blog · 7 years

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The Latest Trends In Bridal Fashion Jewelry

The world is now too much acutely aware about style. Nearly day-after-day a brand new development makes headlines and folks quickly start following it. There's much affect of the western culture everywhere in the world right from hairdressing to styling their ft. One other thing that has grown Fashion expert is the usage of technology with fashion. It has a bigger hand in influencing the fashion. It is because whatever one attire up they take a picture of it and submit them on their individual social media profiles. Individuals who like them would certainly emulate the style after they get ready.

Fashion has not only influenced the common folks but it surely has impressed the workplace goers too. They also try to keep a trendy look although of their formal wears. Nonetheless, there are two sorts of people within the society. One group are the followers like now we have mentioned earlier and the opposite group are the ones who have little to do with vogue. They observe their very own model and add a distinct variation to the ongoing fashion traits. Even that generally becomes a pattern which others intend to comply with.

What fashion actually means?

Trend has nothing to do with hair or makeup. Neither it's concerning the cosmetics. It's the good looks the allure that one adds to his or her persona by sporting anything they like. All that matters is that how one teams up the equipment and the footwear with their costume. It doesn't must be the most costly clothes and equipment. An off-the-cuff one can also work wonders if accessorized in the appropriate manner.

What are the tendencies?

Vogue developments hold changing each season. It has additionally undergone a huge change from the sooner times. Earlier the English girls used to wear long gowns and flowery clothes with a hat on. Now the pattern has shifted to denims and tops.

Trend used to be a part of an actor's life but that has now change into part of the daily life. Trend has grow to be a big source of earning money. Many of the youths are making money by becoming vogue experts and giving folks recommendation. They're making channels in YouTube and internet hosting reveals on the television.

How will you keep warm this winter whereas nonetheless wanting cool? We have put collectively a information with some recommendations on which coats are hot right now. Starting things off is the aviator. This is a coat that's designed to maintain pilots heat while they're flying, so you recognize it is going to be nice at retaining you heat on the bottom. It seems especially good in black leather-based or tan suede, but there's an entire host of sorts you possibly can choose from to get the one which's best for you.

In the event you're after an extended coat, then the trench may very well be perfect for you. Ranging from knee to ankle length, these coats are tailor-made, that means they look improbable on everyone and their traditional lower means they will never exit of favor. Leather-based is a popular cloth for trenches but wool is also great for those cold nights. Go together with dark colours akin to midnight blue or grey so you'll be able to put on your coat with something, making it value for money in addition to timeless.

Maybe, although, you are not the kind of guy who likes tailoring, during which case, the duffel coat is an excellent different. It is definitely heat, and it's free becoming means which you could wear it over anything with out feeling restricted by the fabric. A key characteristic of duffel coats is their toggle buttons, which look fantastic buttoned up against the chilly, helping you look fashionable whereas maintaining out the nippiness. Put on it over anything for immediate winter style.

One other coat that provides effortless winter type immediately is the military coat. These coats are good and look sensible in dark blue and gray. They are often brief jackets or flooring size greatcoats, however it doesn't matter what, there may be bound to be an option to swimsuit you. This is one of those coats that's versatile sufficient to be worn by everybody and their close fit means they look immediately smart over any outfit while nonetheless retaining you heat on these cold days.

OK, so coats don't suit everyone's style. Possibly you wish to layer up and throw a lighter jacket excessive, or want a extra casual model. If so, then the denim jacket is a superb option. They come in loose styles or as a more fitted choice, which is brilliant for achieving the smart-casual look. Denim is one of those fabrics that goes with all the pieces, so you will not have to worry about coordinating. Once more, go for a darkish-colored coat to keep away from clashing and you'll't go far mistaken.

Right before she befriends diamonds, dolls are all the time a girl's closest companions. Hours will whiz previous them with not a single boring moment as they worry over their dolls. With regard to dolls, women by no means tire of the make-consider of sewing garments, doing makeover, dressing her up and many others. But in a matter of a few years, dolls resemble less and fewer the cute companion to a picnic on the park, and an increasing number of of the good and chic corporate girl. And now, such new tastes in enjoying makeover video games online at the moment are here as properly.

