Inspiration

The thing I love most about inspiration is that it hits you when you least expect it! I find inspiration a lot like love, it comes to you one you stop searching. The other day I went to a friend of my mom's  interior design studio. She had been hounding me to meet him and said I would really love him and his work. I rolled my eyes and said "yeah, yeah." I thought to myself "I'm on Summer vacation" so meeting one of her friend's was not on the top of my to do list! I finally gave in and decided to go with her to meet George.

Right when I walked in I fell in love! All of his pieces were exquisite and cost more than my life. The pieces George showed me were mostly between the 16th-18th century that he had bought at auctions. Many of the pieces he ended up designing into something else. For instance, a 17th century costume that he crafted into pillow cases, and bricks off an 18th century house in Paris that he put on antique lamp posts. Every piece had a story and a long history to go with it. One of my favorite pieces was a handle off a coffin from the 16th century and had the letters "F. L.T" engraved at the bottom that stood for friendship, love, and trust. I was falling in love with everything and then George told me he had a special piece he wanted me to see. He said he knew I would appreciate it since I was in fashion school. He went to the back room (which heightened my curiosity and excitement) as he re-appeared he was holding two beautiful garments. One was an off-white embellished knee length cocktail dress with a matching quarter length coat. It was hand stitched in Paris in the 1930's and weighed at least 10 pounds. The other was a coat that was made out of real zebra fur also from the 1930's. When George came out holding these two divine garments my eyes glistened and my stomach dropped. I forgot how exciting fashion could be and why I decided to go into fashion.

Leaving George's studio I was in complete awe and had inspiration running throughout my whole body. When I was walking out I was thinking to myself about how much I love these moments. The moments when you remember why you love doing what you do and how good it feels when something truly inspires you and awakens the soul. George's studio was a history lesson, an art gallery, and a reminder of everything I love. My truth that night was being reminded about why I decided to be in fashion and why it is one of my many loves!

*Images provided by: Amanda Beausoleil