It's My Anniversary!

So this month Fashion Personified turned one year old! Wow can't believe it. I contemplated starting a blog for months before I actually took the plunge. I was a little apprehensive, a little nervous at first. But nevertheless I still did it and I am happy that I did. I went in not really having a specific formula; I wanted it to grow organically and it surely has. I mean Fashion Personified hasn't had any major changes but I do look at older posts and say "Oh God I could have done this a little differently", which isn't exactly a bad thing. I just hope that I will continually improve and that all of you will continue to enjoy and find relevance in what I have to say. With that said...if there is anything that you would like Fashion Personified to address, feature, show more of...let me know. Until then...I'll have some ice cream.

I Heart: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

I went back to Philly a few weeks ago and visited the Magic Gardens. I want to call it a hidden gem but I think I am the only one who really did not notice what it was exactly. See the thing is I walked up and down South Street a many of times and there was this building that was covered with a beautiful mosaic which no one could miss. What I did not know however is that the beautiful artwork is not just on the outside but inside and out in a courtyard type area.

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens was started by Isaiah Zagar during the 1960's. He transforms dilapidated row homes into beautiful works of art, turning the outside into amazing mosaics. The Philadelphia Magic Gardens "seeks to foster civic engagement, community beautification and artistic collaboration". This non-profit organization is located at 1020-1060 South Street and it offers tours, workshops, memberships and rentals for such things as parties, weddings and everything in between. For more information contact (215) 133.0390 or visit www.phillymagicgardens.org.

"Art should not be segregated in museums; it needs to live free among us. No one can predict where art will emerge. It's like a mushroom, with roots that extend for miles and miles underground, unseen. If the climactic conditions are right, the fruit will emerge." -Isaiah Zagar

Quote du Jour

"So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date".

~ Maria Von Ebner-Eschenbach

How true is this statement? I say very. This happens even on a smaller scale. Just think of the cool, trendy fashions while you were (or maybe some of you still are) in high school. You and your friends were being fashion forward and then a few weeks later, BAM!, whatever you were the first to wear is now the uniform. But I guess the beauty of fashion is that it is ever changing. By the time something is out of date there is something else fresh on its heels. But a creative type will know how to take a trend and make it there own, so even when something is out of date they can get away with it a tad bit longer. Trust, I've seen this before.