Cloe, Yasmin, Jade and Sasha, members of the teenage sensation Bratz dolls, have each fashion fancy you would dream of. As everyone the world over knows, Bratz are the new dolls on the block, with a ardour for passion, and are the teen answer to the queen of the fashion doll universe, Barbie. In case you are keen to catch their latest fashion adventure and be part of some learning on vogue, then a Bratz makeover recreation is your simple passport to their world. Once you'll be able to have Bratz video games as a part of your day by day routine, you'll be in the middle of the motion and on the scene as the unbelievable and the glamorous Bratz as they face head-on each fashion dilemma any social perform can present their means.

With Bratz makeover games, the seemingly distant dream of having the ability to check out any present outfit can materialize now with the Bratz. With the Bratz, women make the style, and never vice versa, so to speak. Each individual merchandise of clothes design now becomes a jewel that is a potential complement to effect you might be after.

With the Info Superhighway referred to as the Web at our fingertips, you could have at your disposal web sites that provide on-line makeover video games. Except for games where you can provide a gown makeover to your doll, there are available accessories too that are surefire flatterers and complements, like earrings, and necklaces. Discuss being hassle-free for fogeys! There may be completely nothing right here about sewing actual doll garments, collecting accessories and even buying an actual doll. Everything occurs on on single display screen.

Online games are very a lot known lately for being consumer-pleasant. Only one living proof for being rich in graphics too, are Bratz video games. What basically occurs is that you simply as a participant have to move several levels of difficulties and challenges to realize rewards like "cash" to purchase garments or meals in your doll. The video games are literally various in theme, ranging from gown up games the place you get to scroll via a whole bunch of dream outfits, to magnificence makeover video games, to timer- and buzzer-beating race games.

There may be nothing worse than taking a look at your clothes once you're on the point of exit and finding you "don't have anything to put on" what number of times has that happened you? And actually, no matter how massive your wardrobe is, unless you start to discover ways to manage it properly, you'll at all times run into this drawback. I hope I can provide you some useful tricks to get more out of your wardrobe.

Proper on the top my number one tip for you is to assume and plan in advance what you will put on for an upcoming occasion; discovering something to put on as your are preparing will make it nearly unimaginable to get your look right and time stress from running late, in the event you're like me, will greater than seemingly push you to put on something you're not 100% snug with. Having your garments deliberate and prepared will make actually getting ready so much less aggravating and depart you more time, and all of us need that, in your equally necessary make-up and hair.

With good planning in advance the garments you choose to wear will make you're feeling nice, a superb look gives you confidence and make you stand out from the rest and never depart you feeling awkward and hiding on the back.

An essential a part of planning is to study and understanding learn how to mix and match the clothes you've, coordinating your garments effectively is an typically ignored skill, however when you could have mastered it and know what goes properly with what, it'll make your whole clothes go further.

I've been buying garments for a while professionally, I see many people buying new outfits with out excited about the garments they already have and how these will match with them. Shopping for a new tops, for example, one that you could wear with objects from your existing wardrobe is not going to only save you cash it makes far more sense, cleverly recycling your clothes like this shows your smarter at vogue.

An awesome ideas for studying about coordinating is while wanting at the images exhibiting the clothes on our web site, you may get some very good concepts of blending and matching by seeing what the models are wearing as an outfit and not just the garment listed, see how the models can have matched the merchandise with different garments (by the way in which all the clothes are usually taken from our items that we've got) and try to see what you already personal which you could add to this in the identical method.

Another good idea is to have a look to see if the garment is available in completely different colors, trying on the same merchandise in numerous colours you will note other ideas for coordinating, as no doubt the garments will have been blended and matched once more. Keep wanting and studying this way until you understand the many totally different manner one single item of clothes might be combined and match many times, this manner the training is straightforward, fun and with none strain.

Apart from buying garments that can be swapped around with the ones you already have, try buying garments that may look great for a night out but can be worn at one other time when mixed with your day garments.

Do not forget that garments are supposed to be fun, don't get pressured about your wardrobe; by studying easy methods to handle your garments you'll find yourself spending less time getting ready and extra time having enjoyable.

