Josh and I just watched “Coco Before Chanel.” There is a scene where she is pulling together the fabrics for a dress she is having a dressmaker build for her. She chooses a black fabric, the dressmaker encourages a light pink fabric. She studies the pink, then says something to the effect of “black shows off the eyes” or “black is good for the eyes”…and turns down the pink fabric (that was popular at the time).
She sticks to her guns. Her own fashion sense. Not being swayed by the “professional.”
It hit me really hard.
Because..
I design jewelry and I am constantly asked to “make things smaller.” So I have decided.
I am NOT going to make things smaller. I will make what I make.
There is an odd thing with women and their jewelry. Either a woman sees herself as bold and so wants to wear bold jewelry…or she sees herself as dainty and wants to wear something that can not be seen in broad daylight from across the room. Why? Why hide?
I have seen delicate females wearing audacious pendants and they look fantastic. So it isn’t about size.
It’s all about attitude. It’s about wanting to be seen. It is about loving stones and metal and making a statement of, “I have entered the room.”
Time to stop hiding. That goes for all of us.
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