thoughts on the news of the day: fashion

hmmm…..

            Fashion is in the news today.  Target stores are marketing Missoni– a high priced Italian knitwear line that features zigzag stripes on its wares.  Apparently there was a run on the merchandise when it was previewed in stores yesterday.  So luxury fashion is not dead after all, especially when it is priced at discount store prices.  Customers stood in line for hours to purchase the clothing, household items and even bicycles.

            Then there’s another fashion twist.  Football uniforms are growing more and more flashy as manufacturers try to make a statement for teams both collegiate and professional.  There are helmets blazed with multiple colors and design, bizarre uniform color combinations and other designs that make us wonder if the game has become a crazy kind of Project Runway assignment.

            Lots of people don’t know this about me, but in a prior “reincarnation” I was a clothing designer.  I spent my early adult years in the fashion industry.  And Heidi Klum is right.  One day you are in and the next day you are out.  It is a very volatile industry and is not for weak willed sissies.

            But now I design for another entity and it is far more fulfilling.  I am in the God business today and we don’t worry so much about how things look on the outside.  The inside is what is important.   I learned many years ago that trying to match my insides with someone else’s outsides was a losing proposition.  I had to find a way to scrub my soul and clothe it with new garments.  That’s where God comes in. God is the best designer of all.  I found a forever fashion and I have never looked back.

            hmmm…..