Finding Happiness Through Fashion

By April Mendez

Fashion designing can be a hobby and a form of art in one. For High School Junior Nghi B Luu, it is a passion and something that keeps her mind busy.

Nghi expresses her interest for fashion through drawing clothing pieces that she wishes to come to life one day. “I mostly draw it”, she doesn’t actually use material for her designing much. Her inspiration comes from Korean music and she likes to work with pastel colors. “It’s been a couple years since I started”, says Nghi.

When I walk into stores, what catches my eye would be graphic designs or clothing that has meaning behind it. Nghi liked to design comfortable clothes mostly, “Hoodies, skirts, shirts, and sometimes shoes.”

Nghi gets a lot of her inspiration from Korean pop stars and from watching Youtubers she likes and taking their advice on how to get better at making clothes. She likes to sketch whatever ideas pop into her head and constantly searches for more ideas around her.

Another inspiration she has is seeing how the younger people in her family dresses and observing how she could turn that into her own unique outfit.

Basically she has many different forms of inspiration, not only one. Her favorite though is YouTube.

Our best friend Andy likes the idea of Nghi’s hobby. He also agrees that fashion designing is a great way for someone to express themselves.

Even though me and Andy aren’t too aware of fashion like Nghi is, we can still understand the concept of it. “It’s one of my most favorite hobbies.”

For Nghi, fashion is like an escape from the world and from negative thoughts. “It helps me when I’m stressed or upset”.The many forms of art can be very therapeutic for many people struggling with their own personal issues. According to health.harvard.edu, Studies show that art can help with mental health. Art can also help cancer patients too.

According to ncbi.nim.nih.gov, art can help with the many different forms of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and many other disorders. Art is not only painting and drawing though. Art is music, sculpting, dance, cinema, and architecture. All can be helpful to get people through a tough time.

Although Nghi enjoys this hobby, not many people she knows are too aware she designs. “Not many people know I like to design actually.” Since many people don’t know Nghi designs, others may assume nghi as a shy person who just likes to read and spend time with friends.

Fashion for Nghi provides her passion and happiness at the end of the day. Art can really help people out and bring a sense of comfort.