I loved spending just a few moments to inform you my ideas on planning and coordinating your clothes I hope I've given you some concepts that may provide help to find out about planning outfits together with mixing and matching your wardrobe, in case you need some extra ideas you'll be able to at all times meet up with me on Facebook, the place in case you have not guessed, I do like to speak!

Two years in the past, in the event you ask me anything about vogue, I would simply stare at you questioning what you're speaking about. This shouldn't be shocking. I'm a style idiot in any case.

I don't even know how you can gown decently. That's probably why I am still single now. I just can't entice the attention of ladies. But I am determined to get myself out of this sorry state. That is why I've decided to study extra about trend.

And you realize what? I actually love learning about vogue. And I feel you must too! I'm not kidding! I am critical!

Why You Should Begin Paying Consideration to Trend

Are you aware why you should learning more about style? As a result of people do decide a guide by its cover! It's possible you'll not prefer it but this can be a fact. As long as you might be in this society, individuals are going to evaluate you want a e book. Individuals are going to have a look at what you are wearing, your coiffure and so on.

Once you begin selecting up new knowledge within the style enviornment, you gown sense will enhance. You'll start to know how you can dress well.

Whenever you look good, individuals will start to take you extra significantly. Individuals will begin to be extra well mannered in direction of you. You will discover that it's simpler to achieve success when you could have the 'image of success.

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appreciationofspace-blog · 7 years

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How Did I Find Minimalism?

