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Totally Consumed

September 23, 2014 by Jessica Wilkins No Comments

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your dreams?  Not the dreams you have during your sleep that freak you out when all of your teeth fall out, but your hopes, dreams, and aspirations.  I wake up a lot of nights feeling overwhelmed by how big my dreams are, because it is so hard for me to fathom that they can come true.  And I have this fear that if they don’t I will be in a constant state of never ending restlessness.  I wake up out of my sleep in the wee hours of the morning hungry to make the right move to get me one step closer.  The worse is scrolling through Instagram looking for inspiration and seeing so many people living the life I want to live for myself.  Not that I want anyone else’s life.  I just have this burning desire to make mine so much greater than what it is now, and that desire sometimes consumes me.

We live in this age where people are always trying to motivate you to just follow your dreams.  These quotes are everywhere you turn.  “Go out and do it,” they say, completely unaware of how much it takes to do so.  Dreams take money, and when you don’t come from a family that can fund them for you, it makes your road to success that much more bumpy.  I welcome the bumps, don’t get me wrong.  I want to be able to say that I made it without having anything just handed to me, but some days I yearn for a little bit of ease.  When every dollar you get automatically belongs to someone else, it gets harder and harder to see your goals come to fruition.  It’s like a dark cloud looming over your head.

I start a new job in a few days, and I’m so thankful for the opportunity, but all I can think is this still isn’t enough.  When will I find that opportunity that will be?  It seems so simple.  All I want to do is talk and write about fashion and life with great people, and be impeccably dressed while doing so.  I guess I shouldn’t trouble myself with how God is going to work things out for me.  I can only trust that He will.  This is just one of the many nights that I can’t sleep trying to figure out what my next move should be.

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Gold Sneakers

September 22, 2014 by Jessica Wilkins 1 Comment

I would never label myself as a sneaker head.  I can’t handle the pressure and scrutiny from the vets in the game.  You know the people on Instagram that post pictures of sneakers with the “I been on this” captions?  To which I say: effin relax.  You’re not the first, last, or only person to wear any one pair of sneakers, but I digress.  I have been really into metallic gold sneakers this week. I keep randomly seeing them everywhere and I think it’s the universe telling me I should have a pair.  I don’t care if these are new, old, exclusive, cheap, or expensive.  I like what I like.

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I will always love Air Max 90’s.  I always had a fresh all white pair in high school when I worked at Champs.  That discount was amazing.

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Photo: Puma

I spotted these as I was walking in Soho today, and drooled outside the window of the store.

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These beauties came across my twitter feed late last week.  They’re simple in design and extravagant in color.  I love these, although I’m still annoyed that Yves Saint Laurent changed their name and logo to Saint Laurent.  I mean honestly, what purpose did that serve?

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Minimalist Glam

September 17, 2014 by Jessica Wilkins No Comments

Fashion writers are notorious for making up new words and phrases, and I suppose I am falling in line with them with what I am calling Minimalist Glam.  This fashion genre is characterized by simple, classic silhouettes with clean lines, sleek hair, minimal jewelry, and super feminine footwear.  Small details like draping, and fun hem lines add to the glam to the look. Mel B. and Kim Kardashian are the queens of the Minimalist Glam look thus far and here are some of my favorite looks of theirs.

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Some of My Fall Faves

September 17, 2014 by Jessica Wilkins No Comments

The rapidly dropping temperature in the big city serves as an everyday reminder that cold weather is just around the corner.  So often my friends and family ask me how I weather the up north winters, and the truth is I layer up and it doesn’t bother me.  The only thing that makes me want to run home is the snow.  Snow is so romanticized in American culture via fairytales and Christmas carols, but the truth is the aftermath is a disgusting mess.  You find yourself submerging your entire calf muscle in puddles of dirty trash slush, and that I am not looking forward to.  I venture to say that Fall/Winter are the best seasons for fashion, because you wear more clothes, duh!  Scroll through to view some of my obsessions thus far for the cold months.

Capes

I’m here for capes in the form of both dresses and coats.  They are so elegant, chic, and classy.

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Photo: Valentino via Farfetch

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