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Don't tell me what to do blog! This message comes at me hard every time I sit down to write. Although I started She Wears a Dress years ago, I'm still struggling to post on a regular basis and although I have a list of what I think are great topics, the writing part is always accompanied by self doubt. Will people like it, does this sound dumb, who will care what I have to say, blah blah blah.

That ends today.

Somebody out there needs you to be you. @KenColeman

My idea for the blog came as a result of women either asking me where I got my dress or simply offering me a compliment with "I love your dress". I thought it would be great if I could just hand them my card and tell them to "check out my blog" where I would share not only where I got that dress, but where I find most of my dresses along any other people, places or things I had discovered. Simple, I thought.

Somewhere along the way, I fell into that trap of comparing my beginning to somebody else's middle and thought it wouldn't be enough. I started to think bigger, (making videos, long form posts, a daily posting schedule) but that just made me overwhelmed - I have a full time day job after all --and this was supposed to be my personal creative outlet.

I don't know if you believe in signs, but in the last 48 hours, I have seen or heard more than one, which came via two different podcasts, an InStyle magazine article and a few Instagram posts, all encouraging me in the right direction.

Clarity comes from engagement, not thought. @MarieForleo

So I'm taking a step back, starting (again) small and my new goal is to just share. Whether its sharing where I bought my dress, a new skincare line or a great read on entrepreneurship, I'm just going to put it out there for others to discover along with me.

Book Review | Fashion Climbing.

I have been not so patiently waiting to read this book! I knew about Bill Cunningham from his "On the Street" column in the New York Times, but I didn't really know anything about him. That all changed when I watched the 2010 documentary "Bill Cunningham: New York". I was smitten immediately with this charming 80 year old man and completely fell in love with him and everything he embodied.

For those of us who were left wanting more, turns out the very private Mr. Cunningham, penned a secret memoir that was discovered by his family after his death in 2016. If ever there was a silver lining to the end of his legendary life this was it! The NYT called it the equivalent "of a major archaeological revelation."

His deeply personal accounts of growing up in an Irish Catholic family in the 1930's with his budding creativity and fascination and unapologetic love of women's fashion is incredibly moving. Although his reflections on his younger years are brief, they had me in tears. I imagined how difficult it must of been--for someone who truly was able to seek and find the beauty in almost every situation--to be faced with such ugliness and disapproval from your own family. But that is precisely why Bill is so endearing, in his mind, he thought of how difficult it must of been for them.

"It's as true today as it ever was, he who seeks beauty will find it." Bill Cunningham

He continues on with his first forays into fashion, retail and millinery--even his time in France serving in the Korean war (flowered helmet and all). It's filled with expressions and words no one really uses anymore, like dames and ritzy, and that makes it all the more delightful. His bright and optimistic personality comes through in his writing style and his vivid descriptions had me traveling through time and fully present for his serendipitous adventures.

I liken Bill's life to that of a fashion forward Forrest Gump, somehow every situation led him to these extraordinary experiences. He was scrappy and resourceful and never let anything get in the way of the beauty he sought.

"It’s a really beautiful story about a young, artistic man finding his way in the city, in a particular kind of bohemian world that doesn’t quite exist anymore." - Christopher Richards, Editor