Solo dates and a new skirt

Posted byeverythingcaroloves Posted onDecember 27, 2023 Comments0

Hi again. No. I’m not dead.

Last week I read that the secret to a long relationship is falling in love again and again. And I think it’s true. The longest relationship we’ll have in our lives is with ourselves, so there’s no need to explain why it’s so important to take care of it. Of us.

I’ve been struggling this period but I stopped making it an excuse to lose myself. We are the most important piece of our own ecosystem, if we don’t take care of us, who will?

Results? Even if I’m not ok every day, I’m finding myself again. Not in the cliché way but in the purest way. I’m grateful for the smallest moments, enjoying every song, smile or sun ray. And the phrase that repeats the most in my head is: “what a joy to see you again” as if I was welcoming an old friend.

I had a date some weeks ago. A date with myself. I went to Mayra Andrade’s concert :))))

I had an idea of a skirt in my head and this was the perfect event to make it. I just wanted to show you the process and final results.

So basically there was no process. I cut rectangles knowing more or less the width I wanted for each of them. As I wanted to do pleats, for the long part of the rectangle I multiplied it by three. I decided to do an elastic waist because I didn’t have zippers.

Lately, I’ve been accepting that, even if I want to improve on this, drawing and sketching is not important to me. At least not more important than actually making the clothes. It is only a tool to see with your eyes what you’re seeing in your head. I suppose everyone has its own way of working. And I have to admit that, listening to Rick Owens saying to focus on making and not on sketching, has relieved me.

It’s always really exciting to put on for the first time something you have imagined. Here are some pictures (sorry for the quality and for the wrinkles on the skirt).