Pink Rock Candy Turns 3
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“We are not fashion insiders. We are merely spectators in the great sport of fashion. In fashion there will always be newer, cooler designers or style inspirations to look up to. We are not claiming to be experts on anything, except maybe celebrity gossip (we do our fair share of lurking on the gossip blogs). We can only write about what we like and would wear ourselves. Being people who are very much into fashion trends, we get a lot of our style inspiration from celebrities, celebutantes, and e-celebs who tend to be the well-dressed, trend trail-blazers. We aren’t the types to be held down by a particular style scene.”
This was the first paragraph of my first post written 3 years ago, today. I remember toiling over what I was going to write. I wasn’t a journalist. The most I had ever written was a term paper for school. I wasn’t a fashion aficionado. I was a biology student, dreadfully depressed by the career path I had chosen, and seeking a way out. Fashion just happened to be there in my time of need— along with my sister Blythe, of course!
Between then and now, so much has changed. For those who have been reading Pink Rock Candy for a while, you will know there is no longer a ‘we’, merely a ‘me’. I’m not sure if I would say I’m a fashion insider, but I now have my fair share of experience working in the industry. I often feel I am a spectator of fashion and in life, but from time to time, I do enjoy getting in the game. I am, still, no expert, and my intrigue into the lives of celebrities’ lingers even after three years, however the mean spirited gossip, I can do without. I still believe I can only write about what I like, and sometimes dislike, but being a hopelessly positive person, I try not to focus on the negatives because life is too short. No longer do I look to celebrities, celebutanes, and e-celebs for the latest fashion trends, but I find them in the latest collections of designers and am able to make my own decision as to what I will spend my money on.
I’m three years older, infinitely more mature and wise, and more confident than I have ever been before. Nothing in my life is perfect, but I happen to enjoy the little imperfections. I’ve been through painfully hard times, only making me stronger, and I continue to struggle with the little nuances of life, and death, for that matter. I find solace in music and love in fashion, but I find piece of mind on Pink Rock Candy.
Thank you all for three amazing years, and I hope there are many more to come!