Lots of people have asked me this, and even though I have known the answer for a very long time, it's only now that I have decided to actually share it with people. It’s not one of those soppy, motivational stories that everyone loves to hear about, and well, to be honest, the story is very long, complicated, and a little... odd. Originally it all started when I was about nine or ten years old. At this time, we lived in a average sized three-bed home, on a small cul-de-sac on the top of a hill. Sounds very picturesque, am I right? Yes, indeed it was. On the outside. But inside of my house, it wasn’t very picturesque at all… don’t get me wrong, it was clean and all, and somewhat tidy, as my parents were never dirty or messy people, they were much worse, they were hoarders. And they knew they were hoarders, and still do to this day. Anyway, back to me, when I was about seven or eight years old, my sister moved out of the family home for good, and I decided, as a small child, and now the only child in our somewhat large home, that I wanted to claim my sister's old bedroom, as well as my own, and of course, as the youngest and most spoilt child, I got my wish. My sister's room was the smallest of the three, so I decided I was going to use that as my ‘sleeping chambers’ and that my now old bedroom was going to be used as a large toy room. So that’s exactly what we carried out, I had bunk beds and my few favourite toys in the small room, along with a small TV and a VHS player, and the bigger room held most of my toys. And that was all great, I had my large wooden doll house and my many dolls with toy cots and prams, I had my bratz dolls and barbie dolls and my large collection of Build A Bear animals with wardrobes and clothes for them, and boxes of polly pockets, my toy box full of the happy land play sets, and that guitar I never learnt how to play. And yet, there was still more, there was miscellaneous objects that were, well, kinda just… there. But that's how I was brought up. I thought that it was normal to harbour dust on everything because half the stuff you have, was never used. Having two bedrooms made me accumulate a lot more toys for myself, my parents would notice empty space in my toy room, and, just like any other materialist, would want to fill it, so that they could say that their child had the most toys, or the biggest doll house, they wanted their child to walk into a room and see their own personal toy store, except everything there was all theirs. And wasn’t that every child’s dream? Of course, it was mine, too, until we made a decision. My sister who had moved out of the home all them years ago, had just given birth to her first child in early 2010. And me, along with my parents were very close to the baby, so we decided that she needed her own room for when she came to stay with us overnight. So we made the decision to turn my small and cluttered sleeping room into a spare bedroom again, along with a travel cot for the baby. But then we had a problem. Over the years of me having two bedrooms, the amount of things I had almost doubled, so moving all my things back into my old, medium sized bedroom was out of the picture. So what did we do? Did my parents make me sell or donate some things that harboured dust? Nope. we simply moved me... and my many dusty belongings into what was my parents bedroom, and not only the biggest bedroom, but also the biggest room in the entire house. All my items seem to fit in there well, and everything was great for about three years, until one day, I was lying on the bottom bunk of my new metal bunk bed when I looked at my room, and realised that I didn’t like all the mismatch drawers and cupboards that kept my clutter under control, and I didn’t like the piles and piles of DVDs and VHS tapes that took up all my floor space, and I didn’t like my wardrobe full of clothes that I didn't even like. I didn’t like that my top bunk was unusable due to the amount of stuffed animals there were on there, as I simply had nowhere else to store them. I realised that the amount of stuff I owned didn’t bring me joy, and in fact, 80% of it was an inconvenience. But of course I was so young, how could I know what I wanted when I was only twelve or thirteen? I automatically started my decluttering process. It wasn’t too extreme, as at this point, I still had sentimental attachments towards almost everything. I was a vulnerable kid, with not many friends after all, and my weekends were usually spend hosting lonely tea parties with myself and my other fluffy inanimate friends. But I did downsize my stuff a considerable amount. Let’s fast forward another year, and I was going through a terrible phase in my adolescent life. Where I had enough of everything, my annoying parents, the bullies at school, homework, and well everything that would irritate a teenager at that time. So I had decided I wanted to run away to go and see a friend that recently stopped talking to me for reasons unknown. But then the thoughts ran in my mind… if I were to leave home, what would I do with all my stuff? Sell it of course. Most things were trash, and I threw away about twelve bin bags worth of stuff, and sold the rest. I was left with, well ,not much, my large hat collection, and a lot of clothes. But that was pretty much it. I still had that guitar that I still didn't know how to play, though. But after I had ran away, worried everyone, got found and returned home, I was happy. I was happy that I had accomplished not only my mission to board 4 trains and travel 200 miles, but also, realising that I didn't need anything other than myself and the clothes on my back. It was at that moment, when i was in the car on the way home from my long adventure, and when I arrived back into my empty bedroom at one o’clock in the morning, that I realised that I wanted to travel the world. It filled me with a feeling of pride and adrenaline, that I had never felt before. But for now, I had to stay in school and live a normal life, so I wouldn’t get bullied any more than I already did. But it was when school and college had both ended that I really dived into minimalism, once again, by accident, after another planned trip gone wrong. I made another friend, except this friend was further then two hundred miles, this friend was almost ten thousand miles away, but I thought they were great, and I wanted to meet themI I was almost eighteen at the time, and after dropping out of college a year early, I had more time to shop and accumulate stuff, mainly to fill the void that was inside of me, due to nothing more than sheer loneliness. I first decided I wanted to meet my far away friend was about a year ago, I told her I would get my passport and I would fly over to see her, but then she said, “Alix... If we move in together, what would you do with all your stuff back home?” And then the little minimalist button that