More Calvin Klein...

Research and the obsession with Calvin Klein.

I've been away for a minute; busy with life and new opportunities. It's 2015, Happy New Year!!! I'm staying away from New Year's Resolutions, but I have set some goals that I'd like to accomplish.

Organization: I need to start following through with tasks and making my living and work spaces more tidy and accessible. I have a tendency to be very consistent for about a week and then it all falls to shit and I'm tossing things around and refusing to fold clothes and generally being a busy mess. So, I've got to work on that for 2015 and ever.

Research: I've discovered that I don't shop as smart as I'd like to think I do. I notice that a lot of my clothing doesn't fit me properly and the material falls apart or warps faster than normal. While I do shop less I still need to make better decisions. I've been looking at the Calvin Klein collections and various places that sell cK merchandise and I've noticed a drastic difference in the quality. Outlet stores have lower quality merchandise even for designer labels because those designers have factories specifically for manufacturing outlet store clothing. They use different fabrics but sew the designer label. Some things are past season, but a lot of merchandise is just designer outlet clothing. I was in Burlington Coat Factory because I wanted to look at everything they offered by Calvin Klein. I saw some knits that were poorly made, even the label was sewn so incorrectly that it caused a huge hole in the collar. Yet if you walked into a Dillards, a JCPenny, etc, you'll find better quality merchandise and for around the same price or a little bit more. I don't normally shop in those stores but I may have start perusing them to find affordable yet well made cK garments to begin my collection. I'm also researching scents and how some retailers and outlets especially buy illegal versions of designer perfume and some can even contain human urine. It's time to be especially critical with things that I put on and in my body and simply begin consuming more consciously. I've been reading a lot of articles and comparing them and making my own decisions... never just accept information, always look into things yourself, extensively. Be aware, be smart, be well.

Health: I got a membership to Planet Fitness in September, and I've gone more in the last few months than I've ever gone to a gym in my life. I see a nice change in my body but I have to apply myself and make this more consistent and routine. Although it's definitely about health, I also have a goal and a shape that I'd like to have, and I think that I can have these things and stay body positive you know. It's great and powerful to accept yourself as you are and love yourself right here and right now, but I think it's also great and powerful to want to change yourself if you want to. 

The above is a set that I created on Polyvore, detailing a few pieces from Calvin Klein that I have an interest in and fit into my current style catalog. I really see my style evolving into something minimalist and clean lined, neutral yet powerful, sophisticated but not extravagant and out of character for me. I'm enjoying finding my own voice and separating inspiration from absorption. I want to be me and confident about that. Style is fun, the voyage is fun, and the end is death I figure. Evolution is continuous and I'm so fucking excited about it.