Fashion & Music — “Lights” by Ellie Goulding

First of all, what it is about music that trig­gers in one’s soul, down to the deep­est core of your being? To this day I ask myself that very ques­tion and still search to find how some­thing we can’t phys­i­cally see (given we’re just lis­ten­ing through our ipods while sweat­ing our butts off run­ning down the streets of NYC for what­ever crazy rea­son) or can feel the melody stir up so many phys­i­cal emo­tions and reac­tions from a human being. Really ironic.…However, the glory of it all, as I sit and write out­side in the midst of on upcom­ing hur­ri­cane (and com­pletely obliv­i­ous due to the fact that I’m try­ing to make a point…) , I’m reminded of how very spe­cial the lit­tle things in our lives make the biggest dif­fer­ence. Cliche as it may sound, when it comes to fash­ion and music, it’s the lit­tle things we find that are spe­cial, mean­in­ful and touch a por­tion of our heart that sinks so deeply within that we cant ignore it ot deny it.

I watched Ellie Gould­ing on stage for the first time dur­ing Satru­day Night Live and fell totally and com­pletely in love. It end­lessly enam­ors me. First round, I thought, ok love this song. Sec­ond time around, I read the lyrics, Third time around, I research the effort that went­be­hind this band even get­ting it’s start.…but the big story behind how they got started is not my topic of con­ver­sa­tion at this point.…its the sim­ple fact that they were able to pro­duce a song that meant some­thing to me. A few lit­tle words, an amaz­ing voice, and all that goes with it.…transported me out of wher­ever I’ve been and puts me immiedi­ately where I need to be.

Same with small fash­ion finds that you know are com­pletely unique and yours all your own. What a won­der­ful feel­ing to add to the per­son whos per­manantly seek­ing iden­tity within them­selves and yet seems to find those snip­pets in every day life through ran­dom obsta­bles. I just love them all!!