had been stored away in the back of my mind had resurfaced. I’ll sell it all, and this time, for real. By this time we had downsized to a two bedroom flat due to my parents getting made redundant, and everything I had still from college and the last few years of high school were still boxed up in my bedroom. And then one day I got a pair of scissors and a large rubbish bag, and I ripped, cut and chopped up anything and everything, I was determined that I wanted to live with my friend on the other side of the world, and after being housebound from anxiety for so long, I quickly realised that this was my lucky break. All my clothes went, and yes, I mean all of them. I went out and bought two t-shirts, two pairs of pants and two hoodies, and that was it. And I owned one pair of shoes, after sellings or giving away about thirty other pairs. I gave unused colouring books and notepads to my niece and her two little brothers who loved to draw. I sold the computer I never used. And what's the point of an iPad when you have an iPhone? I sold my iPad and my two of my three 3DS’s… why would you need three DS’s when you could only play one at any given time? I sold all my dusty ornaments and game merchandise, I finally let go of my large hat collection, only keeping one baseball cap for the summer, and a beanie for the winter. And why did I have a separate laptop for ‘gaming’? I don't even ‘game’. And that guitar I never learnt to play? Mother had to sell that without telling me, I could never bring myself to do it.Because i would always say “Nah, I’ll keep that, I’ll learn to play it some day.” ‘Some day.’ I had 5 pairs of black underwear and 5 pairs of black socks so I wouldn’t have to spend hours trying to match them up. I kept my one doll that was helping me through my anxiety, and that was all my owned, I could fit everything into a medium sized tote bag. But then the unthinkable happened, the friend I had done all this for left. For reasons I still don't know. At first my heart broke… But, not at the fact of her leaving, but at the fact I sold my whole life away to be with her, and then she left, even after knowing all this. And amongst all my heartbreaks, I still had the desire to declutter, and even when I had nothing to declutter, I would find something I no longer needed. The clutter that my parents had was irritating me more and more each day. And that's when I found the word, the label, the meaning, of minimalism. I watched one documentary and I was hooked. My heartbreak from the girl I had never met seemed to disappear instantaneously, and I realised, this is what I was searching for my whole life… I wasn’t looking to leave home, or to find a friend, I realised that the though of packing up into one bag and leaving, and wanting to be homeless, made my heart happy. Knowing that you’re not tied down to a two storey house with a front and back garden with a mortgage to pay made me feel happy. Knowing that I didn’t have to work in a dead end nine to five job, five, six or even seven days a week to pay petrol for a car I now know I don’t have to drive. All the expectations I was getting told as a kid, “You have to study well to get a good job” or “You have to save up all your money to get a good car” were all wrong. You didn’t need the poshest car, or the fanciest home to be happy, I wanted the stars to be my roof at night, and the earth to be my bed. I didn’t want to sit at a table and eat with my parents, I want to sit around a campfire with different people every day. I didn’t want to go back to college to then work ‘till I died to pay rent for a house I could never own. I wanted to explore. I didn’t want to be prisoner in an office nine to five, every. Single. Day. I didn’t want to be filling out taxes. I didn’t want to spend my life watching TV. I wanted to write about my experiences, and I wanted to take photos and selfies of everyone and everything around me. You can’t do that when you're still paying for your house to hold all your stuff back home. If you had no stuff back there, then you wouldn’t have to still pay rent on your house, or on a storage facility. Everywhere I go, my house will come with me, because between me and my backpack, I am my home. Home isn’t your collection of candles, or your wardrobe full of clothes, home isn’t owning seventeen towels for a family of three, home isn’t all the meaningless things on shelves that serve no purpose. Home is you. Home isn’t the bricks and cement you live amongst. Home isn’t the tiled roof or the shed in the garden. Home isn’t the poshest dining table or the fanciest cooker and fridge. Home isn’t the novelty chocolate fountain or carrot chopper you got as a housewarming present from that neighbor you don’t really know. Home isn’t a personal toy shop for your kids. They don't want that. They want a few special things, but most of all, they want their parents to play with them. Thats home. Not four hundred barbie dolls of every size shape and race. Home is colouring with your child, not buying them too many colouring books that they’ll never even finish them all. My home is me, not where I live. My family is the experiences and memories I’ll make, not the people that raised me. They’re cool, but they’re not me. They’re my parents, but they’re not my family. I’m me, and although my parents could never understand how I could live without seven thousand pieces of clothing, and they’ll never understand why I literally ask for nothing for Christmas, and they’ll never understand the peace and harmony I get from seeing empty space. They’ll never understand why my shelves are now bare. But it’s okay that they don’t understand. I’m doing it right. I’m happy, and they’re not, and I think that explains everything. Maybe one day, when they’re old and grey, they’ll realise they didn’t need all them bed sheets or candles, or two freezers for too much food that got wasted anyway. They’ll realise that they didn't need fifty cans of baked beans at any one time, or that seven sweatshirts are too many sweatshirts, but even though I have tried to tell them how happy minimalism has made me, and helped heal my heartbreak, depression and my anxiety, but still, they refuse to believe that minimalism is nothing more than a bunch of loons living in a wooden shack in the middle of the forest. Maybe they choose to stay sad, I don’t know, but I’m going to live my life the right way. And as I’m sitting here writing this, wearing already half of my entire wardrobe, I have never felt more happier, and richer than I do right now. I have found myself, and I now know this is the best way to live, why anyone would want to live differently I’ll never fathom out, and that’s why I no longer associate or talk to people who are not minimalists. As they’re simply not me. And that's why I didn't find minimalism… Minimalism found me.

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