Fashion Passion

By: Gina P.

While growing up my aunt was one of my biggest inspirations, along with my love for Monster High and Bratz dolls. They all taught me that fashion was a unique way of expressing myself.

I was always asked what I wanted to be when I grew up and I would invariably answer differently each time I was asked, mostly because I wasn't sure at all what I wanted to do. One of those times I had answered “fashion designer” and that Christmas I was given all things fashion related, including a small dress making kit for dolls and a sketchbook. It was one of my favorite gifts that I had received.

But as I grew older I lost that love for fashion and completely lost direction in what I wanted to do. I questioned myself every single day and felt like I wasn't doing anything useful with my life. I was stagnant for quite a while and did nothing to make myself feel good about myself.

After joining our school's new fashion club during quarantine was when I rekindled my love for fashion. I found an environment where I felt like I had finally found my passion; it was easy to engage with others and was a very open and inviting space to be in. I learned many things from other fashion enthusiasts like myself, such as what different aesthetics were called and how the industry functioned.

Then I started to design my own line of clothing. Nothing has ever flowed as naturally as my ideas for designs, as soon as I had an idea of what I wanted a garment to look like I would scramble to look for my sketchbook and do a rough sketch of what i imagined it to look like.

Each and every piece that I sketched came out the exact way I had imagined it.

At that point I was so invested in the fashion club at school and decided to run for president of the club, and a few days later that's exactly what I became: president of the fashion club. It was such a huge and great opportunity to expand my knowledge and love for fashion with others.

I'm still on my journey to become a fashion designer but I can't wait to see what's in store for me and my future fashion empire. All I can do now is dream big.

For The Warrior Times, this is Gina Pedroza