The Romanticism of Fashion

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"Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes." - Diana Vreeland
After a difficult transition in sales from winter to spring, I noticed that by changing the floor plan of the store I work at, it lightened up the atmosphere dramatically.

A little more than a month later, as I moved through the floors to get to my department this morning, I saw how the Easter-time display, a brilliant destination get-away theme, was getting old. Some of the clothing on the mannequins are now on clearance. And while the display is stunning and intricate, it's time to revamp.

Upon reaching the top level, I noticed the racks spread out very nicely, with beautiful clothes neatly hanging from them. I thought, how blessed am I that I get to work in such a beautiful store, with beautiful merchandise.

For the first time, I saw the fast turn-over in fashion as something that can offer hope. After a couple of months, out with the old, in with the new. Think about how fast a couple of months goes by. All of the ups and downs that can happen in a sixty day period. It's really unbelievable how fast things change. And when the store changes displays or floor plans, the setting is not just renewed; it revitalizes us too. It allows fresh inspiration and ideas to flow through.

I feel so much more connected to fashion and my job, after now catching a glimpse of what designers and people in the industry mean when they talk about the hope and confidence and romanticism of clothing: the dreams we can dream and the pursuit of opportunity that we become empowered to take.

As with the promise of a new day, so too the clothing we must wear, which might provide us with a way of hope, excitement, and wonder.

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